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Quiz about Playwrights And Their Plays NOT

Playwrights And Their Plays (NOT!) Quiz

This quiz is about plays and playwrights. I'll give you the playwright, and you tell me which play or screenplay they did NOT write.

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

Author
punkshocker

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
34,771

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
1341

Last 3 plays: Guest 1 (5/15), Guest 185 (7/15), jmel2 (10/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Arthur Miller? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write? Hint

'Broken Glass'

'Death of a Salesman'

'Equus'

'The Crucible'

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Question 2 of 15

2. David Mamet? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write? Hint

'Oleanna'

'Boys' Life'

'American Buffalo'

'Sexual Perversity in Chicago'

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Question 3 of 15

3. Henrik Ibsen? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write? Hint

'Ghosts'

'A Doll's House'

'The Seagull'

'An Enemy of the People'

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which play or screenplay did Tom Stoppard NOT write? Hint

'Arcadia'

'The Caucasian Chalk Circle'

'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead'

'Night and Day'

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Question 5 of 15

5. Moliere? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write? Hint

'The Misanthrope'

'The Miser'

'The Count of Monte Cristo'

'Don Juan'

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Question 6 of 15

6. Brian Friel? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write? Hint

'Aristocrats'

'Translations'

'Bash'

'The Freedom of the City'

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Question 7 of 15

7. Eric Bogosian? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write? Hint

'Suburbia'

'Sex, Drugs, and Rock n Roll'

'Talk Radio'

'Seduced'

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Question 8 of 15

8. Wendy McLeod? Which play or screenplay did she NOT write? Hint

'The House of Yes'

'Shallow Game'

'The Water Children'

'The Vagina Monologues'

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Question 9 of 15

9. Tennessee Williams? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write? Hint

'The Glass Menagerie'

'Dragon Country'

'Something Cloudy, Something Clear'

'The Dumb Waiter'

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Question 10 of 15

10. Sophocles? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write? Hint

'Antigone'

'The Trachiniae'

'Ajax'

'Agamemnon'

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Question 11 of 15

11. Eugene Ionesco? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write? Hint

'The Bald Soprano'

'The Chairs'

'No Exit'

'Rhinoceros'

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Question 12 of 15

12. Christopher Durang? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write? Hint

'Beyond Therapy'

'The Actor's Nightmare'

'Titanic'

'Side Man'

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Question 13 of 15

13. David Ives? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write? Hint

'House of Games'

'Variations on the Death of Trotsky'

'Words, Words, Words'

'Sure Thing'

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Question 14 of 15

14. Sam Shepard? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write? Hint

'A Lie of the Mind'

'Simpatico'

'Travesties'

'Paris, Texas'

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Question 15 of 15

15. William Shakespeare? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write? Hint

'Antony and Cleopatra'

'Edward II'

'Richard III'

'Troilus and Cressida'

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Arthur Miller? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Answer: 'Equus'

'Equus' was written by Peter Shaffer.

2. David Mamet? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Answer: 'Boys' Life'

'Boys' Life' was written by Howard Korder.

3. Henrik Ibsen? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Answer: 'The Seagull'

'The Seagull' was written by Anton Chekhov.

4. Which play or screenplay did Tom Stoppard NOT write?

Answer: 'The Caucasian Chalk Circle'

'The Caucasian Chalk Circle' was written by Bertolt Brecht.

5. Moliere? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Answer: 'The Count of Monte Cristo'

'The Count of Monte Cristo' was written by Alexandre Dumas.

6. Brian Friel? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Answer: 'Bash'

'Bash' is by Neil Labute.

7. Eric Bogosian? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Answer: 'Seduced'

'Seduced' is by Sam Shepard

8. Wendy McLeod? Which play or screenplay did she NOT write?

Answer: 'The Vagina Monologues'

'The Vagina Monologues' are by Eve Ensler

9. Tennessee Williams? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Answer: 'The Dumb Waiter'

'The Dumb Waiter' is by Harold Pinter

10. Sophocles? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Answer: 'Agamemnon'

'Agamemnon' was written by Aeschylus.

11. Eugene Ionesco? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Answer: 'No Exit'

'No Exit' is by Jean-Paul Sartre.

12. Christopher Durang? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Answer: 'Side Man'

'Side Man' was written by Warren Leight.

13. David Ives? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Answer: 'House of Games'

'House of Games' was written by David Mamet.

14. Sam Shepard? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Answer: 'Travesties'

'Travesties' is by Tom Stoppard.

15. William Shakespeare? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Answer: 'Edward II'

'Edward II' was written by Christopher Marlowe.

Source: Author punkshocker

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