Beowulf
Macbeth
Grammar/Vocab
Book to Movie/TV Adaptations
Crazy Questions
100

This is the way that Beowulf usually likes to fight.

Alone OR Barehanded

100

This person was not given a prophecy that he would be King but his children would be. 

Banquo

100

This is a change which is a result or consequence of an action or other cause. (n.)

(You must give the correct spelling)

Effect

100

This movie comes from a curious novel that includes a smiling cat.

Alice in Wonderland

100

This type of animal can make a sound at a frequency in which it is able to promote healing in bones.

Cat

200

The film adaptation is inaccurate for several reasons, the worst being the relationship between Beowulf and Grendel's mother that results in this. (must be specific)

The Firedrake being Beowulf's son

200

This is the country Scotland was at war with in the beginning of the play.

Norway

200

This word that starts with a "j" means 'a feeling of great happiness and triumph' and every Who that's a Who knows about it.

Jubilation

200

This romance author has multiple novels adapted into movies. One in particular was written specifically with Miley Cyrus in mind for the lead roll. 

Nicholas Sparks

200

'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife,' is the first line in this British novel.

Pride and Prejudice

300

There is a modern retelling of Beowulf told from the perspective of this character.

Grendel

300

This(ese) person or persons said the quote, "Fair is foul and foul is fair."

The Witches

300

These are groups of words that sound the same but are spelled differently. 

Homophones

300

In the Percy Jackson series, Percy sees this god several times and fights him at the end of the novel, but he is never seen in the 2010 film adaptation.

Ares

300

This person was the first to write about an affair between Lancelot and Guinevere in Arthurian Legends.

Chrétien De Troyes

400

This metaphor refers to what happens to the Giant sword after beowulf uses it to cut of Grendel's Head

The sword---a battle icicle

400

This happens to Lady Macbeth while Macbeth starts to become paranoid after murdering King Duncan and continues to kill people that might be a threat to his position as King. 

She goes mad with guilt

400

This word beginning with an "f," means 'happening by accident or chance rather than design.' 

Fortuitous

400

This popular Netflix romance series includes a gossip columnist with a secret identity that shares people's secrets with all of London society.

Bridgerton

400

This play is the basis for the 1994 Disney Animated Movie, The Lion King.

Hamlet

500

This is a contest consisting of the exchange of insults between two parties, often conducted in verse. Unferth and Beowulf do this when Beowulf arrives to defeat Grendel.

Flyting

500

This is the place that Malcolm's brother, Donalbain, fled to after the murder of King Duncan.

Ireland

500

This word, starting with an 'r,' describes someone characterized by bitterness or resentment. 

Rancorous

500

The original adaptation of this movie was released in 1981 before it's reboot 30 years later and is about a mythic hero who receives aid from a beloved mechanical owl.

Clash of the Titans

500

This British author wrote several books about working class individuals and everyday life in Britain. His most famous work, however, gave him the moniker of the inventor of Christmas. 

Charles Dickens