August: Osage County Quizzes

August: Osage County Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?

Eugene O'Neill

Edward Albee

Tracy Letts

Paula Vogel
2 What award did the play win when it came out?

Sarah Siddons Award

NAACP Theater Award

Moliere Award

Pulitzer
3 When was the play first produced?

2009

2007

2003

2010
4 Where did the play premiere?

Los Angeles

West End

Steppenwolf

Broadway
5 Who directed the film adaptation?

John Madden

John Wells

Peter Weir

Tracy Letts
6 When did the movie adaptation come out?

2014

2013

2017

2010
7 Who played Violet in the film adaptation?

Glenn Close

Helen Mirren

Meryl Streep

Estelle Parsons
8 Who played Barbara in the film adaptation?

Mary Louise Parker

Nicole Kidman

Julia Roberts

Sandra Bullock
9 Where does the film take place?

Arkansas

Connecticut

Oklahoma

Missouri
10 Who is the first character we meet?

Johnna

Barbara

Beverly

Violet
11 What is Beverly's profession?

Family therapist

Construction worker

Professor/poet

Actor
12 Which of the following poets does Beverly not mention?

Crane

Keats

Berryman

Eliot
13 What month does the play take place in?

August

June

February

September
14 How far from Tulsa is the Weston home?

4 miles

26 miles

60 miles

100 miles
15 What is Violet addicted to?

Drinking

Marijuana

Pills

Heroin
16 How old is Johnna?

19

26

34

28
17 What is Johnna's ethnic background?

Cheyenne

Inuit

African American

Spanish
18 How did Johnna's father die?

Stroke

Heart attack

He was murdered

Suicide
19 What kind of cigarettes does Violet smoke?

Newport

American Spirit

Marlboro

Winston
20 What has Violet recently been diagnosed with?

Restless leg syndome

Cancer

Heart disease

Dementia
21 What kind of cancer?

Skin

Breast

Mouth

Colon
22 What does Beverly give Johnna?

A book of T.S. Eliot poems

His own poetry book

A statue of a turtle

A pack of cigarettes
23 What is Beverly's poetry book called?

Prairie Boy

Boat with no Oars

A Case of the Plains

Meadowlark
24 What sport is Charlie watching when we first meet him?

Basketball

Baseball

Curling

Hockey
25 What is Mattie Fae's relation to Violet?

She is her cousin

She is her sister

She is her best friend

She is her mother

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