August: Osage County Quizzes

August: Osage County Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?

Tracy Letts

Edward Albee

Paula Vogel

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

Moliere Award

Sarah Siddons Award

Pulitzer

NAACP Theater Award
3 When was the play first produced?

2009

2010

2007

2003
4 Where did the play premiere?

Broadway

Steppenwolf

West End

Los Angeles
5 Who directed the film adaptation?

John Wells

Tracy Letts

Peter Weir

John Madden
6 When did the movie adaptation come out?

2013

2010

2014

2017
7 Who played Violet in the film adaptation?

Helen Mirren

Glenn Close

Estelle Parsons

Meryl Streep
8 Who played Barbara in the film adaptation?

Julia Roberts

Sandra Bullock

Mary Louise Parker

Nicole Kidman
9 Where does the film take place?

Connecticut

Missouri

Arkansas

Oklahoma
10 Who is the first character we meet?

Johnna

Beverly

Violet

Barbara
11 What is Beverly's profession?

Professor/poet

Construction worker

Family therapist

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

Crane

Eliot

Keats

Berryman
13 What month does the play take place in?

September

June

February

August
14 How far from Tulsa is the Weston home?

100 miles

4 miles

26 miles

60 miles
15 What is Violet addicted to?

Marijuana

Drinking

Pills

Heroin
16 How old is Johnna?

19

26

28

34
17 What is Johnna's ethnic background?

Cheyenne

Inuit

Spanish

African American
18 How did Johnna's father die?

Suicide

Heart attack

Stroke

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

Winston

American Spirit

Marlboro

Newport
20 What has Violet recently been diagnosed with?

Dementia

Heart disease

Cancer

Restless leg syndome
21 What kind of cancer?

Skin

Colon

Mouth

Breast
22 What does Beverly give Johnna?

A pack of cigarettes

A book of T.S. Eliot poems

His own poetry book

A statue of a turtle
23 What is Beverly's poetry book called?

Boat with no Oars

Prairie Boy

A Case of the Plains

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

Curling

Baseball

Hockey

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

She is her mother

She is her cousin

She is her best friend

She is her sister

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