Monarchy
Authors
World Events
Shakespeare
Miscellaneous
100
Last name of most of the rulers of this period
Who are the Tudors?
100
Famous as a UNIVERSAL playwrite and poet.
Who was Shakespeare?
100
1588 -- defeated on voyage to conquer England
What is the Spanish Armada?
100
Number of plays he is credited for writing.
What is 34-37....?
100
the "Wooden O"
What is the Globe Theater?
200
Elizabeth's father
Who is Henry the VIII?
200
Killed in a tavern. (unless he faked his own death)
Who was Christopher Marlowe?
200
1611 --- This publication became the best selling novel for the next 400 years.
What is King James Bible?
200
Name of his wife.
What is Anne Hathaway?
300
Elizabeth's sister
Who is Mary, Queen of Scots?
300
Authorized the translation of the Bible into English.
Who was King James I?
300
Name of his first acting company's sponsor?
Who was "Lord Chamberlain"?
300
This Scottish Lord was an Ancestor of King James Stuart.
Who was Banquo?
400
Monarch who tried bring England back under the authority of the Roman church.
Who was Mary?
400
Poet who is famous for his sonnets and for "The Faerie Queen"
Who was Edmund Spenser?
400
The Protestant movement was influenced greatly on the continent by this German monk.
Who was Luther?
400
He did NOT want to be buried in the "Poets' Corner" in this famous London church.
What is Westminster Abbey?
400
Shakespearean comedy involving a Merchant of this Italian city.
What is "The Merchant of Venice"?
500
Last name of King James I?
Stuart
500
Poem we read this year by Sir Walter Raleigh.
What is the "Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd"?
500
One of the 2 most famous Italian artists of this Renaissance Period.
Who was Michelangelo or Leonardo Da Vinci?
500
Name of Shakespeare's son.
Who was Hamnet?
500
This famous English pirate was actually commissioned by the Queen.
Who was Sir Frances Drake?
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