A term for someone whose actions or remarks cause embarrassment.
What enfant terrible
(say: ah fah tear ee ble) :-)
100
The spelling of a word starting with B that is associated with faith and hope.
What is BELIEVE?
100
In Act 1, Scene 3, the speaker of this phrase: What’s wrong with my niece? Why is she reacting so strangely to her brother’s death? Grief is bad for people’s health.
Who is Sir Toby Belch?
100
"My fault" in Latin.
What is MEA CULPA?
200
If you are fighting someone, this Latin root may come to mind.
What is PUGNO?
200
A very controversial issue that generates debate (FRENCH)
What is a cause célèbre?
200
The spelling of a military title beginning with C that is above the ranks of Lieutenant and Captain?
What is COLONEL?
200
In scene 1, the person who says this famous phrase:
"If music be the food of love, play on."
Who is Orsino?
200
The author of "Lamb to the Slaughter."
Who is Roald Dahl?
300
The root in Latin for "man" or "mankind."
What is ANTHROPOS?
300
A French phrase for overthrowing a government.
What is a coup d'etat?
(Trivia: etat is the French word for state. If you spell the English word STATE backward you will remember the French word.)
300
The spelling of the machine you use to clean dust from your carpets and floors? It's also a verb for the action.
What is VACUUM?
300
Who speaks this phrase in Act 1, Scene 2?
And what should I do in Illyria?
My brother he is in Elysium.
Perchance he is not drown’d.—What think you, sailors?
Who is VIOLA?
300
The name of the theater in which Shakespeare often performed plays?
What is the GLOBE?
400
Sanguis as a Latin root has this meaning.
What is BLOOD?
400
Your "reason for being" in French.
What is raison d'etre?
400
The spelling of the word that means you are present in class when your teacher takes the roll call.
What is ATTENDANCE?
400
What two male characters banter about hair and marriage and dancing in Act 2, Scene 3?
Who are Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew?
400
The setting for 12th Night
What is Illyria?
500
Pendo and Jungo have what Latin root meanings?
What is weight, and join?
500
The name for full discretionary power given to a person
What is carte blanche?
500
The spelling of the military title starting with S that is below Captain, and Lieutenant.
What is SERGEANT?
500
Two parts! This is a hard one!
1. 200 pts: What is the year Shakespeare died? and
2. 300 pts: What was the name of the period in England in which he lived?
What is 1616 and What is the Tudor period (or Stuart kings)?
500
A poem by Robert Frost including the phrases, "I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep."