Shakespeare in general
How many kids did Shakespeare have?
A: 1
B: 2
C: 3
D: 4
C: 3
Shakespeare had three known children named Susanna, judith, and Hamnet
"What light through yonder window breaks?"
A: King john
B: A midsummers night dream
C: Ceasar
D: Romeo and Juliet
D: Romeo and Juliet
Juliet is canonically 13 in the play:O
What is Shakespeare's longest play?
A: Henry V
B: A comedy of errors
C: Othello
D: Hamlet
D: Hamlet
Hamlet has over 4,000 lines and is the most popular shakespeare play worldwide
For how many years did Shakespeare disapear from records?
A: 3
B: 7
C: 12
D: none of the above
B: 7
For seven years no historical document contains any trace of Shakespeare
"Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown".
A: Henry V
B: Henry Vl
C: Henry lV
D: Henry Vlll
C: Henry lV
Shakespeare wrote 8 different plays about kings named Henry
What play do actors consider it unlucky to say its name while inside a theater?
A: Twelfth night
B: The Winter's tale
C: Macbeth
D: The Tempest
C: Macbeth
One of the shortest plays written by Shakespeare, about half as long as Hamlet.
The play was published 7 years after Shakespeare's death
In the globe theater, where would the poorest people watch the play
A: Roof
B: Sides
C: Top balcony
D: Bottom floor
D: Bottom Floor
On the bottom floor the wind and cold from the open air roof made standing there uncomfortable
"If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly"
A: Merchant of Venice
B: Hamlet
C: Ceasar
D: Macbeth
D: Macbeth
This play was written to appeal to King James the 1st because of his interest in witchcraft and scottish history
What is the only play that we have the original manuscript of?
A: Love's labour's won
B: The merry wives of Windsor
C: A midsummer nights dream
D: None of the above
D: None of the above
None of the original scripts of Shakespeare's plays are still around. All his plays were published in 1623
Who Called Shakespeare an "upstart crow"?
A: Robert Greene
B: Francis Clark lll
C: His own mother
D: None of the above
A: Robert Greene
Robert Greene was a fellow writer turned rival due to extreme jealousy
Side Note: there is no evidence that his mom was rude
"then must you speak of one that loved not wisely but too well."
A: Othello
B: Much ado about nothing
C: The Tempest
D: As you like it
A: Othello
Even though Othello is the main character, Lago a side character has 1,000 more lines than Othello. Second in lines only to Hamlet in shakespeare"s plays
What was the first play Shakespeare wrote?
A: Timon of Athens
B: Two gentlemen of Verona
C: Antony and Cleopaptra
D: King Lear
B: Two gentlemen of Verona
This play has Shakespeare's most notable dog named "Crab"
What was Shakespeare's theatre company named
A: Worcestor's men
B: Lord Chamberlain's men
C: Queen Anne's Men
D: Admiral's men
B: Lord Chamberlain's men
The names was later switched to Kings men
"Honorificabilitudinitatibus"
A: Measure for Measure
B: Two gentlemen of Verona
C: Love's labour's lost
D: King Lear
C: Love's labour's lost
That word translates to "the state of being able to achieve honors". It's the longest word attributed to shakespeare
What play did the Beatle's use lines from for their song "I am the walrus
A: King Lear
B: Richard lll
C: Much ado about nothing
D: Measure for measure
A: King Lear
During a mixing session, the studio engineer was asked to transition into a random radio broadcast for the outro to add atmosphere and it so happened that the BBC was doing a reading of King Lear