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This novel by Wilde features a man who stays young while his portrait ages.
What is The Picture of Dorian Gray?
Wilde famously said, “Be yourself; everyone else is already this.”
What is taken?
This actor played Dorian Gray in the 2009 film adaptation.
Who is Ben Barnes?
Wilde was born in this country.
What is Ireland?
Wilde’s full name.
What is Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde?
This play features the characters Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff.
What is The Importance of Being Earnest?
“The only thing worse than being talked about is…”
What is not being talked about?
This 1997 film starring Stephen Fry tells the story of Wilde’s personal life and trial.
What is Wilde?
Wilde studied at this prestigious university.
What is Oxford?
Wilde edited this literary magazine in the early 1880s.
What is The Woman’s World?
This Wilde play satirizes the British upper class and includes a character named Mrs. Arbuthnot.
What is A Woman of No Importance?
Wilde said he could resist everything except this.
What is temptation?
Angela Lansbury won a Golden Globe for her role in this 1945 film adaptation of a Wilde novel.
What is The Picture of Dorian Gray?
Wilde was famously tried and imprisoned for “gross indecency” because of his relationship with this man.
Who is Lord Alfred Douglas (or “Bosie”)?
This Wilde poem was inspired by his time in Reading Gaol.
What is The Ballad of Reading Gaol?
This tragic play by Wilde was originally written in French and banned in England.
What is Salome?
Wilde described this as “the longest confession ever written.”
What is De Profundis?
This actress played Salome in the 1953 adaptation of Wilde’s play.
Who is Rita Hayworth?
Wilde’s gravestone in this Paris cemetery features a modernist angel sculpture.
What is Père Lachaise Cemetery?
Wilde’s mother was a well-known Irish poet who wrote under this pseudonym.
What is Speranza?
Wilde’s only novel was published in this year.
What is 1890?
Wilde said this is the only serious thing in life.
What is love?
This modern adaptation of The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) starred Colin Firth and this actress as Gwendolen.
Who is Frances O’Connor?
Wilde died in this city in 1900.
What is Paris?
Wilde once famously quipped, “My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death.” He said this in this location.
What is the hotel in Paris where he died (L'Hôtel)?