Shakespeare Plays
Shakespeare's Life
Which Work?
Say What?
Odds and Ends
100

The ______ of the Shrew

What Taming?

100

This was my job in theater before I wrote plays and poems.

What is act (on stage)?

100

Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.

What is Hamlet?

Hamlet, Act II Scene ii

100

There's _______ in men's smiles.

What are daggers?

Macbeth 2.3

100

This was the monarch of England during Shakeapeare's hayday.

Who is Queen Elizabeth I?

200

Taming of the __________

What is Shrew?

200

My childhood home was  Stratford_______  _______.

What is -upon-Avon?

200

Fair is foul, and foul is fair.

Macbeth, 1.1

200

__________ is the soul of wit.

Brevity

Hamlet, Polonius

200

The calendar day referred to as 'The Ides of March'

What is March 15?

300

The __________ Tale

What is Winter's?

300

My wife was named _______  ________.

Anne Hathaway

300

Experience is the teacher of all things.

Julius Caesar

300

That’s a valiant flea that dare eat his __________  on the lip of a lion.

What is breakfast?

Henry V
(Orleans, 3.7)

300

How many (surviving) plays did I write?

37

400

The Two __________ from Verona

What is Gentleman?

400

I died and was buried in here.

What is Stradford-upon-Avon?

400

Are you good men and true?

What is Much Ado about Nothing?

(Dogberry, Act 3 Scene 3)

400

Peace! I will ______ your mouth.

What is stop?

Much Ado About Nothing,
Leonato, 5.3

400

If I were still alive, how old would I be?

What is 461?

500

The Merry __________ of Windsor

What is Wives?

500

On what calendar day was I born and also died?

April 23rd

500

Men of few words are the best men.

Henry V

(Boy, 3.2)

500

Thou art the ruins of the _______ man / That ever lived in the tide of times.

What is noblest?

Julius Caesar, 3.1

500

A series of 5 iams that make up a pattern or rhythm in which Shakespeares dialogues are to be performed.

What is Iambic Pentameter?