What did playwright, Oscar Wilde, go to prison for on May 25, 1895?

Correct answer: Indecency after being convicted of Sodomy

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MoodyChef92025
MoodyChef92025
that is so incredible sad
MissmaeRockStar
MissmaeRockStar
great factoid!! I love this app and learning these strange but true events from history!
Player #5621402
Player #5621402
He was an incredible writer and that is how he should be remembered. His stories, poems and quotes are always being told. So incredibly gifted.
IThinkmyNameisEllen
IThinkmyNameisEllen
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the Stars" - Oscar Wilde.
DutchH77
DutchH77
EV777, His last words were, "Either those curtains go, or I do."
PickyBeagle4770
PickyBeagle4770
Player #164425, so should ignorance!
WillyLoman
WillyLoman
his life was tragic in so many ways. he was his own worst enemy
PaddyBoi
PaddyBoi
"I have nothing to declare but my genius!"
Bones
Bones
My favourite quote was penned by Oscar.."I can resist anything except temptation"
Chris
Chris
MissmaeRockStar, I screenshot them.
Swanson
Swanson
"A handbag!?"
shell
shell
wow did not know that. we should look back in shame . thank god we no longer live in a society so cruel
Player #41101684
Player #41101684
Read his poem, 'The ballad of Reading Jail' , it is one of the saddest poems I know: "But all who lie in prison know, is that its walls are strong , And that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long".
Player #31464646
Player #31464646
DutchH77, the last words of Oscar fingal o'flaherty wills Wilde were "either that wallpaper goes or I do "
Player #29447572
Player #29447572
Absolutely brilliant facts about everything on this game
snetters
snetters
NoddyAssFruitcake99, what?
stillyp
stillyp
Stephen Fry took on the role of Oscar, he was superb.
Sonicgirl
Sonicgirl
Oscar Wilde should not have gone Jonney less with another Man, and for that reason he went to Prison. I feel sorry for Mr Wildes wife and Children.
andymac2017
andymac2017
Also liked his opium x
( shelly.68 )
( shelly.68 )
CoerciveLightning3, p
CoerciveLightning3
CoerciveLightning3
I don't know the answer to that
ChewyGazelle68623
ChewyGazelle68623
Player #195746, I had no idea he di ed that way!! Sad, so sad!!
pitajodie
pitajodie
IronLlama63790, wrong. it means a small or trivial bit of information.
Nikki Tanoussel
Nikki Tanoussel
MoodyChef92025, young teens. Not men.
crismeng
crismeng
Player #195746, maybe at this time he was accepted because no more discremenation....
RabidLunatic76300
RabidLunatic76300
Azladyp, man what a shocker
knucklehead1941
knucklehead1941
he just got buggared up in more ways than one
PrincessBoo
PrincessBoo
who knew????!!!!
Player #195746
Player #195746
PickyBeagle4770, I agree with you!!