Acting Up

Who is the greatest stage actor of all time? That's the question the British weekly theatrical newspaper 'The Stage' asked it's readers, with the results of the ten week poll being announced yesterday. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it's the first time in the 130 year history of the paper that it has conducted such an exercise given the impossibility of arriving at a truly authoritative answer. Clearly people can only vote on who they have seen on stage which rather discriminates against dead actors who plied their trade in different eras and those treading the boards in other countries. Still, the whole thing is not a scientific exercise and is interesting as a bit of fun. Women topped the poll with Judi Dench coming first and Maggie Smith second, joined in the top ten by Vanessa Redgrave at number 9. Inspired by the results, the Highly Questionable? team have taken these three thespians as the focus of today's quiz which has an acting theme.

Actors Quiz

1 Judi Dench has played which character in recent James Bond films?

2 Judi Dench's most recent stage performance was as Titania who is a character in which of Shakespeare's plays?

3 What was the profession of the character Maggie Smith played in her Oscar winning performance in the 1969 film version of 'The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie'?

4 Minerva McGonagall is a character played by Maggie Smith in which series of films?

5 Vanessa Redgrave has been a high profile member of which political party?

Answers will be published along with tomorrow's quiz.

Film Awards Quiz Answers

1 Italy - the Golden Lion being awarded to the best film at the Venice Film Festival.

2 Germany -the Golden Bear being awarded to the best film at the Berlin Film Festival.

3 Turkey - the Golden Tulip being awarded to the best film at the Istanbul Film Festival.

4 Tunisia -the Golden Tanit being awarded for the best film at the Carthage Film Festival held in Tunis.

5 China - the Golden Roosters being a set of awards made by the China Film Association.