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Renaissance
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Shakespeare References
Pot Pourri
100
"It's a musical for us!"
Annie
100
Where did this renaissance take place?
England
100
Who is the famous playwright that wrote Richard II and Hamlet?
William Shakespeare
100
Robin says, "To be or not to be, that is question." What popular Shakespeare play is this from?
Hamlet
100
What is ONE of the musicals that Nostradamus randomly shouts out BY NAME?
Cats or Hair
200
What is this referencing?
A Chorus Line
200
What are Elizabethans?
People who were alive during Queen Elizabeth I's rule
200
Who was the Queen of England while Nick and Nigel's story occurs?
HINT: "The wiz of the _______-an stage"
Queen Elizabeth I
200
Where is the prince in Hamlet from?
Denmark
200
What religion is Brother Jeremiah and Portia?
Puritan
300
"The prince says 'Get thee to a nunnery' and then the nuns hide her and all of the singing children- "
Sound of Music
300
What were some of the biggest outcomes of the Scientific Revolution ("advances in the sciences")
- Less religious dominance
- Advancements in astronomy, physics, and medicine
- The Earth wasn't flat!!!!
300
Who is the famous English dramatist and playwright whose successful tragedies Portia lovingly compared Nigel's work to?
John Webster
300
Which character has a name that also belongs to someone in a Shakespearean comedy?
Portia
(The Merchant of Venice)
300
Who is Lord Clapham based off of?
No one :)
(loosely based off of John Clapham, English historian and poet)
400
"And I am telling you, I'm not going to be an omelette!" - Sad Little Egg
Dreamgirls
400
What is a farthingale?
A hooped petticoat/corset & skirt
400
Who was the philosopher and chancellor of England that Nigel and Portia see at Shakespeare's after-party?
Francis Bacon
400
"Shall I compare thee to a summers day?" Is a line from?
Sonnet 18
400
What format does Shakespeare (and most Renaissance era playwrights) use in their work?
Iambic pentameter.
500
"We've got trouble... Trouble, I say!"
The Music Man
500
What is a swallowtail?
A popular beard style for men in the Renaissance era. 
500
Who is referenced as second only to Shakespeare (and in Welcome to the Renaissance) and wrote the major play "The Alchemist?"
Ben Johnson
500
"All the world's a stage." Which Shakespeare play is this line from?
As You Like It
500
When did Something Rotten debut on Broadway?
April 2015