Q 01/05
A) Kenneth Branagh
B) John Madden
C) Edward Zwick
D) Richard Eyre
Answer · why
He had just directed Mrs Brown; Zwick, the original director, ended up as a producer.
Q 02/05
A) Joseph Fiennes
B) Ralph Fiennes
C) Rupert Everett
D) Colin Firth
Answer · why
The same year he played Robert Dudley in Elizabeth, another Best Picture nominee.
Q 03/05
A) Viola de Lesseps
B) Rosaline Burbage
C) Ethel Henslowe
D) Olivia Wessex
Answer · why
The role earned Paltrow the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Q 04/05
A) Twelfth Night
B) Hamlet
C) Romeo and Juliet
D) A Midsummer Night's Dream
Answer · why
It begins life as a comedy with a much sillier title.
Q 05/05
A) The Merchant of Deptford
B) Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter
C) Two Gentlemen of Southwark
D) Juliet and the Sea Captain
Answer · why
Marlowe hands him the plot that turns it into a tragedy.
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