Thursday 22 October 2009

H.G.Wells´ Quiz (Ampliación)

Remember that, in groups of 3, you must answer a series of questions about H.G.Wells in a quiz on Monday October 26. Find the info on the internet. The winner group will get extra marks. These are the questions in the quiz:

1.When was H.G.Wells born?
2. What was his first job?
3.When did he begin to enjoy reading?
4. Explain briefly the plot of The War of The Worlds, a novel by H.G.Wells.
5.Say two novels by him that have been taken to the cinema recently.
6.Watch this trailer of a film based on one of his novels. Who stars in the film? Who directed it? This is the link to the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV5NbdpZZYo
7. Describe what you can see in the trailer.
8.What were his political ideas?
9.What job did he get in 1889 after studying at the university?
10.Who directed The Time Machine 2002 film? What is his relation with H.G. Wells?
11.Where did Wells die?
12.When did he write The Invisible Man?
13.Who are the Morlocks? In which year do they live?
14.Who do the Morlocks hunt for eating?
15.Which book did H.G.Wells write in 1930?
16.How old was Wells when he died?
17.H.G.Wells is considered, together with Jules Verne, as....
18.What happened on the night of Halloween of 1938 in relation with H.G.Wells´novel The War of the Worlds?

Good luck!

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