Guess The Title (Comedy)
Donkeys. Fairies. Lovers. Puck. A really bad movie adaptation starring Christian Bale
What is "A Midsummer Night's Dream?"
Our tragic hero in this play loves a girl named Ophelia. Is he crazy? Who knows? Stabs his uncle, who 100% killed his dad, and he tries to avenge his father. No success. Lots of death.
What is "Hamlet?"
Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-? in 1564?
A) Stratford-upon-Maybelline
B) Stratford-upon-Avon
C) Stratford-upon-Arden
D) Stratford-upon-Neutrogena
What is B) Stratford-upon-Avon?
True or false: were women allowed in to be actors in the theatre?
False.
This is the name of the woman who was married to William Shakespeare. She is NOT, however, the same woman who played Catwoman.
A) Michelle Pfeiffer
B) Nicole Kidman
C) Billie Eilish
D) Anne Hathaway
What is D) Anne Hathaway?
Katharine and Petruchio are the main characters. If you've seen 10 Things I Hate About You, you'd know that it's an adaptation of this play?
What is "The Taming of the Shrew?"
LM: Let's kill Duncan
M: I don't know if I can
LM: Are you a man or not?
M: wut?
LM: REAL MEN murder their kings without hesitation
M: I'm not sure that's true
LM: Coward
What is "Macbeth?"
Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets. His most famous one is Sonnet 18, opening with the line "Shall I compare thee to a ?
A) Winter's tale?
B) Springtime flower?
C) Summer's Day?
D) Autumn candle?
What is C) Summer's Day?
What was one of the biggest reasons that plays were shut down in Shakespeare's time?
A) political unrest
B) religious unrest
C) lack of money
D) The Plague?
What is D) The Plague?
Shakespeare's dad made a very popular winter clothing accessory. What was that accessory?
A) Hat
B) Scarf
C) Gloves
D) Snowshoes
What is C) gloves?
There's everything in this comedy: shipwrecks, magic, drunkards, love. Oh, and a sea monster
What is "The Tempest?"
False incrimination, murder, mutilation, cannibalism. Not a happy play.
Despite popular belief, no one is baked into a pie in this show.
What is Titus Andronicus?
The Globe Theater had two major places to see the plays. If you had some cash, you could sit in the awful wooden seats, and if you did not, you were considered this, which is basically standing room only?
What is a groundling?
This activity, which was also a staple in Elizabethan theater, is when a bear was chained and had to fight against one or two other animals.
A) Bear-baiting
B) Bear-baiting
C) Bear-baiting
D) Bear-baiting
What are A, B, C, and D) bear-baiting?
Parting is such sweet ___________? (Romeo and Juliet)
A) Relief
B) Sorrow
C) Joy
D) Sweetness
B) Sorrow.
The full line is said by Juliet: parting is such sweet sorrow.
Shylock (the aforementioned person that is also the title of this problem play) owes a bunch of people money. Also, someone who is not qualified to study law...studies law...and wins.
What is "The Merchant of Venice?"
Divorced. Beheaded. Died. Divorced. Beheaded. Survived.
Also, Cardinal is suspicious.
Also also. It's a horrible song from the 1960s. If you get the question wrong, it's being played.
What is Henry VIII?
What is Henry VIII
Was writing a team effort in Elizabethan England. If so, the question is this: is there any proof that Shakespeare did not write his own plays?
Yes, and no, there is no proof.
What play was being performed when the first version of the Globe Theater burnt down?
What is Henry VIII?
"Question. What kind of bear is best?"
"That's a ridiculous question."
"False--black bear."
"That's debatable. There's basically two schools of thought--"
"Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica"
What is "The Winter's Tale?"
March 15th, is called "The Ides of March", which is what this title character is told to "beware" of. They're told to beware this because this character is assassinated (a word Shakespeare made up. Thanks, Will!)
What is Julius Caesar?
What were the three colors of flags that were used to indicate a show was going on, and what do they all mean?
White: Comedy
Black: Tragedy
Red: History
Right after the Elizabethan era was the era of James I. We call this what kind of theater?
A) Jamesian theatre?
B) Jim-ian theatre?
C) Jacobean theater?
D) Jimothian theater?
What is C) Jacobean Theatre
DAILY DOUBLE: Shakespeare is the most filmed author ever. In any language. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, how many feature length film or TV shows are adaptations of Shakespeare works?
A) 410
B) 560
C) 700
D) 1200
What is A) 410.