Film Plots, In The Form of Sonnets
Shakespeare Crash Course (A Little Preview of Your Next Unit)
Kids Films By Taglines
Sports Team by Mascot
Anything Goes: November Edition
200
A clownfish guards his only little son,
Whose daring swim takes him beyond the reef.
A net sweeps up the child before they’re done;
The father starts a journey full of grief.
A cheerful fish joins in the ocean chase,
Though names and plans slip from her mind with ease.
They brave strange currents, find a turtle’s pace,
And dodge the circling jaws beneath the seas.
The captive son makes friends inside a tank;
They plot to reach the ocean, safe and free.
The father crosses waves and fears the blank
Between them, guided by his friend at sea.
At last, they reunite beneath the blue,
And trust grows strong as father learns anew.
Finding Nemo
200
True or False: Shakespeare died on the same day he was born, which was April 23rd?
True
False
True! (Even though his actual birthdate is unknown)
200
Midnight never strikes when you're in love.
Cinderella
200
Baseball team (MLB)
Philadelphia Phillies
200
Which U.S. president proclaimed a national Thanksgiving observance in 1863?
Abraham Lincoln
400
A green-skinned hermit guards his quiet bog,
Till fairy-tale folk crowd his peaceful ground.
He strikes a deal to clear the noisy throng:
A royal bride must soon be safely found.
A talkative companion tags along,
As past a dragon’s lair they bravely tread.
The rescue plan goes comically wrong,
And sparks a love the ogre never read.
The bride has secrets she has kept from view;
The ogre fears that she will turn away.
But both reveal the truth they never knew,
And choose each other, come what others say.
They find their home beyond the grand parade,
Where love makes beauty in its own odd shade.
Shrek
400
Also the name of an actress in films like The Devil Wears Prada, Ella Enchanted, and The Princess Diaries, what is the name of Shakespeare's wife?
Meryl Streep
Anne Hathaway
Emily Blunt
Julie Andrews
Anne Hathaway
400
Who you gonna call?
Ghostbusters
400
NFL Team (this is a vintage version of their mascot)
Pittsburgh Steelers
400
An important work in the catalog of musical composer Stephen Sondheim opened on November 5, 1987. If the end is right, it justifies the beans.
Sweeney Todd
Into the Woods
Company
Follies
Into the Woods
600
A family hides its gifts from public sight,
Each one with powers different from the rest.
A call for help brings them into the fight,
And pulls them from their quiet life of rest.
The father meets a trap on distant shores;
His family follows, they are swift and bold.
They race through danger, break through guarded doors,
And prove that working as a team is gold.
A robot grows too strong to stop alone;
Their gifts combine to turn the tide at last.
They save their city, then return back home,
And face the world with confidence held fast.
Though every gift may seem a different art,
Together they are strongest, heart to heart.
The Incredibles
600
What is special about Shakespeare's gravestone?
It's got a curse associated with it
It's only written in pictures
It's written in Latin.
It's got a curse associated.
600
Ahhh... It's got that new movie smell.
Cars
600
Pro basketball team (NBA)
Miami Heat
600
This musical, as of right now, is the second longest running musical on Broadway, opening on November 13th, 1997
Hint: (rawr)
The Lion King
800
A student finds a spider’s strange new bite,
And wakes with powers he can’t understand.
A city calls; he tries to set things right,
Though learning takes more courage than he planned.
Through realms, heroes from other worlds appear,
Each masked and skilled, but all are far from home.
A villain’s plan pulls every danger near,
As worlds may crash where spinning currents roam.
He doubts himself, then takes a leap of faith,
And learns that he can choose the hero’s way.
He stands with friends against the looming wraith,
And sends the danger from their worlds away.
A new mask shines beneath the city’s glow;
He swings toward dawn, now prepared to grow.
Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse
800
How many kids did Shakespeare have?
It's a number between 2 and 5.
3
800
There are 3.7 trillion fish in the ocean. They're looking for one
Finding Nemo
800
College (NCAA)
Hint: the college name is also acceptable
Stanford University
800
Walt Disney Animation Studios' hit musical fantasy that helped define the Disney Renaissance opened in November of 1992
Aladdin
The Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast
Aladdin
1000
From distant lands, she enters school’s wide door,
Homeschooled, she greets the bell’s bright break of day.
No classmate’s face had met her there before;
New voices map a strange and thrilling way.
Three young girls draw her in with practiced eyes;
Two loners ask her secrets of their game.
She shifts her look, while old friendships disguise
The growing space between their once-close name.
But gossip spills; and rumors takes the page,
And cruel ink sends a storm across the school.
The halls erupt; each whisper feeds the rage,
She owns her part and makes confessions clear.
She mends old ties; new friendships right the wrong,
And kindness turns the school to one warm song.
Mean Girls
1000
Which of these kings of England did NOT have plays written about them by Shakespeare?
King Richard II
King Richard III
King Henry IV
King Henry V
King Henry VI
King Henry VII
King Henry VIII
King Henry VII
1000
They came. They thawed. They conquered.
Ice Age
1000
College sports (NCAA) (school is fine, if you don't know the specific campus)
University of Arkansas Monticello
1000
A lamp shaped like a leg, a bunny suit, and a character named Scut Farkus are all parts of this famous holiday film, opening in November of 1983 and a staple on TV networks in December...
A Christmas Story
1200
DAILY DOUBLE:
Where fir-dark streets wear clouds like borrowed lace,
A stranger trades noon’s gold for silver rain.
One classmate glides where others keep their pace;
His wintered touch, his eyes turn coins to flame.
