Stone Cold
Extension Task 18
How well do you think you know the play?
Answer the following quiz questions and test the extent of
your knowledge. Try it on your own, in partners or teams.
1. What is Link’s real first name?
2. Link pretends he is someone else when someone sees him
eating chips out of a bin. Who is it?
3. What is Link’s mother’s name?
4. What is Link’s sister’s name?
5. What is his step dad’s name?
6. What newspaper does Louise work for?
7. What is her photographer friend called?
8. What is in the Christmas cracker which Vince and Mike use
to make jokes at Link’s expense?
9. What is given to Link as a Christmas gift?
10. How long has Louise been in her current job?
11. What is Shelter’s cat called?
12. Where does Link get the idea for his name?
13. How much does Link pay his London landlord?
14. What does it say on Link’s watch?
15. Who is Shelter’s first recruit?
16. What is the name of the captain of the boat?
17. How much does he charge to sleep on his boat?
18. Who steals Link’s watch?
19. Who is the first female Shelter recruits?
20. How old is Link told he has to be to qualify for benefits?
21. Apart from his age, what other reason is given to Link to
explain why they won’t pay him any benefits for being
homeless?
22. What does Link share with Ginger the first time they meet?
23. Who wakes Link and Ginger up in the doorway the same
night?
24. Where do they then go and get something to eat?
25. What does Louise change her name to when pretending to
be homeless?
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26. What does Gavin give Louise in case of emergencies when
undercover?
27. Where does she pretend she’s from?
28. Who does she keep pretending to telephone?
29. Why does she say she left home?
30. Apart from his ‘recruits’ what other name does Shelter call
his victims?
31. What four things does Shelter change with each recruit to
avoid being detected?
32. Which of Link’s friends tries to make money by selling the
‘Big Issue’?
33. Whose father comes looking for her?
34. How does Shelter get Ginger to go with him?
35. Which of Link’s friends was the last to see Ginger?
36. What excuse does Link give for crouching by Shelter’s
bins?
37. What does Link find in Shelter’s house which makes Link
realise he’s in danger?
38. Who lives upstairs from Shelter?
39. Who saves Link?
40. What does Louise try to give Link after telling him she’s
really a journalist?
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Quiz Answers:
1. David.
2. Mr Greenwood, Link’s old Geography teacher.
3. Joan.
4. Carol.
5. Vince.
6. The Daily Tribune.
7. Gavin.
8. A comb.
9. A sleeping bag.
10. Three and a half months.
11. Sappho.
12. From a road sign.
13. £100.00
14. ‘To Dave, the best son in the world.’
15. Tom.
16. Hook.
17. £3.00
18. Scouse.
19. Debs.
20. Eighteen
21. He became homeless voluntarily.
22. A Snickers bar.
23. A policeman.
24. A kebab shop.
25. Gail.
26. A mobile phone.
27. Glasgow.
28. Her sister.
29. She has problems with her stepfather.
30. The Camden Horizontals.
31. He changes the time, place, sex and race.
32. Nick.
33. Toya/Tanya.
34. By pretending Link had had an accident.
35. Nick.
36. He says he dropped his crisps.
37. He sees his watch under the chair.
38. Hook.
39. Hook.
40. A wad of money.
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