CHARACTERS IN SHAKESPEARE
With a certain amount of jester privilege, this character (never given a government name) openly mocks King Lear
the Fool
Bhutan is nestled between these 2 big neighbors
China & India
The frieze once encircling this temple has been called a perfect expression of mid-5th century B.C. Greek sculpture
the Parthenon
Sell one million units of that salsa album you've been working on & you'll "go" this RIAA certification established in 1976
platinum
Freight is a one-syllable word as is this adjective etymologically related to it regarding stress or tension
fraught
When we first meet this character, she reads a letter from her husband about his supernatural experience with 3 weirdos
Lady Macbeth
Go north from Costa Rica & you're in Nicaragua; head southeast & you're in this country
Panama
Xi'an, China is home to a vast Terracotta Army from the 3rd c. B.C. that includes horses, 8,000 soldiers, & 130 of these vehicles
Chariots
When Edward VIII quit his job in 1936, this younger bro known as "Bertie" got the biggest promotion in the family biz
George VI
It can refer to an accident, or part of a whale tail
a fluke
He tells Brabantio about seeing "men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders" & Desdemona overhears
Othello
It has a 21-mile border with Austria & a 25-mile border with Switzerland
Liechtenstein
Fancy X-ray tech confirms King Tut's dagger was made of iron obtained not from smelting but from outer space via these falling bodies
meteorites
In 2010 John Lindsey joined MLB's Dodgers from Albuquerque at this level of baseball, having spent 16 years in the Minors
Triple A
Sometimes found before "off", it's a 6-letter word meaning to shed skin as snakes do regularly
slough
Tired of being surrounded by moochers, he feeds his so-called friends rocks & then exiles himself from Athens
Timon
Lebanon borders just Israel & this country
Syria
In 2025 this human ancestor fossil left Ethiopia for an exhibition at the Czech National Museum, her first trip to Europe
Lucy
In 1826 this city became a state capital taking over for Murfreesboro
Nashville
4 of the 5 letters are consonants in this word referring to an unstressed vowel
schwa
In ancient Rome Caius Marcius is given this title name after conquering a Volscian city
Coriolanus
Estonia has Russia to the east & this country to the south
Latvia
The Mesopotamian tablet seen here is the oldest-known customer complaint; a disgruntled copper buyer wrote it using this type of script
cuneiform
In the Air Force this is the rank immediately above first lieutenant
captain
The urn seen here rests upon this kind of pedestal that also starts with a "P"
a plinth