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Emma Thompson Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz about the fantastic, multi-talented Emma Thompson. I hope you find it enjoyable!

A multiple-choice quiz by Janeite. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Janeite

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
255,343

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1187

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Question 1 of 10

1. Emma Thompson was born in 1959 to a Scottish actress. Do you know her name? Hint

Vanessa Redgrave

Phyllida Law

Blythe Danner

Sophie Thompson

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Question 2 of 10

2. Emma Thompson won an Academy Award for Best Actress 1993 for her role in "Howard's End".

True

False

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Question 3 of 10

3. Emma Thompson was the first person ever to win an Academy Award each for writing and for acting.

True

False

4. Ms. Thompson was nominated for the Best Actress in a Supporting Role Academy Award in 1993 for her role in "In The Name of The Father" (1993). Which role did she play in this film, based on the true story of the Guildford Four, four people falsely convicted of the IRA's 1975 Guildford pub bombing? Hint

Gareth Pierce

Sybill Trelawny

Maggie Chester

Suzi Kettles

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Question 5 of 10

5. Emma Thompson had a leading role in all the following movies except one. Which one was it? Hint

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Carrington

Remains of the Day

Nanny McPhee

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Question 6 of 10

6. Ms. Thompson married the first time in 1989 and the second time in 2003, to which men? Hint

Stephen Fry and Greg Wise

Kenneth Branagh and Hugh Laurie

Kenneth Branagh and Greg Wise

Kenneth Branagh and Stephen Fry

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Question 7 of 10

7. Ms. Thompson has a self-deprecating sense of humor. When asked where she kept her awards, she admitted she had them in an unusual place. Where did she keep them? Hint

Hall closet

Bathroom

Bedroom

Attic

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Question 8 of 10

8. Emma Thompson has also done quite a bit of television work. She appeared in two HBO releases, "Wit" (2001) and "Angels in America" (2003), and also appeared in BBC productions. But the program for which she won the Emmy was for her appearance in which show? Hint

West Wing

Cheers

Ellen

Frasier

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Question 9 of 10

9. Ms. Thompson declined the lead role in the 1992 film "Basic Instinct".

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. Emma Thompson is an alumna of which prestigious school of higher learning?

Answer: (One word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Emma Thompson was born in 1959 to a Scottish actress. Do you know her name?

Answer: Phyllida Law

Her father was English actor, television presenter and producer Eric Thompson, who died in 1982. Sophie Thompson is Emma's sister. Blythe Danner is Gwyneth Paltrow's ("Emma") mother. Vanessa Redgrave is actress Natasha Richardson's mother.

2. Emma Thompson won an Academy Award for Best Actress 1993 for her role in "Howard's End".

Answer: True

She played Margaret Schlegel, the elder of the two sisters around which the core of the story evolved. She also won a Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama Golden Globe Award for this role in 1993.

3. Emma Thompson was the first person ever to win an Academy Award each for writing and for acting.

Answer: True

Ms. Thompson won Best Actress award for her role as Margaret Schegel in the film adaptation of EM Forster's "Howard's End" (1992) and for Best Adapted Screenplay (1995) for her screenplay adaptation of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" (1995), in which she also had a leading role as Elinor Dashwood. As of March 2007, Emma Thompson was the only person to win both awards.

Answer: Gareth Pierce

Gareth Pierce was the human rights solicitor who defended the Guildford Four. Five people were killed and sixty-five were injured in the pub blast. The Guildford Four were imprisoned for fifteen years before having their convictions overturned.

5. Emma Thompson had a leading role in all the following movies except one. Which one was it?

Answer: Four Weddings and a Funeral

Emma played Miss Kenton opposite Anthony Hopkins in "Remains of the Day" (1993). She played British artist Dora Carrington in "Carrington" (1995); and had the starring role in "Nanny McPhee" (2005). She was not in the 1994 film "Four Weddings and a Funeral".

6. Ms. Thompson married the first time in 1989 and the second time in 2003, to which men?

Answer: Kenneth Branagh and Greg Wise

She married Kenneth Branagh in 1989, but they divorced in 1995. She married Greg Wise in 2003. She was once romantically linked to Hugh Laurie, but they never married.

7. Ms. Thompson has a self-deprecating sense of humor. When asked where she kept her awards, she admitted she had them in an unusual place. Where did she keep them?

Answer: Bathroom

She said the Oscars were far too outre to keep them in a more prominent place, so she had installed them in her bathroom.

Answer: Ellen

She won the Emmy for appearing as a guest star on "Ellen" in 1997, in which she played a parody of herself. A further bit of trivia: in 1992 she appeared in an episode of "Cheers" as Frasier Crane's first wife, Nanette Guzman.

9. Ms. Thompson declined the lead role in the 1992 film "Basic Instinct".

Answer: True

Sharon Stone was offered the role of Catherine Tramell after Emma declined.

10. Emma Thompson is an alumna of which prestigious school of higher learning?

Answer: Cambridge

She read Literature at Cambridge where she was also vice-president of the Footlights comedy club. She was romantically involved with another member of Footlights who has also become a celebrity, Hugh Laurie.

Source: Author Janeite

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