October 2026 edition

Oscar Wilde quiz

Q12 / 50Easy15.0s
In which city was Oscar Wilde born?
ADublin
BLondon
CBelfast
DOxford
104 pts+10

How well do you really know Oscar Wilde? Put it to the test with Zip Blitz, the quick-fire trivia game - fifty free questions, covering everything from famous plays and witty one-liners to his exile.

Oscar Wilde · October 2026 edition

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Q3 / 50Opener
What is Oscar Wilde's only novel called?
AThe Picture of Dorian Gray
BDracula
CGreat Expectations
DThe Woman in White

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Five rounds, climbing10 questions each
1OpenerFamous wit, flamboyant dress and London
2EasyOxford, London and his best-known plays
3TrickyLecture tour, marriage and stage comedies
4HardQueensberry, the trials and prison life
5BrutalExile in France, burial and honors
Oscar Wilde titlesout of 500
Standing ovation50 / 50
Stage legend350+
Toast of London275+
Leading man200+
Supporting role100+
Understudy1+
Empty stalls0

44 of 50 right · six short of Standing ovation

You vs Katie BOscar Wilde · Easy
412 pts
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You
389 pts
72%
Katie
Which Oxford college did Wilde attend?
Magdalen✓GBKB
Balliol
Christ Church
Merton

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Twenty seconds a question, and the faster you answer, the more you score. What's Wilde's only novel called? No time to dally.

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