Meet the Bard
The Prince's threatened this punishment if the families don't stop fighting.
What is death?
The families at the center of a long-lasting feud.
Who are the Montagues and Capulets?
The man who was murdered for murdering Mercutio.
Who is Tybalt?
The primary setting for the play.
What is Verona, Italy?
The style of poetry made famous by the Bard.
What are sonnets?
Friar Lawrence's motivation for marrying Romeo and Juliet.
What is ending the feud?
The person who changed their mind about allowing Juliet to consent to marriage.
Who is Lord Capulet?
The person who provided Romeo with the poison.
Who is the apothecary?
The location where Romeo and Juliet first met.
What is a Capulet ball?
DAILY DOUBLE
He said, “Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?" and started the first fight.
Who is Abram?
The two relatives of the Prince.
Who are Mercutio and Paris?
The person who provided Juliet with the knife she used to commit suicide.
Who is Romeo?
The place where Juliet tells Romeo that if he has honor, he will marry her.
What is the balcony?
Shakespeare's birthday.
What is April 23rd?
The note Romeo received because its messenger could not read.
What is the party invitation?
The ill-fated messenger stuck in quarantine while attempting to reach Romeo in Mantua.
Who is Friar John?
The reason Paris was at the Capulet family tomb.
What is to mourn Juliet's "death"?
The city Romeo goes to after he is banished.
What is Mantua?
The religion that was very powerful across Europe during Shakespeare's lifetime.
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
Said, "Parting is such sweet sorrow."
Who is Juliet?
The only person besides the Friar who knew of Romeo and Juliet's marriage.
Who is the Nurse?
The first time Romeo and Juliet's deaths were revealed.
What is the prologue?
The place where the play is finally resolved.
What is the graveyard/the Capulet family tomb/Juliet's grave?
The plague that was spreading during the late 1500s.
What is the Black Death/Bubonic Plague?
The deliverer of news that Juliet was dead.
Who is Balthazar?
The first two characters in the play.
Who are Sampson and Gregory?
The grief from Romeo's banishment was too much for this person to handle.
Who is Lady Montegue?
Where the opening scene of the play transpired.
What are the streets of Verona?