A flower girl from London (Tottenham Court) with a Cockney accent who takes speech lessons from a dialect professor.
Who is Eliza Doolittle?
100
In Act I, Freddy runs into Eliza and ruins her...
What are flowers, or more specifically, violets?
100
Pickering and Higgins have this annoying habit which makes it difficult to understand them.
What is speaking at the exact same time?
100
This word is defined as "strike or hit (someone or something) very hard."
What is "wallop"?
200
The author named the work Pygmalion in allusion to this great Greek myth?
What is the story of Pygmalion, a sculptor, creating Galatea out of ivory, then praying to the gods that she come to life.
200
A phonetics professor with a remarkable ear for dialect, he trains a poor girl as part of a bet.
Who is Henry Higgins?
200
Higgins brags that he can identify where people come from, simply based on this.
What is their speech, language, dialect?
200
This important event occurs between Acts III and IV.
What is the ambassador's garden party?
200
This word is defined as "a heavy base for supporting a statue or vase".
What is "plinth"?
300
This is the nationality of the author.
What is Irish?
300
The author Spoken Sanskrit, this expert linguist is loved and respected by Liza.
Who is Colonel Pickering?
300
This is the reason that Eliza doesn't want to eat a chocolate from Higgins' laboratory on Wimpole Street.
What is she's afraid it's drugged?
300
This article of clothing often symbolizes Eliza's "slavery" to Higgins and the experiment.
What are slippers?
300
This word is defined as "an evening party or gathering, typically in a private house".
What is "soiree"?
400
This term refers to a variety of language with differences in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. It is a language spoken by a certain class or profession.
What is a dialect?
400
Well-bred, quiet, has to be taught what “done her in” means; recognizes Liza
Who is Clara Eynsford Hill?
400
This is the motivation for Eliza to take speech lessons.
What is getting job as a girl in a flower shop?
400
Higgins' philosophy can best be summed up in this line. Complete it.
"The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners, but..."
What is "having the same manner for all human souls"?
400
This word is defined as "a scruffy or badly behaved child who spends most of their time on the street."
What is "guttersnipe"?
500
Name 2 rules for forming the "Cockney" accent.
Answers will vary.
500
Professor Higgins' housekeeper and the voice of reason
Who is Mrs. Pearce?
500
This was the only part of the fancy bathroom in the laboratory that Eliza didn't like. In fact, she threw a towel over it.
What is the mirror?
500
This is the last thing that Higgins wants Eliza to do for him.
What is buy him some gloves, a tie, a ham and some cheese?
500
This word is defined as "morose, bad-tempered, and resentful; refusing to be cooperative or cheerful".