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Unfinished Matters Trivia Quiz

All of the following questions have one thing in common: they deal with matters that were never properly brought to a conclusion.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
53,912

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
595

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Which work by Charles Dickens was never completed? Hint

Barnaby Rudge

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

The Olde Curiosity Shop

The Pickwick Papers'

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Question 2 of 10

2. The untimely death of which actress prevented the completion as planned of the movie, 'Brainstorm'. Hint

Inger Stevens

Judy Garland

Natalie Wood

Carol Wayne

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Question 3 of 10

3. Marilyn Monroe never finished 'Something's Gotta Give'. She was erratic, then fired, then died a short time later. Who was her leading man in the movie? Hint

Frank Sinatra

Burt Lancaster

Dean Martin

Kirk Douglas

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who composed the 'Unfinished Symphony'? Hint

Haydn

Stravinsky

Schubert

Liszt

5. Robert Parker, writer of the 'Spenser' mysteries', was asked by a deceased writer's estate to complete an unfinished manuscript. Who was the deceased writer with the incomplete manuscript? Hint

John LeCarre

Robert Ludlum

Dashiell Hammett

Raymond Chandler

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Question 6 of 10

6. 'The Night of January 16' isn't really unfinished - it just seems that way to me. It's a play that has alternate endings provided - depending upon the 'verdict' of some of the audience participants. Too gimmicky for my tastes; it feels 'incomplete' to me. Who is the author? Hint

Lillian Hellman

Frank Stockton

Ayn Rand

Oscar Wilde

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which playwright intended to write a huge multi-play 'cycle' that would reflect American history ... but only wrote one or two plays in that cycle? Hint

Clifford Odets

Thornton Wilder

William Inge

Eugene O'Neill

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which TV series did NOT experience the death of an actor while the series was ongoing? Hint

Cheers

Love Boat

Bonanza

Alias Smith and Jones

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Question 9 of 10

9. Many tv stars met untimely deaths: Bob Crane('Hogan's Heroes' ), Nick Adams ('The Rebel'), Eric Fleming ('Rawhide') and Vic Morrow ('Combat'). In which case(s) did the star's death result in the cancellation of the series? Hint

Some of them

All of them

One of them

None of them

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Question 10 of 10

10. What could be more suggestive of being 'unfinished' than the title: 'Six Characters in Search of An Author'. Who was the author? Hint

Alain Robbe-Grillet

Dario Fo

Luigi Pirandello

Christopher Durang

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which work by Charles Dickens was never completed?

Answer: The Mystery of Edwin Drood

He died before he could finish it.

2. The untimely death of which actress prevented the completion as planned of the movie, 'Brainstorm'.

Answer: Natalie Wood

The movie - with Christopher Walken - collapsed when Natalie Wood died at sea. It was eventually completed, with Wood's sister in some shots. What really happened? No one knows. The others all died young: Stevens and Wayne had mysterious circumstances.

3. Marilyn Monroe never finished 'Something's Gotta Give'. She was erratic, then fired, then died a short time later. Who was her leading man in the movie?

Answer: Dean Martin

It was made later - under a different title - with James Garner and Doris Day.

4. Who composed the 'Unfinished Symphony'?

Answer: Schubert

The master.

5. Robert Parker, writer of the 'Spenser' mysteries', was asked by a deceased writer's estate to complete an unfinished manuscript. Who was the deceased writer with the incomplete manuscript?

Answer: Raymond Chandler

The request came from Chandler's estate. The book is now out as a 'collaboration'.

6. 'The Night of January 16' isn't really unfinished - it just seems that way to me. It's a play that has alternate endings provided - depending upon the 'verdict' of some of the audience participants. Too gimmicky for my {tastes;} it feels 'incomplete' to me. Who is the author?

Answer: Ayn Rand

Her only significant foray into drama. Stockton wrote a similarly 'unfinished' work, 'The Lady or the Tiger?': it poses a question - but leaves the answer to the judgment of the reader.

7. Which playwright intended to write a huge multi-play 'cycle' that would reflect American history ... but only wrote one or two plays in that cycle?

Answer: Eugene O'Neill

'More Stately Mansions' and 'A Touch of the Poet' were part of the cycle.

8. Which TV series did NOT experience the death of an actor while the series was ongoing?

Answer: Love Boat

'Cheers' lost Nicholas Colasanto who starred as 'Coach'. 'Bonanza' lost Dan Blocker ... the legendary Hoss Cartwright. 'Smith' lost Peter Deuel'.

Answer: None of them

Tough question, I know. Fleming drowned, Crane was murdered, Adams died via suicide or accidental overdose, Morrow died in the 'Twilight Zone' movie accident - but, all deaths occurred AFTER the tv series in question had been cancelled.

10. What could be more suggestive of being 'unfinished' than the title: 'Six Characters in Search of An Author'. Who was the author?

Answer: Luigi Pirandello

Another toughie - but it was Pirandello.

Source: Author robert362

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