Pride and Prejudice Trivia Game Answers

The trivia game has officially closed! Thank you to all the participants. Here are the answers to the trivia questions!

Period Drama Week - Saturday: Conclusion (Part 1: Period Drama Trivia Challenge Answers and Winners)

Okay, so for the conclusion, I thought I would split it up into multiple posts throughout the day. So here's part 1 of the conclusion, and I know you've all been waiting for it... The Period Drama Trivia Challenge Answers! The Winners and the buttons for the Winners will be at the bottom of this post.

1. Which two period dramas were Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle in together?
   Correct Answer - Pride and Prejudice (1995) and The King's Speech (2010)
2. Name the three Jane Austen adaptations that were released in 1995.
   Correct Answer - Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion
3. What author wrote the novels The Way We Live Now, He Knew He Was Right, and the books that became The Barchester Chronicles?
   Correct Answer - Anthony Trollope
4. Who wrote the screenplay for Emma (2009)?
   Correct Answer - Sandy Welch
5. What three Pride and Prejudice (1995) actors/actresses were in The King's Speech?
   Correct Answer - Colin Firth (Prince Albert "Bertie"/King George VI), Jennifer Ehle (Myrtle Logue), and David Bamber (Theater Director)
6. How many adaptations of Sense and Sensibility (not spin-offs or modern retellings) were there from 1970 to the present?
   Correct Answer - Four (1971, 1981, 1995, and 2008)
7. How many versions were there of North and South (by Elizabeth Gaskell)?
   Correct Answer - Two (There was one in 1975 with Patrick Stewart as John Thornton and one in 2004 with Richard Armitage as John Thornton)
8. Name three period dramas that Michael Gambon was in.
   Possible Answers - Wives and Daughters, Emma (2009), Amazing Grace, The King's Speech, the Doctor Who Christmas episode (I guess it was like A Christmas Carol? Where Michael Gambon was Scrooge?)
9. Name three period dramas that Colin Firth was in.
   Possible Answers - Pride and Prejudice (1995), The King's Speech, The Importance of Being Earnest
10. Who wrote the screenplay to North and South?
    Correct Answer - Sandy Welch
11. Who wrote the screenplay to Wives and Daughters?
    Correct Answer - Andrew Davies
12. In Little Dorrit, what was Pet's real name?
    Correct Answer - Minnie
13. What was at stake in Cranford? In Cranford (2007), finish the quote: "There is ____ at stake!"
    Correct Answer - Lace
14. In North and South (2004), what did John Thornton mention before first proposing to Margaret Hale?
    Correct Answer - The Color of the Fruit 
15. What did Roger Hamley send to Molly Gibson in Wives and Daughters?
    Correct Answer - A Wasp's Nest
16. What was the name of Osborne Hamley's wife in Wives and Daughters?
    Correct Answer - Aimee (or Amy)
17. What was the name of the county that the Bennets lived in in Pride and Prejudice?
    Correct Answer - Hertfordshire
18. Who were Lady Bertram's sisters in Mansfield Park?
    Correct Answer - Mrs. Price (or Frances Price) and Mrs. Norris
19. What were the maiden names of the sisters in Question 18?
    Correct Answer - Ward
20. What was Mrs. Bennet's maiden name in Pride and Prejudice?
    Correct Answer - Gardiner (since Mr. Gardiner was her brother)
21. In He Knew He Was Right, what was Emily Trevelyan's maiden name?
    Correct Answer - Rowley (her sister was Nora Rowley)
22. What were the names of the sisters fighting over Mr. Gibson in He Knew He Was Right?
    Correct Answer - Camilla and Arabella French
23. Who were the four living members of the Carbury family in The Way We Live Now?
    Correct Answer - Lady Carbury (her first name was Matilda, but I don't remember mentioning her name in the movie), Sir Felix Carbury, Henrietta "Hetta" Carbury, and Roger Carbury
24. Where was Mrs. Elton originally from in Emma?
