Period Drama Dress Quiz - Answers!

These are the answers to the Period Drama Dress Quiz from last week. Sorry it took a bit longer to get these answers up this time. But a few more people played so I added them in and scored their answers. Sorry too about not responding with your answers during the week, it was a hectic week for me. Probably no game this week since like me many of you will be busy this Thanksgiving week too! 

Period Drama Dresses:

#1

Period Drama: Bleak House

Actor/Character: Gillian Anderson as Lady Dedlock

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#2

Period Drama: Daniel Deronda

Actor/Character: Romola Garai as Gwendolen Harleth

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#3

Period Drama: Little Women (1994)

Actor/Character: Trini Alvarado as Meg March

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#4

Period Drama: North & South

Actor/Character: Daniela Denby-Ashe as Maraget Hale

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#5

Period Drama: Our Mutual Friend

Actor/Character: Anna Friel as Bella Wilfur

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#6

Period Drama: Our Mutual Friend

Actor/Character: Anna Friel as Bella Wilfur

Oops! Somehow got in two of her dresses!

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#7

Period Drama: Sense & Sensibility (2008)

Actor/Character: Charity Wakefield as Marianne Dashwood

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#8

Period Drama: Persuasion (1995)

Actor/Character: Amanda Root as Anne Elliot

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#9

Period Drama: The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)

Actor/Character: Jane Seymour as Marguerite St. Just

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#10

Period Drama: Sense & Sensibility (1995)

Actor/Character: Kate Winslet as Marianne Dashwood

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#11

Period Drama: Downton Abbey, Season 1

Actor/Character: Laura Carmichael as Lady Edith Crawley

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#12

Period Drama: Wives & Daughters

Actor/Character: Justine Waddell as Molly Gibson

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Players Scores:

Miss Sneyd - 34 points

Miss Elizabeth Bennet - 28 points

Emma Jane - 27 points

Melody - 26 points

Kristalyn Huber - 24 points

Sarah Grace - 24 points

Sadie - 23 points

Lady Eowyn - 21 points

Birdie - 19 points

Ella - 13 points

Grace hearts Austen - 12 points

McKenna - 12 points

Thanks for play!

Period Drama Dress Quiz

Boy, it has been a while since I posted a period drama dress game! Hope you enjoy guessing which period drama each dress is from and who is wearing it!

To Play: Look at the photos of dresses in period dramas below and guess what period drama each dress is from, and what actor playing what character is wearing each dress. Leave your guesses in a comment. I will respond with your score. Guess as many times as you wish. Answers will be posted next Saturday.

Scoring: One point for each correct period drama, actor and character named. A total of 36 points can be earned! 

Period Drama Dresses:

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

#9

#10

#11

#12

Happy guessing!

Which dress is your favorite?

Poetry In Period Dramas Game - Answers

These are the answers to the Poetry In Period Dramas Game from last week. As promised along with the answers I am also telling what the title of the poems and who wrote them. Sorry these answers are up late, it's been an odd day. 

Poems Quoted In Period Dramas:

#1

Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere,

Heaven did a recompense as largely send:

He gave to Misery all he had, a tear,

He gained from Heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend.

Period Drama: Cranford (2007)
Poem: Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray

#2

Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Admit impediments. Love is not love

Which alters when it alteration finds,

Or bends with the remover to remove:

O no! it is an ever-fixed mark

That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

Period Drama: Sense and Sensibility (1996)

Poem: Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare

#3

Like the dew on the mountain,

Like the foam on the river,

Like the bubble on the fountain,

Thou art gone, and forever!

Period Drama: Persuasion (1995)
Poem: The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott

#4

Ne is the earth the lesse, or loseth ought,

For whatsoeuer from one place doth fall,

Is with the tide vnto an other brought:

For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.

Period Drama: Sense and Sensibility (1996)
Poem: The Faerie Queen by Edmund Spenser

#5

I have hid my feelings– fearing they should do me wrong,

Saying– doest thou love me? Weeping– I have loved thee long.

What is this? His eyes are heavy– think not they are glazed with wine,

Go to him, it is thy duty– Kiss him– take his hand in thine.

