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Poet's Corner Trivia Quiz

Poet's Corner in London's Westminster Abbey is the final resting place for some of England's greatest poets, novelists, playwrights, musicians and actors. I will give you a description of an individual buried there; you name them.

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

Author
fdgla

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
103,810

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
4981

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. This author is one of England's first great poets. "The Canterbury Tales" and "Troilus and Criseyde" are two of his most famous works. Hint

Boethius

Geoffrey Chaucer

Thomas Malory

Robert Southey

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Question 2 of 10

2. This poet wrote the romance "The Faerie Queen" and the wedding song "Epithalamion". Hint

Edmund Spenser

Henry Wadsorth Longfellow

John Milton

Walt Whitman

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Question 3 of 10

3. This very popular novelist, short story writer and poet is known for such works as "The Jungle Book", "Kim", "Captains Courageous" and "Gunga Din". Hint

H.G. Wells

G.K. Chesterton

W.S. Gilbert

Rudyard Kipling

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Question 4 of 10

4. This distinguished actor had a multifaceted career in both film and theatre. Among his memorable films are "Hamlet", "Wuthering Heights", "Henry V" and "Spartacus". Hint

John Gielgud

Richard Harris

Ralph Richardson

Laurence Olivier

5. This question is about a celebrated English actor from the eighteenth century. He was also a renowned theatrical manager, being responsible for renewing interest in the plays of Shakespeare. Hint

Ben Jonson

Edwin Booth

Charles Macklin

David Garrick

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Question 6 of 10

6. This playwright, who was born in Ireland, is most famous for his comedy "The School for Scandal". Hint

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

George Farquhar

William Congreve

William Wycherley

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Question 7 of 10

7. This composer from the seventeenth century wrote the opera "Dido and Aeneas". Hint

Henry Purcell

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Benjamin Britten

Edward Elgar

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Question 8 of 10

8. Another composer buried in the Abbey was born in Germany and later became a naturalized English citizen. He was famous for his operas and oratorios, particularly "Messiah". Hint

Johann Sebastian Bach

George Frederick Handel

Franz Joseph Haydn

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Question 9 of 10

9. This man is known as the author of the first great English dictionary. His friend James Boswell wrote a celebrated biography of him. Hint

Noah Webster

Bennet Cerf

Peter Mark Roget

Samuel Johnson

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Question 10 of 10

10. This author, born in 1840, wrote many novels. Among his most famous are "Tess of the D'Urbervilles", "Jude the Obscure", "The Return of the Native" and "Far from the Madding Crowd". Hint

Thomas Hardy

D.H. Lawrence

John Galsworthy

Evelyn Waugh

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This author is one of England's first great poets. "The Canterbury Tales" and "Troilus and Criseyde" are two of his most famous works.

Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer

Chaucer was buried in the Abbey not for his literary accomplishments, but because of his position as Clerk of Works to the palace of Westminster.

2. This poet wrote the romance "The Faerie Queen" and the wedding song "Epithalamion".

Answer: Edmund Spenser

Spenser was buried very near Chaucer, thus starting the tradition of burying poets near each other in the Abbey.

3. This very popular novelist, short story writer and poet is known for such works as "The Jungle Book", "Kim", "Captains Courageous" and "Gunga Din".

Answer: Rudyard Kipling

Kipling was the first English author to be awarded the Nobel Prize in literature.

4. This distinguished actor had a multifaceted career in both film and theatre. Among his memorable films are "Hamlet", "Wuthering Heights", "Henry V" and "Spartacus".

Answer: Laurence Olivier

Considered by many to be the greatest actor of the twentieth century, Olivier performed not only in the classics, but popular films such as "Marathon Man", "The Boys from Brazil" and "Sleuth".

5. This question is about a celebrated English actor from the eighteenth century. He was also a renowned theatrical manager, being responsible for renewing interest in the plays of Shakespeare.

Answer: David Garrick

Garrick also studied law and was a wine merchant before finding his true metier. He was manager and co-owner of the famous Drury Lane theatre.

6. This playwright, who was born in Ireland, is most famous for his comedy "The School for Scandal".

Answer: Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Sheridan, like Garrick, was also a co-owner and manager of the Drury Lane theatre. He later became a member of Parliament and argued against the English war on the American colonies.

7. This composer from the seventeenth century wrote the opera "Dido and Aeneas".

Answer: Henry Purcell

Purcell is considered the first English opera composer.

8. Another composer buried in the Abbey was born in Germany and later became a naturalized English citizen. He was famous for his operas and oratorios, particularly "Messiah".

Answer: George Frederick Handel

Handel also composed such audience favorites as "Water Music" and "Music for the Royal Fireworks".

9. This man is known as the author of the first great English dictionary. His friend James Boswell wrote a celebrated biography of him.

Answer: Samuel Johnson

Johnson's "Dictionary of the English Language" was eight years in the making. It's amazing that it was the work of one man. Today's dictionaries are the work of dozens of contributors.

10. This author, born in 1840, wrote many novels. Among his most famous are "Tess of the D'Urbervilles", "Jude the Obscure", "The Return of the Native" and "Far from the Madding Crowd".

Answer: Thomas Hardy

Hardy was also an accomplished poet. He trained as an architect.

Source: Author fdgla

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