August: Osage County Quizzes

August: Osage County Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Edward Albee

Tracy Letts

Paula Vogel

Eugene O'Neill
2 What award did the play win when it came out?
NAACP Theater Award

Sarah Siddons Award

Pulitzer

Moliere Award
3 When was the play first produced?
2010

2007

2009

2003
4 Where did the play premiere?
West End

Los Angeles

Steppenwolf

Broadway
5 Who directed the film adaptation?
John Madden

Tracy Letts

John Wells

Peter Weir
6 When did the movie adaptation come out?
2017

2014

2013

2010
7 Who played Violet in the film adaptation?
Estelle Parsons

Meryl Streep

Helen Mirren

Glenn Close
8 Who played Barbara in the film adaptation?
Sandra Bullock

Nicole Kidman

Julia Roberts

Mary Louise Parker
9 Where does the film take place?
Missouri

Oklahoma

Connecticut

Arkansas
10 Who is the first character we meet?
Beverly

Johnna

Barbara

Violet
11 What is Beverly's profession?
Actor

Construction worker

Family therapist

Professor/poet
12 Which of the following poets does Beverly not mention?
Berryman

Crane

Eliot

Keats
13 What month does the play take place in?
February

June

September

August
14 How far from Tulsa is the Weston home?
26 miles

100 miles

4 miles

60 miles
15 What is Violet addicted to?
Drinking

Marijuana

Pills

Heroin
16 How old is Johnna?
26

19

34

28
17 What is Johnna's ethnic background?
Spanish

Inuit

African American

Cheyenne
18 How did Johnna's father die?
Suicide

Heart attack

Stroke

He was murdered
19 What kind of cigarettes does Violet smoke?
American Spirit

Marlboro

Winston

Newport
20 What has Violet recently been diagnosed with?
Cancer

Restless leg syndome

Heart disease

Dementia
21 What kind of cancer?
Colon

Mouth

Breast

Skin
22 What does Beverly give Johnna?
A pack of cigarettes

A statue of a turtle

A book of T.S. Eliot poems

His own poetry book
23 What is Beverly's poetry book called?
Prairie Boy

Boat with no Oars

Meadowlark

A Case of the Plains
24 What sport is Charlie watching when we first meet him?
Basketball

Hockey

Curling

Baseball
25 What is Mattie Fae's relation to Violet?
She is her mother

She is her best friend

She is her sister

She is her cousin

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