Life and Death
Elizabeth I
The Bubonic Plague
Family and Others
Life in the Theatre
100
Shakespeare was born on this date.
What is April 23, 1564?
100
Elizabeth I was the daughter of this famous monarch.
Who is Henry VIII?
100
This animal brought the Bubonic Plague to Europe and was the carrier of the disease.
What is a rat?
100
The parents of Shakespeare had these names.
Who are John and Mary?
100
The balconies where people sat during the performances were known as these.
What are galleries?
200
Shakespeare died on this date.
What is April 23, 1616?
200
Elizabeth I was also known as this.
What is the "Virgin Queen"?
200
This animal actually passed the plague on to the humans.
What is a flea?
200
Shakespeare had this many sisters and this many brothers.
What are 4 sisters and 3 brothers?
200
The commoners that stood in from of the stage were known as these.
What are groundlings?
300
Before his death, Shakespeare this to his wife in this will.
What is the "second best bed"?
300
The one word definition of renaissance is this.
What is "rebirth"?
300
Because of the plague the Theaters had to do this.
What is close?
300
This child of Shakespeare died at a young age.
Who is Hamnet?
300
This event marked the end of the career of Shakespeare.
What is the burning of the globe?
400
Shakespeare was laid to rest in this location in Stratford.
What is the Holy Trinity Church?
400
This woman was the mother of Elizabeth I.
Who is Ann Boleyn?
400
Another name for the Bubonic Plague is this.
What is the "Black Death"?
400
This man was a contemporary of Shakespeare and is known for jump starting Elizabethan drama. He also died in a pub brawl.
Who is Christopher Marlowe?
400
Shakespeare would write his plays and sonnets here at night because it was cheaper.
What is a pub?
500
These were the supposed circumstances of Shakespeare's death.
What is ate too many pickled herring, drank too much wine, caught a fever and died?
500
This was the complete reign of Elizabeth I as queen of England.
What is 1558-1603?
500
This is basic cycle of how the Bubonic plague was passed to humans.
What is rats carried the disease, fleas would bite the rats and bacteria would spread to the flea's gut, then the flea would pass the disease on by biting and regurgitating into the open wound?
500
These are two interesting things about Shakespeare's marriage to his wife, Anne Hathaway.
What is she was pregnant when they married and she was also eight years older?
500
Besides the "King's Men", Shakespeare was part of this acting troupe.
What is Lord Chamberlain's Men?
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