Cursed be the social wants that sin against the strength of youth!

Cursed be the social lies that warp us from the living truth!

Well–’tis well that I should bluster!– hadst thou less unworthy proved,

Would to God– for I had loved thee more than ever wife was loved.

Period Drama: Cranford (2007)
Poem: Locksley Hall by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

#6

 Is love a fancy, or a feeling? 

No.It is immortal as immaculate Truth,

'Tis not a blossom shed as soon as youth,

Drops from the stem of life--for it will grow,

In barren regions, where no waters flow,

Nor rays of promise cheats the pensive gloom.

Period Drama: Sense and Sensibility (1996)

Poem: Sonnet VII by Hartley Coleridge

#7

The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees.

The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.

The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,

And the highwyman came riding--

    Riding--riding--

The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.

Period Drama: Anne Of Green Gables
Poem: The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes

#8

No voice divine the storm allay'd,

No light propitious shone;

When, snatch'd from all effectual aid,

We perish'd, each alone;

But I beneath a rougher sea,

And whelmed in deeper gulphs than he.

Period Drama: Sense and Sensibility (1996)
Poem: The Castaway by William Cowper 

#9

Willows whiten, aspens quiver,

Little breezes dusk and shiver

Through the wave that runs forever

By the island in the river

    Flowing down to Camelot.

Four gray walls, and four gray towers,

Overlook a space of flowers,

And the silent isle embowers,

    The Lady of Shalott.

There she weaves by night and day

A magic web with colors gay.

She has heard a whisper say,

A curse is on her is she stay

    To look down to Camelot.

She knows not what the curse may be,

And so she weaveth steadily,

And little over care hath she,

    The Lady of Shalott.

Period Drama: Anne Of Green Gables 
Poem: The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

#10 

Elizabeth Bennet: I wonder who first discovered the power of poetry in driving away love? 

Mr. Darcy: I thought that poetry was the food of love. 

Elizabeth Bennet: Of a fine stout love, it may. But if it is only a vague inclination I'm convinced one poor sonnet will kill it stone dead.

Period Drama: Pride and Prejudice (2005)
Quote is from the book but is unfortunately not in the 1995 miniseries.

Players Scores:
(High Score was 110 points)
Melody - 90 points
Lady Eowyn - 80 points
Maddie Rose - 80 points
Rose P - 80 points
Emma Jane - 70 points
Sadie - 70 points

Hamlette - 40 points

Poetry In Period Dramas Game

Poetry is quoted frequently in period dramas and sometimes it's such a part of a film that we don't take time to think about the words or who wrote the poems. In this game I've given you lines of poems quoted in period dramas and you have to guess what period dramas they are quoted in. When I post the answers I'll tell you the name of the poems and who wrote them. There's also one quote about poetry to guess. Some poems come from the same period dramas. Have fun and enjoy the lovely words!

To Play: Read the lines of poetry below and guess what period drama they are quoted in. Also guess what film the quote at #10 is from and guess the characters for bonus points! Leave your guesses in a comment. I'll respond with your score. Answers will be posted next Saturday.

Scoring: Ten points for each correctly guessed period drama and five points each for guessing the character names on #10. A high score of 110 points can be earned!

Poems Quoted In Period Dramas:

#1

Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere,

Heaven did a recompense as largely send:

He gave to Misery all he had, a tear,

He gained from Heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend.

#2

Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Admit impediments. Love is not love

Which alters when it alteration finds,

Or bends with the remover to remove:

O no! it is an ever-fixed mark

That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

#3

Like the dew on the mountain,

Like the foam on the river,

Like the bubble on the fountain,

Thou art gone, and forever!

#4

Ne is the earth the lesse, or loseth ought,

For whatsoeuer from one place doth fall,

Is with the tide vnto an other brought:

For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.

#5

I have hid my feelings– fearing they should do me wrong,

Saying– doest thou love me? Weeping– I have loved thee long.

What is this? His eyes are heavy– think not they are glazed with wine,

Go to him, it is thy duty– Kiss him– take his hand in thine.

