Life and Times
No, not the name of the actress in the The Princess Diaries—the name of Shakespeare's wife!
What is Anne Hathaway?
You'll find Beatrice, Hero, Benedick, and Claudio in this comedy by Shakespeare.
What is Much Ado About Nothing?
A place you might sleep at night.
What is bedroom?
What Shakespeare did in order to secure the materials for his Globe Theatre.
What is disassemble and steal wood from his former theatre after a bitter legal dispute?
Shakespeare's birthplace in 1564 which shares a name with a Connecticut town and a Baby Boomer MLM scheme.
What is Stratford-upon-Avon?
Brutus is an honorable man, and this Shakespearean history is an honorable play.
The most famous line from Hamlet.
What is "To be, or not to be—that is the question"?
It may be hard to travel across the country if you don't take this with you.
What is luggage?
What is Shakespeare's second-best bed?
Shakespeare's first performance house, destroyed by fire in 1613.
What is the Globe Theatre?
The inspiration behind a beloved 2000s rom-com starring Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles.
What is The Taming of the Shrew?
Arguably one of the best Disney films of all time, this 1994 classic was inspired by Hamlet.
What is The Lion King?
Often we say that we are our own worst ________.
What is critic?
The approximate amount of words attributed to Shakespeare's invention.
What is 1,700 words?
The number of stage performances written by Shakespeare (in the same age range as a Millennial...)
What are 37 plays?
The 1415 Battle of Agincourt sets the stage for this Shakespearean history read by GCA 10th graders.
What is Ophelia?
Soulja Boy is known for this trait, coined first in Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.
What is swagger?
Prince Hamlet's first actor and Shakespeare's close friend.
Who is Richard Burbage?
The name of one of Shakespeare's daughters and the name of a book in the Apocrypha.
What is Judith?
Adriel and May's Rhetoric speeches contained these lines from the iconic tragi-comedy: "I am a Jew! Hath not a Jew eyes?"
What is The Merchant of Venice?
Hamlet is believed to be inspired by this son of Shakespeare.
New Girl's female protagonist wouldn't have her name if Shakespeare hadn't invented this moniker.
What is Jessica?
The quality of Shakespeare's spelling was ________.