Elizabethan England
Shakespeare's Life
The Play's the Thing
Act it Out: Theatrical Vocabulary
Shakey Adjacent: Random Rockholt Nerd Out
100
This terrible disease was around, fully impacting daily life, during Shakespeare's time
What is Bubonic Plague or Bl
ack Death
100
The names of Shakespeare's three children
What are Judith, Susanna, and Hamnet
100
The end of a drama resulting in marriage(s) is the definition of this type of play
What is a Comedy
100
A conversation
What is a dialogue
100
This Disney film featuring a prince who has to avenge his father's murder by confronting his uncle is based on the plot of Hamlet
What is The Lion King
200
Shakespeare penned many words that had never before appeared in the English language, Early Modern, Elizabethan or otherwise. What are two of these words or phrases?
(a variety of words are acceptable)
200
Shakespeare left this item to his wife of many years, Anne Hathaway, in his last will before his death
What is his second best bed
200
This Shakespeare play involves cannibalism in the form of pies made out of a villain's sons
What is Titus Andronicus
200
This theatre term means simply to be loud and clear
What is project
200
The film 10 Things I Hate about You is based on this play by Shakespeare
What is Taming of the Shrew
300
Queen Elizabeth I was married at this age
When is never (trick question!)
300
April 23rd is largely considered Shakespeare's birthday (although records are not certain). April 23rd is also this
What is Shakespeare's death day
300
Of his 38(ish) plays, Shakespeare wrote how many tragedies?
What is 11
300
This word means specifically positioning ones body so the audience can see your face
What is cheating
300
Shakespeare is the king of gruesome imagery, particularly in his play King Lear. "Out, vile jelly / Where is thy lustre now?" refers to this recently stabbed bodily organ
What is an eyeball
400
Other than theatre, this was the most common entertainment for crowds in London
What is bear baiting 
400
Shakespeare's life was marked with tragedy. This son died during childhood, likely of the plague
Who is Hamnet Shakespeare
400
Name 4 of Shakespeare's Tragedies
Antony and Cleopatra
Coriolanus
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
King Lear
Macbeth
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Troilus and Cressida
400
This long speech may be delivered while other characters are on stage, but in the conventions of theatre, no one will hear
What is a soliloquy
400
The Ides of March, or the day when Julius Caesar was stabbed to death, falls on this day in the middle of March
What is March 15th
500
This common yet deadly element was used in most paint in the Elizabethan era, including face paint and makeup, because it created a thick concealing base and smooth color application
What is lead
500
What was the name of the theatre most commonly associated with Shakespeare?
What is the Globe Theatre
500
Name 4 of Shakespeare's Comedies (Romances also acceptable)
All's Well That Ends Well
As You Like It
Comedy of Errors
Love's Labour's Lost
Measure for Measure
Merchant of Venice
Merry Wives of Windsor
Midsummer Night's Dream
Much Ado about Nothing
Taming of the Shrew
Twelfth Night
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Two Noble Kinsmen
500
Shakespeare's plays do not often include detailed stage directions, with a few notable exceptions. A Winter's Tale contains the most famous stage direction: "Exit, pursued by a [this animal]"
What is bear
500
Marika Hackman's 2015 album We Slept at Last features tracks such as "Claude's Girl" and "Ophelia" and takes inspiration from this Shakespeare play
What is Hamlet