The Man
Quoting Shakespeare
The Plays
Lasting Impressions
The Language
100
The year Shakespeare died.
What is 1616?
100
This idiom is sometimes used to express your youth.
What are your "Salad Days"?
100
The majority of this play takes place in an enchanted forest.
What is Midsummer Night's Dream?
100
This play is thought of as one of the greatest love stories of all time.
What is The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet?
100
Just as "Twice" means two times, this word means three (3) times.
What is "Thrice"?
200
Not to be confused with the famous actress of today, this was the name of Shakespeare's wife.
Who is Anne Hathaway?
200
More than likely your father is your this.
What is "Flesh and Blood"?
200
This play is the story of a prince who's uncle murders his father in order to steal the crown.
What is Hamlet?
200
This is a replica of the original stage where Shakespeare wrote and performed, in the same location as it was 400 years ago.
What is the Globe Theater in London?
200

In old English, this is a contraction of the words "it is"?

What is "'tis"?

What is "'tis"?
300
Tragically, Shakespeare's only son died at this young age.
What is 11?
300
If you look at a piece of artwork that you really do not like you might call it this.
What is an eyesore?
300
When we first meet the three witches in MacBeth they are doing this.
What is brewing a potion?
300
This location has become a tourist destination for people who love Shakespeare's work and want to learn more about the man.
What is Stratford-Upon-Avon?
300
The letter "e" is sometimes replaced by an apostrophe when the author wants the actor to not do this.
What is Pronounce the last syllable (or wants the actor to pronounce it as we do today)?
400
All three of these things occured in the year 1613.
What are: Shakespeare retired, the Globe Theater burned down during a production of Henry VIII, and a second plague broke out in England?
400
When you do not understand something you might say this.
What is "It's Greek to me"?
400

Comedies end in this unlike Tragedies which end in death.

What is one or more weddings?

What is one or more weddings?
400
These are three modern movies that use elements of Romeo and Juliet to tell their story
What are Gnomio and Juliet, Warm Bodies, and Twilight?
400
This is the first line of a speech that a poetic apology said by one of the main characters at the end of the play.
What is "If we shadows have offended"?
500
We do not know when exactly William moved to London to become an actor but we do know that it was between these two events.
What are the birth/baptism of his twins in Stratford and the publication of articles recognizing Shakespeare as a successful actor on the London stage?
500
If you want to give someone a compliment but they are not a friend you might say this.
What is "to give the devil his due"?
500

Audiences were probably not in the mood for a comedy around the time that Romeo and Juliet was first performed because of this.

What is a deadly plague that swept through London killing many and closing the theaters for almost two years?

What is a deadly plague that swept through London killing many and closing the theaters for almost two years?
500

These are three reasons that some people believe that Shakespeare could not have written all of those plays.

What are his limited education, he was not well traveled, and one person could not have done something like that on his own?

What are his limited education, he was not well traveled, and one person could not have done something like that on his own?
500

The letter that is removed from this contraction: i'

What is an "n"?

What is an "n"?
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