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Saturday, July 13, 2013

Period Drama First Lines Quiz

Period Bonus Question: Which period film is this photos from?

To Play: Read the first lines of period dramas below and leave a comment guessing which period drama each quote comes from. I'll respond with your score. Answers will be posted this time next week.  

Scoring: 10 points for each correctly guessed period drama. 10 points for correctly guessing the bonus photo question above. You can reach a high score of 200 points.


Period Drama First Lines:

#1
"Robinson! Your master is unwell! You must stop at the very next inn we come to!" 
"Right you are miss!"


#2
"C-----, who's that little girl?" 
"Oh dear!" 
"Poor little woman, she must have lost herself. Who do you belong to child?"


#3
"Thank you. Oh, that's lovely. Be careful with those."
"Lady R------!" 
"My dear A---. You look quite done for."


#4
"I think your sisters have drunk too much of the orange wine."  
"You can bring your sister. And your mother. Miss A----- ...uh, J---? Would you marry me and be mistress of Manydown?"


#5
"Get up! Get up you lazy nag!" 
"Stop a moment!" 
"W-----! W-----, you're not well enough. For once let it pass."  
"If you leave your horse alone for an hour he might recover." 
"And who the h*** are you?"  
"Hold it. I've seen him speak in London. That's W------ W----------."


#6
"Do you truly love me?"  
"Trust me."

(second scene)
"You should prepare yourself. I have done all I can."  
"J---, I'm so glad you've come."  
"Is it J---?" 
"Here I am father."


#7
"L-----, K----?"
"My dear Mr. B-----, have you heard the news? N---------- P--- is lent at last! Do you not want to know who has taken it?"  
"As you wish to tell me, my dear, I doubt I have any choice in the matter."


#8
"999 indeed! I haven't heard of such a number for a house."

(second scene)
"Forgive my boldness, sir, but wooden leg or no wooden leg, you are this child's last surviving relative. Her father named you as guardian in his will."  
"Yeah. I don't dispute that. I merely point out that this house is a shrine to paleontology. There's no corner in it for a small girl - or her nurse."


#9
"Dear Mrs. C-------, my friend and neighbor, Mr. G----- H------, had the pleasure to make you acquaintance this summer on a ferry trip from Cyprus to Crete. If you are reading this, it means that his first suspicions have been confirmed. You, Mrs. C-------, are my mother. I trust I will be forgiven for not remembering when or why we parted."


#10
"Mr. S-------, sir? When are we to be paid?" 
"In due course." 
"In due course? But these are outstanding."
"I'm aware they're outstanding, sir. That's why I'm here."  
"Mr. S-------, these bills go back for months and months!"


#11
"Ho there! stop thieves!"  

(second scene)
"There is still time to reconsider my dear Miss T-----. Come back home with us. J---- will not mind turning the carriage round and nobody you know will take it amiss."


#12
"Hang it right man, hang it right!  And where have you been? Look at what I've got before me while you're out at your leisure. You tell me directly what have you been doing? Well? or I'll have you hit that corner as if you was 50 Pips and 500 Gargerys." 
"I've been down to hear the carols." 
"Carols is it? As if I wasn't a blacksmith's wife and a slave with her apron never off, I should've been to hear the carols. But too busy I am bringing you up by hand! Why do I do it?"


#13
"Steady! Whoa! Whoa!"  
"There you are miss."  
"Whoa! Walk on! Walk on!"
"Silence in court!" 
"Now we come, not for the first time, to J------- and J-------."


#14
"Good day to you, Mrs. N-----."  
"Sir T-----. Sister, I hope I find you well."  
"The carriage will call for you in quarter of an hour." 
"And you have a vast way to go to meet the child. Northampton is full eight miles, so I am told."


#15
"It's alright Saleem. One day you'll fly over the water like it's nothing, I promise."


#16
"Oh my gosh!" 
"That's impossible! I'll take it up there now." 
"Don't be stupid, none of them will be up for hours and what difference will it make? Jimmy will do it when he comes in."

(second scene)
"Six o'clock!" 
"Thank you D----. A---!"  
"For just once in my life I'd like to sleep until I woke up natural."


#17
"Are you alright?"  
"Yes!"  
"Inside, quick!"   
"Help!" 
"Look out!" 
"Jack look out!"  
"Papa!!!"


#18
"...there's twelve. Here, take it. Small fortune."  
"Thank you, sir. He'll be very grateful to you."  
"So he should. Tell him I expect to see a return on my investments very soon."


#19
"I will die."  
"S- J---?"  
"I found her at the door."  
"She's white as death!"


Have fun!


15 comments:

  1. My goodness, this is rather difficult! I'm afraid I don't know many of these, but here goes:

    #2 Wives and Daughters
    #5 Amazing Grace
    #7 Pride and Prejudice 2005. (And probably '95 too.)
    #8 Ballet Shoes
    #12 Obviously Great Expectations, but I'm not quite certain which version. Is it 1999?
    #16 Downton Abbey, season one.

    Those are the only ones I know! : )

    ~Emma Jane

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  2. 1: Martin Chuzzlewit?
    2: Wives and Daughters
    3:?
    4:Miss Austen's Regrets
    5: Amazing Grace
    6:Sense and Sensability 2008
    7:Pride and Prejudice 2005
    8:Ballet Shoes
    9:?
    10:?
    11:?
    12:Great Expectations
    13: Bleak House
    14: Mansfield Park
    15:?
    16:?
    17:?
    18:?
    19:?

