Act 1 Scene 1
The place where the first scene of the play takes place.
What is Elsinore Castle and/or castle grounds.
The number of months that have passed since Hamlet's father passed away.
What is almost 2 months?
The place scene 3 takes place.
What is Polonius's house?
The place scene 4 and 5 take place.
What is on the platform/ Elsinore Castle grounds?
Name one thing Mrs. Umbarger collected as a child.
What is rocks, Pokemon cards, TY beanies, collectible barbies, and state quarters?
Name at least two characters from the first scene.
Who are Francisco, Bernardo, Marcellus, and Horatio?
The favor that Laertes asks the king.
What is he asks to return to France?
Double Jeopardy
If you name more than one reason why Laertes warns his sister to stay away from Hamlet you get 100 points for each reason.
What is Hamlet is royalty and Ophelia is not, that he is young and his affection for her will pass, that once she gives him her "treasure box" that he will drop her, and that her reputation could be ruined?
The reason trumpets and cannons can be heard in the distance.
What is the tradition that the musicians and court celebrate each time the King drains his drink and gets a refill?
The country Halloween originated from.
What is Ireland?
The time the ghost usually appears and for double points discuss what is happening in the scene when the ghost appears.
What is after 12 am/ midnight?
Bonus: What is Bernardo was in the middle of telling a story about seeing the ghost?
The thing that Gertrude and Claudius ask Hamlet to do.
What is a number of correct answers?
What is to stop wearing black clothes?
What is to stop mourning?
What is to accept his new stepfather?
What is to stay in Denmark instead of returning to Wittenberg University?
The thing Ophelia says in response to her brother's warnings.
What is practice what you preach?
The people that hold Hamlet back from following his father's ghost.
Who are Marcellus and Horatio?
The vegetable used for jack-o-lanterns before pumpkins were.
What is turnips?
The weapon Marcellus threatens the ghost with.
What is a spear/partisan?
Bonus Jeopardy
If you name more than two reasons that Claudius gives for why Hamlet should stop grieving, then you will get an extra 200 points for each reason that is correct.
What is it is unmanly, all dads die, everything dies, it shows that Hamlet is stupid, it is against God's wishes, and it shows a weakness?
The thing Laertes does on purpose so that his father will speak to Ophelia on this topic.
What is he says to Ophelia remember what I have said to you and the topic is Hamlet?
Bonus Jeopardy
Name at least two things Hamlet's father's ghost says to Hamlet.
For each extra thing you get 200 points.
What is that he is the ghost of Hamlet's father, he is currently in purgatory during the day, purgatory sounds terrible, he was not bit by a snake but betrayed by his brother and murdered with poison, he wants Hamlet to get revenge for him, he does not want Gertrude harmed, and that Hamlet needs to stay focused while getting revenge?
Name a band or singer Mrs. Umbarger has seen in concert.
Who are Brittney Spears, LFO, 38 Special, Jesse McCartney, Teddy Geiger, Maroon 5, Blake Shelton, Charlie Daniels, Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, Counting Crows, The Hives, Flyleaf, Kid Rock, Journey, and Alan Jackson?
The holiday mentioned that is safe to walk at night because roosters crow during that night to scare away ghosts.
What is Christmas?
Name at least three things Hamlet revealed in his soliloquy.
What is that he is suicidal, that he is uncomfortable with his mother and uncle's marriage after a month of his father's death, that his mother appeared to have really loved his father when he was alive, that he hates his uncle, that he thinks his father was amazing, and that he cannot talk to anyone about any of this?
Give at least three pieces of advice from Polonius's speech to Laertes.
What is be careful before you think or act, be friendly but don't overdo it, tried and true friends should be kept close, don't make friends with everyone, try not to get in a fight but if you are in one be able to hold your own, listen more than you speak, listen to others opinions but keep your own to yourself, buy nice quality clothes but not just fancy looking clothes, do not borrow or lend things, when you loan things to friends you lose the loaned thing and the friend, borrowing can make you lazy, and be yourself and don't change for anyone?
The thing Hamlet makes Horatio and Marcellus swear on and what do they swear?
Name what Shakespeare left to his wife in his will.
What is his second best bed