Holiday
This festive 19th-century German tradition involves counting down the days in December, often with small chocolates or gifts behind numbered doors.
what is an Advent Calendar
This Latin phrase, the official name of the document, translates to "Great Charter" in English.
What is the Magna Carta
This amendment guarantees five fundamental freedoms: speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
what is the first admendment
This city serves as the setting for the first act before the characters move to Cyprus.
What is Venice
The play opens with the witches famously chanting that "Fair is foul, and" this "is fair."
what is "foul"
In the 1990 classic Home Alone, this is the specific city where the McCallister family accidentally flies to, leaving Kevin behind.
What is Paris
The original 1215 meeting between the King and the rebellious barons took place in this meadow beside the River Thames.
What is Runnymede
This amendment protects citizens from "unreasonable searches and seizures" and requires a warrant based on probable cause.
What is the Fourth Amendment
This character is Othello's ensign and the primary antagonist who orchestrates the downfall of everyone around him.
Who is Iago
Macbeth believes he is safe until this specific forest moves toward his castle at Dunsinane.
What is Birnam Wood?
This beloved Christmas ballet, featuring a mouse king and sugar plum fairy, premiered in Russia in 1892.
What is The Nutcracker
The Magna Carta established this fundamental principle, meaning that even the King is not above the law.
What is the Rule of Law
This amendment guarantees the right to a "speedy and public trial" and the right to an attorney.
What is the Sixth Amendment
Iago exploits this character's "low tolerance for alcohol" to get him involved in a drunken brawl and stripped of his rank.
who is Cassio
Though Macbeth kills Banquo, this son of Banquo manages to escape the assassins, fulfilling the prophecy that Banquo's descendants will be kings.
Who is Fleance
Popping tubes used in the U.K. to hold gifts and small treats go by this explosive name.
What are Christmas crackers?
This 1791 American document heavily mirrored the Magna Carta's protections of individual rights and legal fairness.
What is the Bill of Rights
While the Supreme Court case Berkemer v. McCarty confirmed this, most people incorrectly assume that being stopped for a speeding ticket automatically requires an officer to provide this 1966 legal warning.
What are Miranda Rights
Reflecting the character's obsessive grief, this title word is repeated exactly 8 times during the course of the song’s lyrics in Act IV.
what is "Willow"
Macbeth sees this floating, supernatural object leading him toward King Duncan’s chamber before the murder.
What is a dagger
Who said this iconic line: "Stupid. Ugly. Out of date. This is ridiculous. If I can't find something nice to wear, I'm not going! ... That's it, I'm not going."
what is the grinch
Clause 39 of the charter is the root of this legal concept, ensuring no free man is imprisoned without a fair trial by his peers.
what is the right to a jury trial
This specific phrase in the 5th and 14th Amendments ensures the government must follow fair legal procedures before taking life, liberty, or property.
due law
While the handkerchief is the most famous prop, Iago tells Othello that he saw Cassio use it to do this—a minor detail that further enrages Othello.
what is wipe his beard
While the opening battle describes Macbeth "unseaming" a rebel, the play concludes with this specific number of named or identified characters—including Duncan, Banquo, and the Macbeths themselves—meeting their deaths.
What is 10