"The Play's the Thing"
Shakespeare's birthplace
What is Stratford-upon-Avon?
This woman was the wife of Ananias, and like him, lied to St. Peter and dropped dead.
Who is Sapphira?
Although this organism seen in many lakes photosynthesizes, it is not a plant but part of the kingdom Protista.
What is algae?
The two brothers who are said to have founded Rome
Who are Remus and Romulus?
A biologically unrelated look-alike or double of a living person
What is a doppelgänger?
This titular character is a paranoid Moor
Who is Othello?
Who is Dorcas?
Although Wisconsin beats "the land of 10,000 lakes," this other U.S. state has the most lakes by far.
What is Alaska?
This statesmen became known as model of Roman virtue and has an Ohioan city names after him.
Who is Cincinnatus?
What is seltzer?
The three genres usually used to describe Shakespeare's plays
What are comedy, tragedy, and history?
This king of Israel was surprise-anointed by Elisha in order to overthrow Ahab's line, is depicted on the Black Obelisk, and apparently, drove like a madman (2 Kings 9:20).
Who is Jehu?
This freshwater rodent, the largest in North America, produces a vanilla-scented substance called castoreum from specialized glands that is used as food flavoring and perfume.
What is a beaver?
Beginning with Nerva and ending with Marcus Aurelius, this group was known for superior governance
Who are the Five Good Emperors?
This word for a recurring theme is used often in music, denoting an iconic bit of sound that usually plays for a specific character within scores.
What is a leitmotif?
This angst-filled play is unsurprisingly Shakespeare's longest, at more than 4000 lines
What is Hamlet?
This friend of the Seleucid king and keeper of elephants was appointed governor of Judah to quash Judas Maccabeus, but befriended him instead (although that did not last long).
Who is Nicanor?
The largest fish found in lakes, this cartilaginous creature can grow up to 20 feet
What is a sturgeon?
Unknown until recently, Roman concrete has "self-healing" properties due to small "clasts" made out of this material.
What is lime?
This word for a fast and (trying to be) persuasive speech comes from the German verb meaning "to play."
What is a spiel?
In The Tempest, considered to be Shakespeare's last-written play, this character delivers an epilogue that can be thought of as Shakespeare's own "farewell."
Who is Prospero?
This judge killed six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad, but all the Bible tells us about him apart from that is, "and he too delivered Israel."
Who is Shamgar?
The zone of a lake that is open-water and penetrable by sunlight; home mostly to phytoplankton.
What is the limnetic zone?
This battle in 217 B.C. during the second Punic War was and is the largest military ambush in history.
What is the Battle of Lake Trasimene?
This creature is sometimes called a "German rat."
What is a hamster?