    Correct Answer - Bristol
25. What was Mrs. Elton's maiden name?
    Correct Answer - Hawkins
26. Name three period dramas that Romola Garai was in.
    Possible Answers - Emma (2009), Amazing Grace, As You Like It, Nicholas Nickleby, Daniel Deronda
27. True or False? The name of the Dashwood's original home in Sense and Sensibility was Morland.
    Correct Answer - False: it was Norland
28. Who was Isabella Thorpe engaged to in Northanger Abbey?
    Correct Answer - James Morland
29. What is the name of the family that owns Downton Abbey?
    Correct Answer - Crawley
30. Who were the three women that were trying for Doctor Harrison's affections in Cranford?
    Correct Answer - Sophy Hutton, Caroline Thomkinson, and Mrs. Rose
31. Who was Doctor Harrison actually in love with?
    Correct Answer - Sophy
32. What was the name of Lady Catherine de Bourgh's husband in Pride and Prejudice?
    Correct Answer - Sir Lewis de Bourgh (but I would have accepted Lewis)
33. How old was Margaret Dashwood in the 1995 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility?
    Correct Answer - 11 ("I'll be twelve soon.")
34. How old was Margaret Dashwood in the book Sense and Sensibility?
    Correct Answer - 13 ("Margaret, the other sister, was a good-humored, well-disposed girl; but as she had already imbibed a good deal of Marianne's romance, without having much of her sense, she did not, at thirteen, bid fair to equal her sisters at a more advanced period of life.")
35. What was Mrs. Weston's first name in Emma?
    Correct Answer - Anne
36. Who is the heir of Kellynch Hall (full name, please)?
    Correct Answer - William Elliot (though some put down William Walter Elliot; is Walter is middle name? I never picked up on it)
37. Who is the butler at Downton Abbey (full name again)?
    Correct Answer - Charles "Charlie" Carson (I wanted the full name)
38. Who is the house keeper at Downton Abbey (again, full name)?
    Correct Answer - Elsie Hughes (I wanted the full name)
39. Who are Mr. Darcy's cousins that are present in Pride and Prejudice?
    Correct Answer - Anne de Bourgh and Colonel Fitzwilliam
40. What was the name of the woman that Paul Montague was engaged to in The Way We Live Now?
    Correct Answer - Mrs. Winifred Hurtle
41. What was the name of the new bishop in The Barchester Chronicles (or Barchester Towers for the book)?
    Correct Answer - Bishop Proudie
42. What was the name of the chaplain for the bishop in #41?
    Correct Answer - Mr. Obadiah Slope (though he may have changed his name from Slop)
43. What was Henry Tilney's occupation in Northanger Abbey?
    Correct Answer - Clergyman
44. How many children were in Catherine Morland's family in Northanger Abbey?
    Correct Answer - Ten
45. How old were Elizabeth Elliot and Anne Elliot at the beginning of Persuasion (not counting the flashbacks)?
    Correct Answer - Elizabeth was 29 and Anne was 27
46. What was the "North" town in North and South? What was the "South" town?
    Correct Answer - The North town was Milton; the South town was Helstone
47. What was the name of Charles, Henrietta, and Louisa Musgrove's brother who served in the navy?
    Correct Answer - Richard "Dick" Musgrove
48. What was the name of the boy that Mr. Carter was teaching how to read in Cranford (2007)?
    Correct Answer - Harry Gregson
49. How many children do Isabella and John Knightley have in Emma?
    Correct Answer - Five ("...the sixteen miles being happily accomplished, and Mr. and Mrs. John Knightley, their five children, and a competent number of nursery-maids, all reaching Hartfield in safety. ")
50. Why is Molly Gibson in Wives and Daughters called Molly instead of her Christian name? What was her Christian name?
    Correct Answer - Molly's Christian name was Mary. She was called Molly to differentiate between her and her mother since her mother was also named Mary

