Act 1
Clue: This figure appears to Hamlet on the battlements.
Answer: Who is King Hamlet’s ghost?
Clue: This character is sent to spy on Laertes in Paris.
Answer: Who is Reynaldo?
Clue: The meaning behind this famous soliloquy begins “To be, or not to be.”
Answer: What is "To be alive, or to be dead?"
Clue: King Claudius sends Hamlet to England with these character.
Answer: Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Clue: This character provides comic relief while digging Ophelia’s grave.
Answer: Who is the Gravedigger?
Clue: This country is preparing for war against Denmark.
Answer: What is Norway?
Clue: This lord believes Hamlet’s madness comes from love for Ophelia.
Answer: Who is Polonius?
Clue: This confrontation occurs between Hamlet and who, where Hamlet says to “get thee to a nunnery.”
Answer: Who is Ophelia?
Clue: This letter orders Hamlet’s to be dealt with in this way.
Answer: What is Claudius’s commission to the King of England to execute Hamlet?
Clue: This skull reminds Hamlet of mortality.
Answer: What is Yorick’s skull?
Clue: This friend first sees the ghost before Hamlet.
Answer: Who is Horatio?
Clue: These two school friends are summoned to spy on Hamlet.
Answer: Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Clue: This play is performed to catch the conscience of the king.
Answer: What is The Mousetrap?
Clue: This prince of Norway marches his army across Denmark.
Answer: Who is Fortinbras?
Clue: This specific duel is arranged between Hamlet and Laertes.
Answer: What is the fencing match?
Clue: This queen quickly remarries after her husband’s death.
Who is Queen Gertrude?
Clue: This troupe of actors arrives at Elsinore.
Answer: Who are the Players?
Clue: This accidental killing of which character occurs when Hamlet stabs through the curtain.
Answer: Who is Polonius?
Clue: This daughter goes mad after her father’s death and kills herself in this manner.
Answer: Drowning in a lake.
Clue: This poisoned weapon is used against Hamlet.
Answer: What is the envenomed rapier (foil)?
Hamlet is experiencing what emotions due to his father’s death and mother’s remarriage.
Answer: Anger, frustration, depression.
Clue: This method is suggested by Hamlet to test the king’s guilt.
Answer: What is a play-within-a-play?
Clue: This spying incident involves Polonius and who hiding behind an arras to spy on which character.
Answer: What is Polonius and Claudius eavesdropping on Hamlet and Ophelia?
Clue: This brother returns to Denmark, furious about his father’s death.
Answer: Who is Laertes?
Clue: This object is a symbol for corruption throughout the play.
Answer: What is poison?
Clue: This king has died to these methods.
Answer: What is poison poured in the ear?
Clue: This plan is Hamlet’s way of confirming Claudius’s crime.
Answer: What is staging the play to “catch the conscience of the king”?
Clue: This reaction by Claudius confirms his guilt.
Answer: What is calling for lights and abruptly stopping the play?
Answer: Who is Hamlet?
Clue: This queen dies after this method.
Answer: Accidentally drinking from a poisoned cup intended for Hamlet.
Clue: This advice is given by Polonius to Laertes before he leaves for France.
Answer: Be true to yourself. Don't be trustworthy, don't be too chatty, don't be too pompous in appearance. Don't draw attention.
Clue: This emotion describes Hamlet’s feelings after watching the actor’s speech.
Answer: self-criticism, self-hate,regret.
Clue: Queen Gertrude is confronted by Hamlet regarding this matter.
Answer: About her marriage to Claudius.
Clue: This plot involves a poisoned sword to kill Hamlet.
Answer: What is Claudius and Laertes’s plan with an envenomed rapier and poisoned cup?
Clue: This king is finally killed by Hamlet using this method.
Answer: Stabbing then forcing poison down his throat.