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  • What was the name of the hotel in Paris where Oscar Wilde died?

    Hotel d'Alsace

  • In what year was Oscar Wilde imprisoned for homosexuality?

    1895

  • What was the name of the character played by Rupert Everett in the film 'The Happy Prince'?

    Oscar Wilde

  • What was the name of the society hostess who introduced Oscar Wilde to London society?

    Lady Florence Paget

  • What was the name of the prison where Oscar Wilde was held?

    Reading Gaol

  • What was the name of the journalist who interviewed Oscar Wilde in 1895?

    Robert Sherard

  • What was the name of the British actor who played Oscar Wilde in the 1960 film 'The Trials of Oscar Wilde'?

    Peter Finch

  • What was the name of the American journalist who covered Oscar Wilde's trial?

    William Thomas Stead

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's mother?

    Jane Francesca Agnes Elgee

  • Which American poet did Oscar Wilde meet during his 1882 lecture tour in the United States?

    Walt Whitman

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's most famous poem?

    The Ballad of Reading Gaol

  • Which university did Oscar Wilde attend after graduating from Trinity College, Dublin?

    Magdalen College, Oxford

  • What was the name of the artist who painted a portrait of Oscar Wilde in 1884?

    Robert Sherard

  • What was Oscar Wilde's full name?

    Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde

  • Which of the following books did Oscar Wilde translate into English?

    The Songs of Bilitis

  • In which year was Oscar Wilde born?

    1854

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's wife?

    Constance Lloyd

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's first love?

    Florence Balcombe

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's most famous stage direction?

    Enter Lady Bracknell.

  • What was the name of the Irish playwright who was a contemporary of Oscar Wilde?

    George Bernard Shaw

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's lecture tour of America in 1882?

    Aestheticism and Artistic Dress

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's first play?

    Vera; or, The Nihilists

  • What was the name of the British Prime Minister who was in office when Oscar Wilde was imprisoned?

    Lord Rosebery

  • What was the title of Oscar Wilde's first play?

    Vera; or, The Nihilists

  • What was the name of the university where Oscar Wilde studied?

    Trinity College, Dublin

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's father?

    Sir William Wilde

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's most famous character?

    Dorian Gray

  • What was the name of the hotel where Oscar Wilde was arrested?

    The Cadogan Hotel

  • What was the name of the play that led to Oscar Wilde's imprisonment?

    The Importance of Being Earnest

  • Which character utters the famous line 'I can resist everything except temptation' in 'Lady Windermere's Fan'?

    Lord Darlington

  • Which of the following works by Oscar Wilde is a collection of short stories?

    Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories

  • What was the title of Oscar Wilde's only novel?

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • What was Oscar Wilde's profession?

    Writer

  • What was the name of the hotel where Oscar Wilde spent his last days?

    Hôtel d'Alsace

  • What was the name of the American poet who corresponded with Oscar Wilde while he was in prison?

    Walt Whitman

  • What was the name of the English writer who was a friend of Oscar Wilde?

    Arthur Conan Doyle

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's lover who betrayed him?

    Lord Alfred Douglas

  • What was the name of the actress who played Lady Bracknell in the 1952 film adaptation of 'The Importance of Being Earnest'?

    Edith Evans

  • What was the name of the magazine that published Oscar Wilde's first short story?

    The Dublin University Magazine

  • Which pseudonym did Oscar Wilde use when writing 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol'?

    C.3.3.

  • Which French symbolist poet greatly influenced Oscar Wilde's 'Salome'?

    Stéphane Mallarmé

  • What was the name of the magazine that Oscar Wilde edited between 1887 and 1889?

    The Lady's World

  • What was the name of the composer who set Oscar Wilde's poem 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol' to music?

    Hubert Parry

  • Which of the following characters is not from 'The Importance of Being Earnest'?

    Sir Robert Chiltern

  • What was the name of the publisher who refused to publish Oscar Wilde's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'?

    J.M. Stoddart

  • What was the name of the literary club founded by Oscar Wilde in 1892?

    The Yellow Nineties

  • What was the name of the literary salon hostess who introduced Oscar Wilde to London society?

    Lady Jane Jeune

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's daughter?

    Isola Wilde

  • Which of the following poems by Oscar Wilde is dedicated to his sister Isola?

    Requiescat

  • Which famous trial led to Oscar Wilde's imprisonment?

    Regina v. Wilde

  • Which prestigious scholarship did Oscar Wilde win while studying at Oxford?

    Demyship

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's children's book?

    The Happy Prince and Other Tales

  • What was the name of the theatre where Oscar Wilde's play 'The Importance of Being Earnest' premiered?

    St James's Theatre

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's most famous novel?

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's most famous poem?

    The Ballad of Reading Gaol

  • What was the name of the literary magazine that Oscar Wilde edited at Oxford?

    The Spirit Lamp

  • Which of the following works by Oscar Wilde is a dialogue on aesthetics?

    The Critic as Artist

  • Which of these works was NOT written by Oscar Wilde?

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's most famous quote?

    Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

  • Which of these plays by Oscar Wilde premiered in 1893?

    A Woman of No Importance

  • What was the name of the Irish revolutionary who was a friend of Oscar Wilde?

    Constance Markievicz

  • What was the name of the actor who played Oscar Wilde in the film 'Wilde'?

    Stephen Fry

  • Which of the following is NOT a play written by Oscar Wilde?

    Pygmalion

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's only novel?

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • Which of the following works by Oscar Wilde is a one-act tragedy?

    Salome

  • What was the sentence given to Oscar Wilde for his crime?

    Two years' hard labour

  • Which of the following works by Oscar Wilde is a collection of aphorisms?

    A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated

  • In which city was Oscar Wilde buried after his death?

    Paris

  • Which of the following works by Oscar Wilde is a collection of essays?

    Intentions

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's most famous essay?

    The Decay of Lying

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's final play?

    The Importance of Being Earnest

  • What was the name of the French author who wrote a biography of Oscar Wilde?

    Andre Gide

  • What was the name of the society scandal that led to Oscar Wilde's imprisonment?

    The Marquess of Queensberry affair

  • Which of the following fairy tales by Oscar Wilde features a statue and a swallow?

    The Happy Prince

  • What was the name of the poem that Oscar Wilde wrote about his time in prison?

    The Ballad of Reading Gaol

  • What was the name of the club that Oscar Wilde co-founded with Frank Harris?

    The Rhymers' Club

  • In which year was 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' first published?

    1890

  • Which of the following works by Oscar Wilde is a political essay?

    The Soul of Man under Socialism

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's first published work?

    Ravenna

  • Which of the following characters is not from 'An Ideal Husband'?

    Cecily Cardew

  • What was the name of the actor-manager who produced many of Oscar Wilde's plays?

    George Alexander

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's favorite color?

    Green

  • What nationality was Oscar Wilde?

    Irish

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's most famous epigram?

    I can resist everything except temptation.

  • In which prison was Oscar Wilde incarcerated?

    Reading Gaol

  • What was the title of Oscar Wilde's last work, published posthumously?

    The Ballad of Reading Gaol

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's lover who betrayed him during his trial?

    Lord Alfred Douglas

  • What was the name of the magazine that Oscar Wilde edited in the 1880s?

    The Woman's World

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's son?

    Cyril Holland

  • What was the name of Oscar Wilde's most famous short story?

    The Canterville Ghost
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