1. The Ultimate History Boys Revision Quiz

2. Round One What do these images have to do with The History Boys

3. Q1

4. Q2

5. Q3

6. Q4

7. Q5

8. Q6

9. Q7

10. Q8

11. Q9

12. Q10

13. Round Two Finish the Quotation

14. It’s just one ______thing after another Q11

15. Take it, ______ it and pass it on Q12

16. I am far too gone in age and _____________ Q13

17. There is a __________ in History Q14

18. The _________ certainly wants it. Q15

19. Round Three Guess the Character

20. Oh! Quelles belles jambes! Q 16 – Who is speaking to whom?

21. Now, who goes home? Q17 Who is speaking to whom?

22. One should have targets Q18 Who is quoting whom?

23. Never such innocence Q19 Who is quoting whom?

24. This is History, not histrionics Q20 Who is quoting whom?

25. Round Four Anagrams

26. ROTHEC Q21

27. RIATONSHIS Q22

28. IELGRAEFDSCI Q23

29. OHYROTD Q24

30. NISATL Q25

31. Round Five True or False

32. The Headmaster knew Philip Larkin True or False Q26

33. Mrs Lintott is divorced from an accountant True or False Q27

34. The Headmaster’s first name is Boris True or False Q28

35. Rudge gets into Corpus Christie True or False Q29

36. Crowther and Lockwood become magistrates True or False Q30

37. Round Six Who says this:

38. Foul, festering, grubby- minded little trollop Q31

39. Old Sir, tried and tested Q32

40. Think charm, think polish, think renaissance man Q33

41. This is known as Posner’s reward Q34

42. History is women following behind with a bucket. Q35

43. Round Seven Spot the mistakes Five words have been replaced in this passage. Can you work out what the original words might have been?

44.  Mmm, the important thing is that he has a role. Say Hardy is writing about the Zulu wars or later the Boer War possibly, these were the first battles where men… or common soldiers…were commemorated, the names of the lost recorded and carved on war memorials.

45. Round Eight Multiple Choice

46. Q37 Rudge quotes lines from a song by 1. Duran Duran 2. Spandau Ballet 3. The Pet Shop Boys 4. Bananarama

47. Q38 The Head’s subject is: 1. Geography 2. Mathematics 3. Chemistry 4. Media Studies

48. Q39 Posner’s parents don’t mind him singing songs sung by: 1. Lisa Minnelli 2. Barbra Streisand 3. Gracie Fields 4. Doris Day

49. Q40 Hector originally teaches: 1. English 2. French 3. Music 4. History

50. Q41 Irwin went to 1. Jesus 2. Corpus 3. Oxford for a teaching Diploma 4. Exeter

51. Round Nine Literary References Who wrote the poem?

52. Q42 Loveliest of trees the cherry now Who wrote the poem?

53. Q43 Not waving but drowning Who wrote the poem?

54. Q44 There is some corner of a foreign field What device is used here?

55. Q45 thousands of marriages lasting a little while longer Who wrote the poem?

56. Q 46 His landmark is a kopje-crest that breaks the veldt around Who wrote the poem?

57. Round 10 Final Round The Genius Round What is important about these individual words

58. Q47 Otiose

59. Q48 Pizza

60. Q49 Kneeshaw

61. Q50 Normal

62. Q51 Henry VIII

63. Round One - Pictures Bike gloves, Hector, groping, facade – Irwin Bike gloves, Hector, groping, facade – Irwin Communion, Scripps, Breaking bread references – Hector Communion, Scripps, Breaking bread references – Hector Holocaust discussion Holocaust discussion Pass the parcel – knowledge Pass the parcel – knowledge Golf, Sartre – Rudge Golf, Sartre – Rudge Brief Encounter Brief Encounter Hector locks the classroom, Locks out disturbance / progress Hector locks the classroom, Locks out disturbance / progress Carry On's – Rudge looks for information in library Carry On's – Rudge looks for information in library Wheelchair – Irwin in it a lot in play not at all in film – why? Wheelchair – Irwin in it a lot in play not at all in film – why? Alan Bennett! Alan Bennett!

64. Round 2 – Finish line 1. F***ing – Rudge 2. Feel – Hector 3. Decrepitude – Hector 4. vacancy – Headmaster 5. Headmaster - Irwin Round 3 - Character 1. Posner to Dakin 2. Hector to class 3. Dakin quoting the Headmaster 4. Lockwood (+ others) quoting Larkin 5. Lockwood quoting Lintott

65. Round 4 – Anagrams 1. Hector 2. Historians 3. Gracie Fields 4. Dorothy 5. Stalin Round 5 – True False 1. True – Hull 2. True 3. False 4. False – ChristChurch 5. True – in PLAY!

66. Round 6 – Who? 1. Hector 2. Scripps 3. Headmaster 4. Dakin 5. Lintott Round 7 – Mistakes Roll – Name Battles – Campaigns Men – Soldiers Lost – dead Carved - inscribed

67. Round 8 - Choice 1 – 3 2 – 1 3 – 2 4 – 1 5 – 3 Round 9 - Poems 1. AE Housman 2. Stevie Smith 3. Rupert brooke 4. Philip Larkin 5.Thomas Hardy

68. Round 10 – Genius 1.Pointless – General Studies 2. Better than sex 3. Nietzsche 4. What is “normal” 5. Stalin and Margaret Thatcher