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'Sense and Senility' Trivia Quiz

A short quiz about my favourite episode from series three of "Blackadder".

A multiple-choice quiz by emj23. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
emj23

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
140,218

Updated
Jul 21 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1213

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What are the names of the two actors who are employed by the Prince to teach him how to recite a speech? Hint

Summers and Thornwood

Harris and Ponsonby

Mossop and Keenrick

Farrow and DeVere

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Question 2 of 10

2. At the end of the play Blackadder has been forced to watch woth the Prince, an anarchist runs onstage. What does he throw at the Prince? Hint

A bucket of rotten fruit

A bomb

A brick

A knife

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Question 3 of 10

3. Complete the quote: "Disease and deprivation stalk our land like..." Hint

Fortnum and Mason

death and dishonesty

two giant stalking things

they do

4. When the two actors walk into Mrs. Miggins', Blackadder mimes having to fight through a crowd of people in order to talk to them. How many people actually showed any interest in meeting the actors apart from Blackadder? Hint

none

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Question 5 of 10

5. Baldrick says his father once had a part in a play. What part was it? Hint

fourth peasant

village idiot

third mirkin

second codpiece

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which play's name do the actors react to in a strange way? Hint

Julius Caesar

Cymbelline

Macbeth

The Tempest

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Question 7 of 10

7. How many times does Blackadder say the name of this play in order to annoy the actors? Hint

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Question 8 of 10

8. Where does Baldrick tell Prince George that Blackadder has gone, after the Prince and the actors have been consistently rude to him? Hint

France

Sardinia

Australia

Hamstead

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Question 9 of 10

9. Baldrick overhears the actors practising their new play and thinks they are plotting to kill the Prince and himself. What is the name of the main character in their play? Hint

King Alberto

Duke Orsino

Prince Alejandro

Prince Romero

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Question 10 of 10

10. When the actors point out that everything Baldrick overheard is written on the pages on the table, what does Blackadder say this is due to? Hint

Arrogance

Vanity

Stupidity

Overplanning

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What are the names of the two actors who are employed by the Prince to teach him how to recite a speech?

Answer: Mossop and Keenrick

David Keenrick and Enoch Mossop are very bad actors who wear too much make-up and believe that to make a speech sound better, one should roar before speaking.

2. At the end of the play Blackadder has been forced to watch woth the Prince, an anarchist runs onstage. What does he throw at the Prince?

Answer: A bomb

"Death to the stupid Prince!" The anarchist was of course played by Ben Elton.

3. Complete the quote: "Disease and deprivation stalk our land like..."

Answer: two giant stalking things

Blackadder talking to Prince George about the reality of life outside the palace. The Prince looks appalled, particularly when Blackadder tells him that poor people have children to "provide a cheap alternative to turkey at Christmas".

Answer: none

Mrs Miggins applauds when they walk in, but no-one except Blackadder tries to talk to them. They make a ridiculous show of walking in, each actor announcing the other.

5. Baldrick says his father once had a part in a play. What part was it?

Answer: second codpiece

"Was it a large part?" - Blackadder. "Depends who was playing Macbeth." - Baldrick.

6. Which play's name do the actors react to in a strange way?

Answer: Macbeth

Apparently, it's considered unlucky to say the name, so Macbeth is referred to as "the Scottish Play". Keenrick and Mossop have to perform a bizarre ritual to "exorcise the evil spirits" which are conjured by saying the name.

7. How many times does Blackadder say the name of this play in order to annoy the actors?

Answer: 10

He manages to say or shout "Macbeth" ten times, including when the actors have been removed from the room.

8. Where does Baldrick tell Prince George that Blackadder has gone, after the Prince and the actors have been consistently rude to him?

Answer: Sardinia

Blackadder leaves the palace and says he is going to find a job in Sardinia after being called "thick" several times by the Prince.

9. Baldrick overhears the actors practising their new play and thinks they are plotting to kill the Prince and himself. What is the name of the main character in their play?

Answer: Prince Romero

He tells the Prince Regent that the actors are anarchists plotting to kill him. Neither of them know what to do so they decide the best thing to do that is hide under a table.

10. When the actors point out that everything Baldrick overheard is written on the pages on the table, what does Blackadder say this is due to?

Answer: Vanity

He also says it was the small but fatal flaw in their plan. He is in fact aware that they were not plotting at all, but because he dislikes them so much, he lets them get arrested for it anyway.

Source: Author emj23

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