J. B. Priestley Quiz

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John Boynton Priestley
Statue of John Boynton (J.B.) Priestley This statue is situated at the side of the National Media Museum, near the Public Library. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

John Boynton Priestley Quiz Questions

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1. When was John Boynton Priestley born?
a) 18 January 1884
b) 19 April 1888
c) 13 September 1894
d) 30 December 1892

2. Where was John Boynton Priestley born?
a) Bradford
b) Manchester
c) Liverpool
d) Edinburgh

3. Which college did John Boynton Priestley attend?
a) Christ College
b) St. Joseph’s College
c) St. Andrew’s College
d) Trinity College

4. Which book of John Boynton Priestley was published in 1925?
a) The English Comic Characters
b) Lost Empires
c) Bright Day
d) When We Are Married

5. Which book of John Boynton Priestley is a novel about travelling performers?
a) The English Novel
b) The Good Companions
c) Found, Lost, Found
d) Johnson over Jordan

6. Whose time theories influenced John Boynton Priestley?
a) Herbert George Wells
b) Jules Verne
c) Albert Einstein
d) John William Dunne

7. When was An Inspector Calls published?
a) 1914
b) 1946
c) 1918
d) 1940

8. Which honour did John Boynton Priestley accept in 1977?
a) George Cross
b) Knighthood
c) Order of Merit
d) Peerage

9. When did John Boynton Priestley die?
a) 7 March 1974
b) 8 June 1979
c) 14 August 1984
d) 20 November 1978

10. Where did John Boynton Priestley die?
a) Alveston
b) York
c) Conway
d) Dover

 

John Boynton Priestley Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When was John Boynton Priestley born?
c) 13 September 1894

2. Where was John Boynton Priestley born?
a) Bradford

3. Which college did John Boynton Priestley attend?
d) Trinity College

4. Which book of John Boynton Priestley was published in 1925?
a) The English Comic Characters

5. Which book of John Boynton Priestley is a novel about travelling performers?
b) The Good Companions

6. Whose time theories influenced John Boynton Priestley?
d) John William Dunne

7. When was An Inspector Calls published?
b) 1946

8. Which honour did John Boynton Priestley accept in 1977?
c) Order of Merit

9. When did John Boynton Priestley die?
c) 14 August 1984

10. Where did John Boynton Priestley die?
a) Alveston

27 novels of John Boynton Priestley

  1. Adam in Moonshine (1927)
  2. Benighted (1928)
  3. The Good Companions (1929)
  4. Angel Pavement (1930)
  5. Faraway (1932)
  6. Wonder Hero (1933)
  7. They Walk in the City (1936)
  8. The Doomsday Men (1937)
  9. Let the People Sing (1939)
  10. Blackout in Gretley (1942)
  11. Daylight on Saturday (1943)
  12. Three Men in New Suits (1945)
  13. Bright Day (1946)
  14. Jenny Villiers (1947)
  15. Festival at Farbridge (1951)
  16. Low Notes on a High Level (1954)
  17. The Magicians (1954)
  18. Saturn over the Water (1961)
  19. The Thirty-First of June (1961)
  20. Salt Is Leaving (1961)
  21. The Shapes of Sleep (1962)
  22. Sir Michael and Sir George (1964)
  23. Lost Empires (1965)
  24. It’s an Old Country (1967)
  25. The Image Men Vol. 1: Out of Town (1968)
  26. The Image Men Vol. 2: London End (1968)
  27. Found Lost Found (1976)
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Originally posted 2017-02-24 22:33:11.

3 thoughts on “J. B. Priestley Quiz”

      1. I’ve just looked at that Britannica entry. Three errors in the first three lines. As I’ve already commented, he studied at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, not Trinity College. He took his degree in 1921, not 1922, and it was in Modern History and Political Science (to which he’d switched from English). All the biographies of Priestley that I own say the same. On this evidence, Britannica’s former high reputation for accuracy and authoritativeness appears to be no longer merited.

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