Act I
Science Question: What was the first soft drink in space?
Coca-Cola
Sports Question: Who won the Super Bowl in the year 2020?
Kansas City Chiefs
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern tell the King that Hamlet wishes him and the Queen to see the play. What is the King's response?
The King gladly accepts.
Who is not a guard soldier at Elsinore?
a) Bernardo
b) Marcellus
c) Francisco
d) Hamlet
d) Hamlet
The Guinness world record for the longest plank is 9 hours, 30 minutes, and 1 second.
True!
What news does Horatio bring Hamlet?
Horatio tells Hamlet of King Hamlet's ghost
Why does Polonius think Hamlet is "mad"?
He thinks Ophelia's rejections have been too much for Hamlet, that Hamlet is love-sick.
Current Event Question: How old was Queen Elizabeth II when she died?
96
Pop Culture Question: Who played Elvis in the new Elvis movie?
a) John Stamos
b) Timothee Chalamet
c) Austin Butler
d) Ross Lynch
c) Austin Butler
When Hamlet speaks to Ophelia, he is kind.
False! He is quite rude and aggressive.
What does young Fortinbras want to regain?
The lands his father had lost
Why does Hamlet make an arrangement with Player 1 to have several of his own lines put into the play?
To make the action of the play as closely related to the actual events of his father's murder as possible.
What famous phrase does Hamlet say when he is pondering whether a miserable life is better than the unknown of death?
"To be or not to be"
Where does Polonius send Reynaldo to spy on Laertes?
a) Paris
b) Belgium
c) West Palm Beach
d) Rome
a) Paris
After the King saw the play, he got up and called for the lights.
True. Hamlet and Horatio were convinced that the King's reaction to the play proved that the ghost was right, that Claudius had murdered King Hamlet.
Pop Culture Question: Which song won video of the year at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards?
"All Too Well" (10-Minute Version) (Taylor's Version)
Why do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern come to the castle?
They have come to find out why Hamlet is acting so strangely and to report their findings to the King.
Why doesn't Hamlet kill the King when the King is kneeling?
Hamlet wants the King to die without a chance for a last confession, as his father died. He thinks if the King is praying, he may not get eternal punishment.
Who is Laertes?
a) Polonius' daughter and sister of Ophelia
b) Polonius' son and brother of Ophelia
c) Hamlet's brother
d) King Claudius' nephew
b) Polonius' son and brother of Ophelia
In Act I, Marcellus did not think that Horatio should speak to the ghost.
False. Marcellus thought that Horatio should speak to the ghost because Horatio was a scholar who should know the proper way to address a ghost.
Who did the ghost say killed King Hamlet, and what does the ghost ask Hamlet to do?
The ghost told Hamlet that King Hamlet was murdered by Claudius, and it asked Hamlet to avenge the murder.
Why does Hamlet think of himself as a coward?
He thinks himself a coward for not getting right to the revenge.
Who kills Polonius?
Hamlet kills Polonius. With his sword, Hamlet runs through the tapestry that Polonius is hiding behind thinking Claudius might be there.
In Act III, where does the King have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern prepare to take Hamlet?
a) America
b) Germany
c) South America
d) England
d) England
Claudius is beginning to feel threatened by Hamlet, and he wants him away from Elsinore. In fact, he wants Hamlet dead.
In Act I, Hamlet is happy that his uncle marries his mother after his father's death because this means that his mother will be taken care of.
False! His uncle had married his mother less than two months after his father's death. This was not a respectable period of time to wait. Furthermore, in Hamlet's time, the marriage was considered incestuous.