What is Behind the Curtain? A Review Game for The Importance of Being Earnest

Team 1 Team 1 : Team 2 : Why does Lane think it is impolite to listen to Algernon’s piano playing? Because he plays so badly

Team 2 Team 1 : Team 2 : Algernon tells Jack that he has always suspected him of being what? A Tory

Team 1 Team 1 : Team 2 : What leads Algernon to suspect that Jack is hiding something (leading a double life)? An inscription

Team 2 Jack tell Algernon that it is “ungentlemanly” to read what? A private cigarette case

Team 1 At first, Jack tells Algernon that Cecily is his what? His Aunt

Team 2 Team 1 : Team 2 : What does Algernon mean when he says that Lady Bracknell rings the doorbell in a “Wagnerian manner”? She rings insistently, leaving her finger on the bell for a long time

Team 1 Team 1 : Team 2 : Why does Lane claim that there were “no cucumbers at the market”? Algernon has eaten all of the cucumber sandwiches

Team 2 Team 1 : Team 2 : Gwendolen states that they (the characters) live in a age of what? Ideals

Team 1 Gwendolen says that the name Ernest produces what feeling? Absolute Confidence

Team 2 Team 1 : Team 2 : What is Lady Bracknell’s reaction when Jack admits to her that he smokes? Approval

Team 1 Where did old Mr. Thomas Cardew find Jack as a baby? In a cloakroom at a railway station

Team 2 Team 1 : Team 2 : What is Lady Bracknell’s objection to Jack as a prospective suitor to Gwendolen? His origins

Team 1 Team 1 : Team 2 : What song does Algernon begin playing offstage at the conclusion of Jack’s interview with Lady Bracknell? “The Wedding March”

Team 2 What is Gwendolen’s response to the story of Jack’s origins? She thinks it is romantic

Team 1 Team 1 : Team 2 : Who does Algernon think ought to set an example for the upper classes? The lower classes

Team 2 What does Jack call Lady Bracknell behind her back? A Gorgon

Team 1 She might be jealous Why hasn’t Jack told Gwendolen about his ward? She might be jealous

Team 2 Bunbury What is the name of Algernon’s imaginary friend?

Team 1 Where is Jack’s house in the country? Hertfordshire Team 1 :

Team 2 Why is Cecily nervous about meeting Jack’s brother Ernest? She’s afraid he’ll look just like everyone else

Team 1 Team 1 : Team 2 : Where has Cecily recorded her imaginary engagement to Jack’s brother Ernest? Her diary

Team 2 Why does Gwendolen never travel without her diary? To have something sensational to read on the train

Team 1 Team 1 : Team 2 : Why does Gwendolen tell Cecily that cake and sugar are no longer fashionable? To insult Cecily

Team 2 Why does Cecily put sugar in Gwendolen’s tea? To insult Gwendolen

That’s all folks!