Thank you everyone for participating! Now for the Top 5 Winners that will also recieve a button/award to put at the side of their blog!

Melody -- 76%

Miss Laurie -- 74%

Abby -- 72%

Mel -- 54%

Birdienl -- 44%

Congratulations! Here are the buttons for you to pick up!

Stay tuned for the rest of the conclusion for Period Drama Week!

God Bless,  

Period Drama Week - Monday: Period Drama Trivia Challenge

Our next event for Period Drama Week will be the Period Drama Trivia Challenge! Here I have fifty questions about different period dramas. See how many you can answer!

Rules:

• You get one chance to submit your answers.
• Go through as many questions as you can. If you don't know an answer, try to guess. You will not be deducted for wrong answers. You can leave the question blank if you do not know.
• Comment your questions in this post. I will not publish the comments, but I will record your answers. I will post a comment with how many everyone got right/wrong. It may help to subscribe to this post in the comments so you can see how many you've gotten right/wrong.
• The winners will be the top five people with the most correct. If there are more people who are in the top five than five, the rule of first-come-first-served will apply. For the five winners, I will make a special button for each one so they can post it on their sidebars. I will post those buttons in the concluding post for Period Drama Week, so you can pick it up then! The size will be 200 pixels by 200 pixels and will include your name/username/or blog name even and "Winner of Period Drama Trivia Challenge. If you want it to be bigger or smaller, let me know: I won't go smaller than 150 px by 150 pixels or bigger than 300 pixels by 300 pixels.
• Submit your answers by Friday at 11:55.

1. Which two period dramas were Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle in together?
2. Name the three Jane Austen adaptations that were released in 1995.
3. What author wrote the novels The Way We Live Now, He Knew He Was Right, and the books that became The Barchester Chronicles?
4. Who wrote the screenplay for Emma (2009)?
5. What three Pride and Prejudice (1995) actors/actresses were in The King's Speech?
6. How many adaptations of Sense and Sensibility (not spin-offs or modern retellings) were there from 1970 to the present?
7. How many versions were there of North and South (by Elizabeth Gaskell)?
8. Name three period dramas that Michael Gambon was in.
9. Name three period dramas that Colin Firth was in.
10. Who wrote the screenplay to North and South?
11. Who wrote the screenplay to Wives and Daughters?
12. In Little Dorrit, what was Pet's real name?
13. What was at stake in Cranford? In Cranford (2007), finish the quote: "There is ____ at stake!"
14. In North and South (2004), what did John Thornton mention before first proposing to Margaret Hale?
15. What did Roger Hamley send to Molly Gibson in Wives and Daughters?
16. What was the name of Osborne Hamley's wife in Wives and Daughters?
17. What was the name of the county that the Bennets lived in in Pride and Prejudice?
18. Who were Lady Bertram's sisters in Mansfield Park?
19. What were the maiden names of the sisters in Question 18?
20. What was Mrs. Bennet's maiden name in Pride and Prejudice?
21. In He Knew He Was Right, what was Emily Trevelyan's maiden name?
22. What were the names of the sisters fighting over Mr. Gibson in He Knew He Was Right?
23. Who were the four living members of the Carbury family in The Way We Live Now?
24. Where was Mrs. Elton originally from in Emma?
25. What was Mrs. Elton's maiden name?
26. Name three period dramas that Romola Garai was in.
27. True or False? The name of the Dashwood's original home in Sense and Sensibility was Morland.
28. Who was Isabella Thorpe engaged to in Northanger Abbey?
29. What is the name of the family that owns Downton Abbey?
30. Who were the three women that were trying for Doctor Harrison's affections in Cranford?
31. Who was Doctor Harrison actually in love with?
32. What was the name of Lady Catherine de Bourgh's husband in Pride and Prejudice?
33. How old was Margaret Dashwood in the 1995 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility?
34. How old was Margaret Dashwood in the book Sense and Sensibility?
35. What was Mrs. Weston's first name in Emma?
36. Who is the heir of Kellynch Hall (full name, please)?
37. Who is the butler at Downton Abbey (full name again)?
38. Who is the house keeper at Downton Abbey (again, full name)?
39. Who are Mr. Darcy's cousins that are present in Pride and Prejudice?
40. What was the name of the woman that Paul Montague was engaged to in The Way We Live Now?
41. What was the name of the new bishop in The Barchester Chronicles (or Barchester Towers for the book)?
42. What was the name of the chaplain for the bishop in #41?
43. What was Henry Tilney's occupation in Northanger Abbey?
44. How many children were in Catherine Morland's family in Northanger Abbey?
45. How old were Elizabeth Elliot and Anne Elliot at the beginning of Persuasion (not counting the flashbacks)?
46. What was the "North" town in North and South? What was the "South" town?
47. What was the name of Charles, Henrietta, and Louisa Musgrove's brother who served in the navy?
48. What was the name of the boy that Mr. Carter was teaching how to read in Cranford (2007)?
49. How many children do Isabella and John Knightley have in Emma?
50. Why is Molly Gibson in Wives and Daughters called Molly instead of her Christian name? What was her Christian name?
51. Not a Trivia Question - If you are in the top five, which character from a period drama would you like to have for your button? Would you prefer your name/username or blog name in the button?

Comment your answers below. Good luck everyone!




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