Cursed be the social wants that sin against the strength of youth!

Cursed be the social lies that warp us from the living truth!

Well–’tis well that I should bluster!– hadst thou less unworthy proved,

Would to God– for I had loved thee more than ever wife was loved.

#6

 Is love a fancy, or a feeling? 

No.It is immortal as immaculate Truth,

'Tis not a blossom shed as soon as youth,

Drops from the stem of life--for it will grow,

In barren regions, where no waters flow,

Nor rays of promise cheats the pensive gloom.

#7

The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees.

The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.

The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,

And the highwyman came riding--

    Riding--riding--

The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.

#8

No voice divine the storm allay'd,

No light propitious shone;

When, snatch'd from all effectual aid,

We perish'd, each alone;

But I beneath a rougher sea,

And whelmed in deeper gulphs than he.

#9

Willows whiten, aspens quiver,

Little breezes dusk and shiver

Through the wave that runs forever

By the island in the river

    Flowing down to Camelot.

Four gray walls, and four gray towers,

Overlook a space of flowers,

And the silent isle embowers,

    The Lady of Shalott.

There she weaves by night and day

A magic web with colors gay.

She has heard a whisper say,

A curse is on her is she stay

    To look down to Camelot.

She knows not what the curse may be,

And so she weaveth steadily,

And little over care hath she,

    The Lady of Shalott.

#10 

(A period drama quote about poetry, guess characters for extra points!)

Character 1: I wonder who first discovered the power of poetry in driving away love? 

Character 2: I thought that poetry was the food of love. 

Character 1: Of a fine stout love, it may. But if it is only a vague inclination I'm convinced one poor sonnet will kill it stone dead.

Enjoy!

Faces Of Period Dramas {2} - Answers!

These are the answers from the Faces Of Period Dramas {2} Game from last week.

It's interesting to see which faces players recognize easily and which are more difficult. For example this week period drama roles for #2 and #10 were often mistaken for other period dramas the actors have played. Thanks for playing! 

Period Drama Faces:

Face #1

Actor Name: Benedict Cumberbatch 

Character Name: William Pitt

Period Drama: Amazing Grace (2005)

Face #2

Actor Name: Emilia Fox

Character Name: Clara Copperfield Murdstone

Period Drama: David Copperfield (1999)

Face #3

Actor Name: Amanda Root

Character Name: Anne Elliot

Period Drama: Persuasion (1995)

Face #4

Actor Name: Brendan Coyle

Character Name: John Bates

Period Drama: Downton Abbey

Face #5

Actor Name: Andy Serkis

Character Name: Rigaud 

Period Drama: Little Dorrit (2009)

Face #6

Actor Name: Anna Maxwell Martin

Character Name: Cassandra Austen

Period Drama: Becoming Jane (2005)

Face #7

Actor Name: Hugh Laurie

Character Name: Mr. Thomas Palmer

Period Drama: Sense and Sensiblity (1995)

Face #8

Actor Name: Lesley Manville

Character Name: Mrs. Maria Hale

Period Drama: North & South (2004)

Face #9

Actor Name: Christina Cole

Character Name: Blanche Ingram

Period Drama: Jane Eyre (2006)

Face #10

Actor Name: Olivia Williams

Character Name: Jane Fairfax (this is a publicity photo)

Period Drama: Emma (A&E/ITV 1996)

Face #11

Actor Name: Michael Gambon

Character Name: Mr. Woodhouse

Period Drama: Emma (2009)

Face #12

Actor Name: Greg Wise

Character Name: Sir Charles Maulvern

Period Drama: Cranford

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Players Scores:

Miss Sneyd - 355 points

Love Austen - 350 points

Eleanor Rose - 340 points

Melody - 320 points

Laura - 310 points

Sarah Grace - 310 points

Sarah - 300 points

Emma Jane - 290 points

Birdie - 280 points

Sadie - 250 points

Jemimah Davis - 230 points

Emily - 210 points

Jill B - 200 points

Natalie - 160 points

Ginger Girls - 160 points

Emily Ruth - 100 points

Hamlette - 50 points

Thanks for playing!!!