Pride & Prejudice
Films & film characters
Figures of speech
Politics
US Presidents
100

She wrote the novel in 1813.

Who is Jane Austen?

100

He'll never be a boxer.

Who is Billy Elliot?

100

A phrase or action not literally applicable, regarded or symbolic of something else.

What is a Metaphor?

100

The FBI building in Washington DC is named after him. 

Who is John Edgar Hoover? (1895-1972)

100

He was killed on the 22nd of November 1963 in Dallas.

Who is J.F. Kennedy? (1917-1963   35th

200

A noble man despised at first.

Who is Mr Darcy?

200

Nothing like a good heated discussion for 12. 

What is 12 Angry Men?

200

An excessive use of words.

What is a Pleonasm?

200

He is the current British Prime Minister.

Who is Keir Starmer?

200

He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1961.

Who is Barack Obama?  (1961- todate) 44th

300

A runaway of a girl.

Who is Lydia Bennet?

300

She sang her way to stardom.

Who is Julie Andrews (Maria)?

300

Language for humorous or emphatic effect.

What is Irony?

300

She lost the US 2024 Presidential election.

Who is Kamala Harris?

300

He signed the Civil Rights Act.

Who is Lyndon Baines Johnson? (1908-1973) 36th

400

A good friend indeed, despite her poor taste in husbands.

Who is Charlotte?

400

Carpe Diem.

What is The Dead Poet's Society?

400

Words having a meaning not deductible from those uttered. 

What is an Idiom? 

400

She had the popular in the 2016 US Presidential election.

Who is Hilary Clinton?

400

He was the first president to travel outside the US?

Who is Theodore Roosevelt? (1858-1919) 26th

500

A vast estate in the countryside.

What is Pemberley?

500

Nothing like eating during detention? 

What is The Breakfast Club?

500

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. 

What is an Anaphora? 

500

A vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government.

What is Mccarthyism?

500

He was shot in 1865 while at the theatre in Washington.

Who is Abraham Lincoln? (1809-1865) 16th