1. Over Shawn's 39 years as a playwright, around how many plays has he completed?

   1. 24

   2. 2

   3. 58

   4. 10

2. Shawn never intended to become a film actor, but at the age of 36 he suddenly found himself working with which director?

   1. Steven Spielberg

   2. Guy Ritchie

   3. Woody Allen

   4. George Lucas

3. In which film, according to Shawn, did he make his 'best-loved' appearance?

   1. The Princess Bride

   2. Star Wars

   3. High School Musical 3

   4. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

4. Shawn's father was a former editor of which well-known magazine?

   1. Vanity Fair

   2. Italian Vogue

   3. What Car?

   4. The New Yorker

5. As a child, Shawn entertained his parents with a puppet show based on which historical events?

   1. The fall of Rome

   2. Wittgenstein's private life

   3. The final days of Marie Antoinette

   4. Elvis Presley joining the US Army

6. In which TV series did Shawn play a strangely lovable divorce lawyer?

   1. The Sopranos

   2. Gossip Girl

   3. LA Law

   4. Ally McBeal

7. What is Shawn's best-known voiceover role?

   1. Rex the green dinosaur

   2. Count Duckula

   3. Fred Flintstone

   4. Manfred the woolly mammoth

8. Before becoming an actor, Shawn taught English and which other subject in New York?

   1. ballroom dancing

   2. Latin

   3. pizza making

   4. advanced physics

9. Which of these everyday items does Shawn refuse to own?

   1. A mobile phone

   2. A computer

   3. An oven

   4. A TV set

10. Shawn's 1977 play The Mandrake is a translation of a work by which Italian writer?

    1. Umberto Eco

    2. Luigi Pirandello

    3. Andrea Bocelli

    4. Niccolo Machiavelli

Solutions

1:D, 2:C, 3:A, 4:D, 5:B, 6:B, 7:A, 8:B, 9:D, 10:D

Scores

1. 0 and above.

   A real Lemon

2. 4 and above.

   You may have a mild Fever

3. 7 and above.

   The battle of wits has begun

4. 10 and above.

   Plato? Aristotle? Socrates? Morons