Life and Times
Stage Plays
Prince of Denmark
Words We Get From Shakespeare
100

No, not the name of the actress in the The Princess Diaries—the name of Shakespeare's wife!

What is Anne Hathaway?

100

You'll find Beatrice, Hero, Benedick, and Claudio in this comedy by Shakespeare.

What is Much Ado About Nothing?

100
The titular character in our current Shakespeare read.
Who is Prince Hamlet?
100

A place you might sleep at night.

What is bedroom?

200

Shakespeare's birthplace in 1564 which shares a name with a Connecticut town and a Baby Boomer MLM scheme.

What is Stratford-upon-Avon?

200

Brutus is an honorable man, and this Shakespearean history is an honorable play.

What is Julius Caesar?
200

The most famous line from Hamlet.

What is "To be, or not to be—that is the question"?

200

It may be hard to travel across the country if you don't take this with you.

What is luggage?

300

Shakespeare's main performance house, destroyed by fire in 1613.

What is the Globe Theatre?

300

The inspiration behind a beloved 2000s rom-com starring Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles.

What is The Taming of the Shrew?

300

Arguably one of the best Disney films of all time, this 1994 classic was inspired by Hamlet.

What is The Lion King?

300

Often we say that we are our own worst ________.

What is critic?

400

The number of stage performances written by Shakespeare (in the same age range as a Millennial...)

What are 37 plays?

400

The 1415 Battle of Agincourt sets the stage for this Shakespearean history read by GCA 10th graders.

What is Henry V?
400
The name of Prince Hamlet's love interest, who also made an appearance in a certain Taylor Swift song.

What is Ophelia?

400

Soulja Boy is known for this trait, coined first in Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.

What is swagger?

500
The name of Shakespeare's daughter and the name of a book in the Apocrypha.

What is Judith?

500

Adriel and May's Rhetoric speeches contained these lines from the iconic tragi-comedy: "I am a Jew! Hath not a Jew eyes?"

What is The Merchant of Venice?

500

Hamlet is believed to be inspired by this son of Shakespeare.

Who is Hamnet?
500

New Girl's female protagonist wouldn't have her name if Shakespeare hadn't invented this moniker.

What is Jessica?