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  3. Here goes!! :D

    1. Hmmmm... I'm not off to a good start. I feel like I should know this one, but I can't think of it...

    2. Wives and Daughters

    3. Persuasion

    4. I'm not sure...

    5. Amazing Grace!!!!

    6. Sense and Sensibility (2008)

    7. Pride and Prejudice 2005

    12. Great Expectations

    13. Bleak House

    15. The Inheritance

    19. Jane Eyre

    That's all I have for now! :)

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  4. 2. Wives and Daughters
    5. Amazing Grace
    6. Sense and Sensibility 2008
    7. Pride and Prejudice 2005
    8. Ballet Shoes! :-)
    10. I'm pretty sure is a version of Persuasion, but I can't put my finger on the exact one.
    11. A&E Emma
    13. Bleak House
    14. Mansfield Park '83
    16. Downton Abbey Season 1

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  5. 2. Wives and Daughters

    3. Persuasion

    4. Miss Austen Regrest

    5. Amazing Grace

    6. Sense and Sensibility 2008

    7. P&P95

    12. Great Expectations

    13. Bleak House

    15. The Inheritance

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  6. Bonus question - Sense and Sensibility

    1.
    2. Wives and Daughters
    3. Persuasion
    4. Lost in Austen
    5. Amazing Grace
    6. Sense and sensibility
    7. Pride and Prejudice
    8. Ballet Shoes
    9. An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving
    10. Persuasion
    11.
    12.
    13. Bleak House
    14. Mansfield Park
    15.-19. No idea.

    Do I need to put the dates of each Austen adaptation?

    Thank you for another wonderful quiz! :)

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  7. I think #5 is Amazing Grace

    #7 is some version of Price & Prejudice, I think 2005.

    I think #19 is the 2011 version of Jane Eyre.

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  8. 1. Martin Chuzzlewit
    2. Wives and Daughters
    3. Persuasion
    4. -
    5. Amazing Grace
    6. Sense and Sensibility
    7. Pride and Prejudice
    8. The Ballet Shoes
    9. -
    10. -
    11. -
    12. Great Expectations
    13. Bleak House
    14. Mansfield Park
    15. The Inheritance
    16. Downton Abbey
    17. -
    18. The Old Curiosity Shop
    19. -

    Bonus: An old Sense and Sensibility?

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  9. Emma Jane,
    Your guesses on 2, 5, 7, 8, 12 and 16 were correct. Your score is 60 points.

    Anne-girl,
    Your guesses on 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13 and 14 were correct. Your score is 100 points.

    Petie,
    Your guesses on 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 15 and 19 were all correct. Your score is 90 points.

    Rhoswen Faerie Wrose,
    Your guesses on 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 16 were correct. Your score is 100 points.

    Kiri Liz,
    Your guesses on 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13 and 15 were correct. Your score is 90 points.

    Issy,
    Your guesses on the bonus question, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13 and 14 were correct. Your guess on 4 was incorrect. Your score is 110 points!

    Hamlette,
    Your guesses on 5, 7 and 19 were correct. Your score is 30 points.

    Lydia,
    Your guesses on 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18 and the bonus question were correct. Your score is 140 points!

    More guesses are welcome! Don't forget to guess on the Bonus Question!

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  10. Let's see: the photo is driving me crazy because I know I recognize it from SOMEWHERE but I can't quite place it.

    1)?
    2)Wives and Daughters
    3)Persuasion
    4)?
    5)Amazing Grace
    6)Sense and Sensibility
    7)P. and P. ;)
    8)?
    9)?
    10)?
    11)?
    12)Great Expectations
    13)?
    14)Mansfield Park
    15)The Inheritance
    16)Downton Abbey
    17)?
    18)?
    19)?

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  11. #2 is from Wives and Daughters
    #6 is from Sense and Sensibility?
    #12 is from Great Expectations
    #14 is from Mansfield Park.
    Oh, yes, and #7 is Pride and Prejudice.

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  12. These games look cool! Though, Most of them I don't know.

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  13. :)
    Amy and I saw this one together but I didn't get a chance to comment, so here I am just in the nick of time! ;)

    1. Maybe Martin Chuzzlewit? (I think Amy actually helped me with this one... so if we're right, I guess this is from both of us. Heehee.)

    2. Wives and Daughters

    3. Persuasion

    4. Miss Austen Regrets :P

    5. Um...

    6. Um... S&S08...

    7. Must be some P&P. Proberly the fake one. ;P

    8. Ehhh... dunno.
    9. Or this.
    10. Or this...
    11. Haha, should I know any of these?
    12. o.O

    13. Ah! Bleak House. Finally something I know.

    14. Must be some Mansfield Park.

    15. The Inheritance

    16. Huh?
    17. Eh...
    18. Hmm.

    19. Jane Eyre 2011

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  14. #2 is from Wives and Daughters.
    #5 is from Amazing Grace.
    #7 is from Pride and Prejudice.
    #8 I believe is from Ballet Shoes.
    #11 is from Emma.
    #13 is from Bleak House!
    #15 is from The Inheritance.
    #16 I'm not sure on this one, but I'm going to guess it's from The Waltons.
    #18 Is this one from The Curiosity Shop?
    #19 Jane Eyre.

    Well, that's all I've got! You keep coming up with such fun and creative games!

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  15. Ania,
    Your guesses on 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14, 15 and 16 were correct. Your score is 90 points.


    Abby,
    Your guesses on 2, 6, 12, 14 and 7 were correct. Your score is 50 points.


    Melody,
    Your guesses on 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15 or 19 were correct. Your score is l00 points!


    Tillie,
    Your guesses on 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 18 and 19 were correct. Your guess on 16 was incorrect. Your score is 90 points.

    Thanks for playing everyone!

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