His ageless kin wear years like carved-in stone;
They veil their gaze when noon lays bare the sky.
No calendar can make their seasons known;
They greet the dusk, and turn from noon’s bright eye.
A scent draws danger to the hidden door;
Through halls of glass, the fevered shadows meet.
The mirrored walls return each face once more;
On polished boards, their circling pulses beat.
No vow is spoke; two quiet footsteps start,
One measured turn leaves winter in the heart.
Twilight
1200
Going with your gut, which of these plays features these characters?
Titania
Oberon
Puck
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Tempest
Titus Andronicus
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1200
You won't believe your eye.
Monsters, Inc.
1200
Pro baseball (MLB)
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
1200
November 10th, 1975, a ship sank on eastern Lake Superior. That ship was called..., and it was immortalized into a very famous almost 8 minute song.
The Gerald Edmundson
The Edmund Fitzgerald
The Lawrence Ovedson
The Harold Ahmanson
The Edmund Fitzgerald
1400
DAILY DOUBLE:
In eighty-five, his friend builds time in steel,
Then cheated men strike down the sage at night.
The teen escapes; the car makes past seem real,
To fifty-five, he hurtles out of sight.
His careless act unthreads his parents’ start;
His fading hand warns time will just connive.
He must bring his shy dad and mom to heart,
At their school dance, make their first love survive.
Yet now he seeks the young inventor’s aid,
They need one bolt to wake the clock’s great face.
His father stands, no bully can dissuade,
As lightning strikes and sends him through time’s space.
He wakes to kinder kin, a changed-up view;
The future waits for what he dares to do.
Back to the Future
1400
One of the most famous (and bizarre) piece of directions in a Shakespeare play is "Exeunt, pursued by a ?"
Hummingbird
Bear
Wombat
Venus fly trap?
Bear.
1400
The greatest fairy tale never told.
Shrek
1400
Professional basketball (NBA)
Orlando Magic
1400
What famous historical figures tomb was discovered in November of 1922?
King Tut
1600
A broke-down park would chain the painted crew,
Its lord would sell their tricks for all to see.
The tiny thieves stole stars and swelled in size;
They wore the stolen skill in giant guise.
The painted hosts, outmatched, sought help anew;
A ball-star left the court for fields of green.
He golfed; the earth split wide and drew him through,
Down holes he fell to worlds in ink unseen.
At break, a secret drink bestowed new might;
The drained stars fled, their stolen powers gone.
At half, their painted side sank out of sight;
He stretched one arm; the buzzer sounded: done.
Freed from their chains, the players claimed their art;
He chose his sport, with courage, play, and heart.
Space Jam
1600
Shakespeare's plays were categorized into three major categories. They were....
Happy, sad, angry
Comedy, tragedy, history
Good, bad, worse
Annoying, double annoying, triple annoying
Comedy, tragedy, history
1600
The happiest sound in the world.
The Sound of Music
1600
College
Xavier University (which is known as the Musketeers). Why this is their mascot, I don't know.
1600
Which famous scientist and her partner, who got the Nobel Prize for discovering radium, was born in November of 1867?
Marie Curie
1800
Two doomed worlds send heirs through stars at night,
One lands in wealth, adored, and praised as bright.
One prison-born grows shunned, and learns dark schemes,
Then wears the villain’s mask in place of dreams.
For years he plots; the hero thwarts each art,
And saves the town, acclaimed by every face.
At last, the foe brings down the hero’s heart,
Yet triumph leaves an empty, hollow space.
But victory’s a room with no one there;
He wears a borrowed face by light’s disguise,
And befriends a news anchor unaware,
Who sees the man behind the mask he tries.
He makes a hero from the champion’s strand,
But selfish strength turns bully, cruel, and wild.
He must become the hero, take a stand,
With press friend’s aid, a decoy traps the child.
The town applauds; he steps from masks again,
At last, he finds a home, a love, a name.
Megamind
1800
What Shakespeare play is this line from:
"Two households, both alike in dignity
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene"
Romeo and Juliet
1800
They're taking adventure to new lengths.
Tangled
1800
Cincinatti Reds
1800
In November, this kind of medical invention was discovered in Wuerzberg, Germany, which is also conveniently where Mr. Tait's dad was born.
X-rays
MRIs
CAT scans
X-rays
2000
DAILY TRIPLE (FOR 6000 POINTS. FROM THE LATIN WORD "6000 POINTS". MEANING WE HIT THE PLUS BUTTON THREE TIMES.
In forty-seven, ink and flesh shared streets,
Where drawn folk walked with mortals through the rain.
A sleuth drank hard; his brother’s death bred hates,
He tracked a wife beneath the city’s stain.
A rubber rabbit bore the murder’s blame;
The gag-mill lord lay slain; the chase began.
His singer bride stayed true through smoke and flame;
The sleuth hid him, though hate still ruled the man.
Yet through their ink-black ward, the shadows curled;
He learned to laugh beneath the smoky skies.
The judge wore paint; a cartoon ruled his world,
And laughter stripped his guard before their eyes.
The blank will bloomed; its words took to their flight,
And saved their town from roads that claimed their right.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
2000
Which two famous Shakespeare heroines has Taylor Swift mentioned in her works?
Hermione and Desdemona
Juliet and Ophelia
Katharine and Rosalind
Romy and Michelle
Juliet (Love Story) and Ophelia (The Fate of Ophelia)
2000
Escape or die frying
Chicken Run
2000
Former NBA team
Seattle Supersonics
2000
This is a painting called Haystacks, which is by a very famous French painter, born in November of 1840.
Claude Monet