Q 01/05

Who wrote Waiting for Godot?

A) Eugène Ionesco

B) Samuel Beckett

C) Harold Pinter

D) Jean Genet

Answer · why

B) Samuel Beckett

The Irish playwright wrote it in French first, then made his own English adaptation.

Q 02/05

What is the play's original French title?

A) Attendre Godot

B) Godot n'arrive pas

C) Où est Godot?

D) En attendant Godot

Answer · why

D) En attendant Godot

Beckett composed it between October 1948 and January 1949 and later translated it into English himself.

Q 03/05

What pet names do Vladimir and Estragon call each other?

A) Didi and Estra

B) Didi and Gogo

C) Vlad and Gogo

D) Vova and Gogo

Answer · why

B) Didi and Gogo

The boy, meanwhile, addresses Vladimir as 'Mister Albert'.

Q 04/05

What is the play's subtitle?

A) A farce in three acts

B) A play for two tramps

C) A comedy of waiting

D) A tragicomedy in two acts

Answer · why

D) A tragicomedy in two acts

There is only one scene throughout both acts.

Q 05/05

In a 1998 Royal National Theatre poll, Waiting for Godot was voted what?

A) The funniest English-language play of the century

B) The play Britons would most like to see revived

C) The most significant English-language play of the 20th century

D) The most overrated play of the 20th century

Answer · why

C) The most significant English-language play of the 20th century

Not bad for a play whose 1955 London first-night audience walked out in waves.