AUTHOR
STORY AND CHARACTERS
CAN YOU NAME...?
KEY WORDS
WHO SAYS? TO WHOM?
100

WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THE SHORT STORY "LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIME" ?

OSCAR WILDE

100

How many chapters does the story consist of?

It consists of 5 chapters.

100

NAME THREE DIFFERENT SETTINGS WHERE THE STORY TAKE PLACE. 

Lady Windemere's house (Bentik House)

Park 

Belgrave Square

Lord Arthur's house

Library 

Chemist's shop

Lady Clem's house

Venice

Count Rouvaloff's rooms in Bloomsbury

Soho

Bayle's Court

The Club

The Dean's house

The River Thames, England

Arthur and Sybil's country home

100

DEFINITION: 

Someone who sees the future in people's hands.

PALMIST

100

"He looks at my hand twice a week"

Lady Windemere to the Duchess of Paisley (about Mr Podgers)
200

WHEN AND WHERE WAS THE AUTHOR BORN? 

HE WAS BORN IN DUBLIN, IRELAND IN 1854

200

What's the tittle of the second chapter? 

"A Bloody Crime"

200

NAME THREE IMPORTANT GUESTS AT LADY WINDEMERE'S PARTY

PRINCESS SOPHIA

MR PODGERS

THE DUCHESS OF PAISLEY

LORD ARTHUR


200

DEFIITION:

With no hair

BALD

200
"Could you answer a question before you go? What did you see in my hand? I must know"

Lord Arthur to Mr Podgers 

300

Who did the author marry? How many children did they have? 

Oscar Wilde married Constance Lloyd. They had two sons, Cyril and Vyvyan.

300

What is Mr Podger's address? 

103A WEST MOON STREET

300

NAME THREE MEMBERS OF LORD ARTHUR'S FAMILY AND HIS RELATIONSHIP TO THEM.  

Lady Clementina Beauchamp: She is Lord Arthur's eldest aunt.

The Dean of Chichester: Lord Arthur's uncle

Sybil Merton: Lord Arthur's fiancée 

Lord Surbiton: Lord Arthur's brother.

Jane Percy: Arthur's cousin

Arthur's mum, the Duchess


300

DEFINITION: 

To do something at a later date.

POSTPONE

300

"I think that Sybil is good for you. And now I must have a rest before lunch. Goodbye, give my love to Sybil, and thank you for the medicine"

Lady Clem to Lord Arthur

400

Name 2 other important works written by this author. 

The Happy Prince

The Picture of Dorian Gray 

The Critic as Artist

A Chorus of Cloud Maidens

400

What's Lady Windemere's house name?

Bentick House

400

Describe the murderer the police was looking for according to the poster. (NAME AT LEAST TWO CHARACTERISTICS)


A MAN BETWEEN 30-40

HE WAS WEARING A BLACK COAT / GREY TROUSERS / AND A BROWN HAT

HE HAD A SCAR NEAR HIS RIGHT EYE

400

DEFINITION:

Someone who makes people's hands look nice.

MANICURIST

400

"I never knew that you were so interested in politics"

Rouvaloff to Lord Arthur

500

ORDER THE FOLLOWING EVENTS: 

A. Wilde was sentenced to two years of prison with hard labour.

B. The Marquess of Queensbury, Douglas's father, publicly accused Wilde of homosexuality. 

C. Wilde was released from prison and moved to France. 

D. Wilde initiated a private prosecution against the Marquess of Queensbury for criminal libel. 

E. Oscar Wilde met Lord Alfred Douglas, who became his lover.

F. The case went to curt but collapsed after it was revealed that Queensbury's comments were truth. 

G. Wilde died of meningitis in 1900 in Paris, France. 

1E. Oscar Wilde met Lord Alfred Douglas, who became his lover.

2B. The Marquess of Queensbury, Douglas's father, publicly accused Wilde of homosexuality.

3D. Wilde initiated a private prosecution against the Marquess of Queensbury for criminal libel.  

4F. The case went to curt but collapsed after it was revealed that Queensbury's comments were truth.

5A. Wilde was sentenced to two years of prison with hard labour.

6C. Wilde was released from prison and moved to France. 

7G. Wilde died of meningitis in 1900 in Paris, France.

500

Choose TWO of the following characters and SPELL his name:

MR WINCKELKOPF

DEAN OF CHICHESTER

COUNT ROUVALOFF

STUDENT'S SPELLING NAMES

500

NAME TWO STREETS MENTIONED IN THE STORY

Oxford Street 

West Moon Street

Rich Street

Saint James' Street

Bond Street

Curzon Street

Greek Street


500

DEFINITION: 

The poison Lord Arthur used to kill Lady Clem

ACONITINE

500

"Don't say anything against palmists in front of Arthur"

Sybil Merton to Lady Windemere

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