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100

What is Hotspur’s real name?

Henry Percy

100

What happened to Richard II?

He was dethroned and murdered. 

100

Whose decision it is to poison the rapiers? 

Laertes
100

What is the name of Hamlet’s castle?

Elsinore

100

What does “zounds” mean?

By god's wounds

200

Who is Helen’s sister?

Clytemnestra

200

Which three goddesses competed against each other in the Judgment of Paris?  

Athena, Aphrodite, & Hera

200

Who said, “Like a comet I was wondered at”?

Henry IV

200

In which European city does Hamlet go to college?

Wittenberg

200
Who are the "minions of the moon"? 

Falstaff and the other thieves. 

300

Who is Worcester?

Hotspur's uncle

300

Who are Helen’s parents?

Zeus and Leda

300

Who is getting married in Pylos, Menelaos’s home? 

Hermione and Neoptolemus 
300

What is the name of Circe’s island?

Aeaea

300

How is Hotspur connected to Mortimer? 

He is married to Mortimer's sister, Kate (aka, Elizabeth)

400

What is the name of Polonius’s spy?

Reynaldo

400

What does Fortinbras want? 

He wants to reclaim Norwegian lands from Denmark; later he wants passage through Denmark to claim Polish lands. 
400

Who said that "brevity is the soul of wit"? 

Polonius

400

What is the name of Calypso’s island?

Ogygia

400

When Odysseus praises Nausicaa, he compares her to what tree?

A palm tree

500

Which Greek hero doesn’t end up in Hades and, instead, gets whisked away to the Elysean Fields?

Menelaos (Hercules is also an acceptable answer)
500

Which gods built the Trojan wall? (You can name one.)

Poseidon & Apollo

500

Menelaos hides under what in order to catch Proteus, the sea god?

Seals

500

Where can you find a garden whose fruits and vegetables never die?

Phaecea or Garden of Eden

500

What does fennel or violets signify? 

flattery and deceit or faithfulness and loyalty  (respectively)