Background information
Causes of Controversy
Common Knowledge
100

________ is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers

What is Romeo and Juliet?
100

Shakespeare received _______ by only going to a grammar school

What is education?

100

One type of literature that Shakespeare Wrote

What is a play (tragedy, comedy, history) / sonnet / poem?

200

Shakespeare's birthplace

What/where is Stratford-upon-Avon?

200

Shakespeare had 6 inconsistent ______. 

What is signature?

200

Title given by many scholars and people to William Shakespeare

What is the greatest writer of all time?

300

 A history play by William Shakespeare, which is the second play in Shakespeare's tetralogy dealing with the successive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV, and Henry V.

What is Henry IV?

300

____ is considered as one of the authors

Who is Sir Francis Bacon / Christopher Marlowe / William Stanley / Edward de Vere ?

300

The time-period when Shakespeare was alive that took place from 1558 to 1603 and is considered the golden age in English History

What is the Elizabethan period?

400

Shakespeare's birth month

What is April?

400

The three reasons that are responsible for the cause of controversy on Shakespeare's authorship and biography

What are alternative authors, lack of primary documents, and difference in point of view?

400

Elizabethan playhouse for which William Shakespeare wrote his plays, in the London Borough of Southwark

What is Shakespeare's Globe / London Theater / Globe Theater?

500

A comedy written by William Shakespeare that sets in Athens and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta.

What is A Midsummer Night's Dream?

500

The portrait most likely of William Shakespeare

What is Chandos portrait?

500

Shakespeare's Wife's name.

What/Who is Anna Hathaway?