Inherit the Wind

What is the setting for the action of Inherit the Wind?

A small town, not too long ago

1. What were the real names of the "giants" who clashed in the trial upon which the play is based?

Darrow and Bryan

2. When does the play begin?

an hour after dawn, on a July day

4. What does the boy Howard say to tease Melinda in the first scene?

She and her whole family were once worms.

5. Who does Meeker, the bailiff, consider the "best catch" the town jail has ever had?

A Minnesota man who killed his wife and was extradited

6. What does the banner that Rev. Brown makes the workmen hang over the entrance to the courthouse say?

Read your Bible

7. What paper does E.K. Hornbeck write for?

The Baltimore Herald

8. How many times has Brady run for President?

3

9. What is Brown's impression of Drummond?

He is a creature of the Devil, perhaps even the Devil himself.

10. Which of the following men is chosen to be a juror?

Bannister

11. What does the courtroom see when Drummond takes off his coat because of the heat?

Bright purple suspenders

12. Which of the following does Rachel not tell Cates and Drummond when she meets with them after jury selection?

It takes a smart man to say he doesn't know the answer.

13. In his impromptu press conference, when does Brady tell the Reuters reporter than he and Drummond "were on the same side of the fence?"

In Brady's 1908 Presidential campaign.

14. What Bible story does Rev. Brown recount at the prayer meeting?

God's creation of the world in seven days

15. What book of the Bible does the quotation, "The man that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind," that Brady repeats to Brown, come from?

Proverbs

16. How does Brady react to Drummond's assertion that he has moved away by standing still?

He gasps, too shocked for words, before rushing away.

17. According to Howard's testimony, when questioned by Brady, how did Man emerge from the "slimy mess...