Richard III pubquiz

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What is Richard III's name in the Shakespeare play?

1. Buckingham
2. Hastings
3. Gloucester
4. Rivers

Richard III is a...

1. Lancaster guy
2. York guy

A speech in which a Shakespearean character tells the audience important info that reveals character/parts of the plot is called....

1. soliloquy
2. monologue
3. spoiler
4. aside

What are the names of Richard III's two biggest supporters/fellow plotters?

1. Rivers and Hastings
2. Clarence and Wales
3. Buckingham and Stanley
4. Buckingham and Catesby

Who is killed in a vat of wine?

1. Edward IV
2. Clarence
3. Rivers
4. The two princes

How does Richard III's mother regard her son?

1. As a great strategist
2. As the only one worthy of the throne
3. As an evil villain who should never have been born
4. As a guy with many character flaws, but she loves him all the same

Who is to blame for Clarence's death according to Richard III?

1. Queen Elizabeth
2. Anne Neville
3. Buckingham
4. Lord Stanley

What happens to Hastings in Act 3?

1. He is made a special assistant to Richard III
2. He has a tragic accident and dies
3. He kills Buckingham and Catesby
4. He refuses to side with Richard III and signs his own death sentence

Why does Elizabeth go to a sanctuary (monastery) with her youngest son?

1. She wants to pray to God
2. She is homeless now Edward IV is dead, the church will give her shelter
3. She fears Richard III will do something bad to her son and in sanctuaries people are safe
4. She wants to become a nun

Whose speech is this? "Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by this sun of York"

1. Richard III
2. Edward IV
3. Catesby
4. The Prince of Wales

What reward will Buckingham get for supporting Richard in his evil schemes?

1. He will be assigned the title of vice-president
2. He may have sex with Anne Neville
3. He will get a lot of money
4. He will get the land and wealth of Hereford

True or False?
Richard III's skeleton was found in a car park in Leicester

1. True
2. False

True or False?
Richard III takes place in the 14th century

1. True
2. False

True or False?
The real Richard III was deformed

1. True
2. False

What is Richard's main instrument to get what he want?

1. flattery
2. manipulation
3. war
4. aggressive behaviour

Shakespeare's play Richard III is an example of a

1. tragedy
2. tragi-comedy
3. comedy
4. history play

What symbol is used by Richard III

1. A boar
2. A lion
3. A horse
4. An eagle

In what decade is the Richard McKellen film set?

1. 1920s
2. 1940s
3. 1950s
4. 1930s

True or False?
Historical research has proven that Richard III killed the two Princes

1. True
2. False

Lord Stanley's nightmare about the boar is an example of...

1. a soliloquy
2. a flashback
3. dramatic irony
4. a bad dream

Why is this an important image in Richard III?