Shakespeare What do you know?

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Shakespeare

Which of
these is
Shakespeare?

1. Left = Shakespeare
2. Right = Shakespeare

Who is Shakespeare?

1. Writer
2. plumber
3. doctor
4. author

When was Shakespeare born?

1. 1465
2. 1564
3. 1546
4. 1654

Where was Shakespeare born?

1. Stratford Upon Avon
2. Cambridge
3. Oxford
4. London

What’s the name of the “Shakespeare theatre’ in London?

1. The World Theatre
2. The Globe Theatre
3. The Old Shakespeare Theatre
4. The Wembley

Which factor had the biggest contribution on the development of English as a language?

1. Wars
2. Trade
3. The Renaissance
4. Shakespeare

What's his most famous tragedy?

1. Evita
2. Romeo en Julia
3. Hamlet
4. Les miserable

Which type of plays did Shakespeare not write?

1. Tragedies
2. Comedies
3. Musicals

Which of these plays was NOT written by Shakespeare?

1. Hamlet
2. Romeo and Juliet
3. A View From the Bridge
4. Macbeth

Guess: How many words did Shakespeare add to the English language?

1. 1500
2. 1600
3. 1700
4. 1800

maybe it's hatred I spew maybe its food for the spirit

1. Shakespeare
2. Hip Hop

To destroy the beauty from which one came

1. Shakespeare
2. Hip Hop

I was not born under a rhyming planet

1. Shakespeare
2. Hip Hop

Shakespeare invented swag.

1. True
2. False

the most benevolent king communicates through your dreams

1. Shakespeare
2. Hip Hop

In Shakespeare’s Hamlet what was Hamlet questioning when he said “to be or not to be”?

1. Should he kill his uncle the new King
2. Whether live is worthy of living or should one commit suicide
3. Should he marry the young Ophelia.
4. What is the verb used in present continuous.

Which film is NOT based on a Shakesperian play?

1. Ten Things I Hate About You
2. The Lion King
3. West Side Story
4. Pulp Fiction

Which saying that we still use today was invented by Shakespeare?

1. "Wear one's heart on one's sleeve"
2. "It's Greek to me"
3. "In a pickle"
4. “Eaten me out of house and home”

Who wrote ' A christmas carol? '

1. William Shakespeare
2. Harper Lee
3. Charles Dickens
4. Emily Bronte