In the grand tradition of the Carter-Johnson house I offer questions to those of you who saw the encore performance of The Audience today. At Rebecca's house you get $.50 per right answer, up to a maximum of $10.00. In the form the quiz is taking today, all you will get is the rush of getting most of the questions right.
Here goes, for those of you who are home from the movie
and in the testing mode. Beware. I am starting with a hard question. Skip it if you like and go to some easier
questions while you warm up.
1. Writer
Peter Morgan said at the half-time interview, there is a difference between writing the facts and writing the
truth. What does he mean by this?
2. Whom
do you think is the Queen’s favourite Prime Minister
3. A young girl appears in the play. Who is
she? What is her name for an extra bonus point?
4. What
is the Girl Gide symbol for “on my honor”.
5. How
many Prime Ministers has the queen met with over the course of her reign.
6. What
secret would the back stage people not tell us about the costuming. For bonus points, what was the colour of the
first dress and what was the colour of the second dress after the magical
costume change.
7. When
we saw the book called the Costuming Bible what colour did we see most ... what
is the royal color for her costuming.
Alternately, name three colours that we saw in that book.
8. If
the Queen took her husband’s name, what country would we think she is from?
9. From
what sore was the heater at Balmoral purchased in 1969.
10. What
does it mean to be a postage stamp with a pulse?
11. Name
one place that made you laugh in the movie.
12. What
part of the movie made your mother cry and why.
This question to be answered by Alex and Duncan. If you did not go to the movie with your
mother, did a tear ever slip down your own cheek and if so ... why?
13. Who
is Emma Freud?
14. This
play was not held at the National Theatre in London but moved to the West
End. You may have been in this theatre
yourself. If so, did you notice the decoration
on the fire curtain? Name one of the
images there. For extra points, name the
theatre.
15. Helen
Murrin was interviewed and said she was wearing the same colour in her dress that
the Queen wore in a sweater at Balmoral Castle.
What colour was that?
16. What
two things are done at Balmoral Castle whether there is rain or shine there?
17. Why
does the Queen weqr narrow brimmed hats?
How many dressers does the Queen have in real life? Why are her dresses weighted?
18. Describe
two ceiling lights: the one in Balmoral Castle and the one at Buckingham
Palace.
19. Why
didn’t Sir Winston Churchill sit down in the first interview?
20. Sir
Winston Churchill wanted a favour of the queen – he wanted her coronation to be
put off for 16 months, even though her father’s coronation had been arranged in
5 months. What favour did the Queen ask
for in return?
21. #10
Downing Street is the home of the Prime Minister. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburough have
only been there twice to dinner. Whose
invitations did they accept?
22. We
heard one Prime Minister refer to his wife many times, the first time because
the P.M said his wife wanted a picture of him with the Queen. What is the wife’s name? (Hint:
Alex has an aunt with this name.)
23. A
phone call warned the Queen that the meeting she was about to have with the
current Prime Minister might have a temperature warmer than usual. Which Prime Minister was mad, and why?
24. What
is the number of minutes that the queen thinks is the maximum for any of her
subjects to listen to her speak.
25. Which
was your favorite scene from the movie?
You can answer this question in the comment section if you like. While I am here typing, I asked Kelvin what
was his favorite scene and he said the one where the subject was Alzheimer’s.
Did you have fun with the questions?
Arta
Alex liked having the dogs there (and having them run through Williams' legs). I too thought the scene between the Queen and Williams at the end was totally touching (and it is indeed one of the scenes where a tear slipped down my cheek). I spent the morning helping two other friends pack up the apartment of a wonderful friend of ours who is suffering from some dementia/alzeheimers. It made the scene particularly poignant.
ReplyDeleteOoop.... we meant WILSON not Williams.
ReplyDeleteDuncan says one favourite scene was when the redcoat took the chair away from the inspector who was trying to tip it over, and then placed it sideways on the ground himself only much slower
Duncan's friend Ben liked it when PM Wilson said "If you are not happy living in Buckingham Palace, you have some serious problems!"
Rebecca also loved the scene where Wilson had the guy take photos of him with the Queen. Actually, the entire play was amazing, and I was laughing every few minutes throughout.
I am going again tomorrow. I looked up the closest place to go to see it in B.C. Unfortunately, those folks would have to drive down to Langley or Mission -- a little far.
ReplyDeleteThere is good news. It is on again on Wednesday in Calgary, should I not get enough of the beauty of the dialogue in the play tomorrow.
It was a fantastic play but two things: 1) I wish I had completed more research on the PM's of England, 2) I wish I had my father sitting next to me so I could ask him questions about British and world history that I was not aware of due to my young age when many of these PM's were in office. Still I loved the wit of the queen and the dialogue that presented clear differences between the PM's. I watched the Iron Lady a few days later. An equally fantastic movie.
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