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William Shakespeare Quiz

Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

Moscow 2016

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Hamlet 50Romeo and Juliet 100Othello 150King Lear 200A Midsummer Night’s Dream 250

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The most popular Shakespeare’s works

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Shakespeare’s background

Shakespeare’s works

It’s 400 years since Shakespeare died. But how many years ago he was born?

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452

Shakespeare’s legacy consist of plays, sonnets, poems and epitaphs. How many total works did he write in his

career?

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199 (38 plays, 154 sonnets, 4 poems and 3 epitaphs)192 (considering only plays and sonnets)

Shakespeare was not just a playwright, but also a (an) …

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Actor/Businessman

Which country is mentioned the most in his works?

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France (369 references; England - 243)

How did George Bernard Shaw call those people who were obsessed with

Shakespeare?

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Bardolatry

What type of supernatural creature can be found in most of Shakespeare's

plays?

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Spirit/ghost

What is the full name of our teacher on the subject of

economic security?

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Yuri Pavlovich Rogulin

Which social class always appear in Shakespeare's history plays?

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Upper class: kings, queens, or nobles

Although we have no written record of Shakespeare's birthday, it is often considered as 23 April. Why is so?

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He died on this day

From which play does a ghost chillingly call out to the main character:

"Remember me"?

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Hamlet

Shakespeare lived through a great historical events: 1. Defeat of the Spanish Armada; 2. The discovery of Pompeii; 3.

The Gunpowder Plot; 4. The built of Taj Mahal.But which of these did not happen while the Bard was

alive?

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4. The Taj Mahal was built (1632-53)

Which historical event influenced the plot of

“Macbeth”?

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The Gunpowder plot, 1605

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Macbeth The timing of the shrew

Troilus and Cressida The comedy of errors

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That was a funny story

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What is Shakespeare’s shortest play?

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A cannon shot set fire to the wooden beams during a performance of Henry VIII

A rival playwright set fire to it in a fit of jealousy

Shakespeare fell asleep while smoking a pipe, thus accidentally setting fire to the theatre

A business associate set fire to it to claim on the insurance

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It was an accident

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Shakespeare had his own theatre called Globe Theatre. But it was burnt down in 1613. How did it

happen?

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Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing

The Tempest and Twelfth Night

King Lear and Henry V

Romeo and Juliet and Othello

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One is comedy, other is tragedy

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Which two Shakespeare plays have been translated into Klingon

(language of star trek series)?

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A pipe that he used to smoke pot Their second best bed

His main masterpieces A coat belonging to a former mistress

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Not the best gift, but romantic one

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What was the only item he left his wife, Anne Hathaway, in his will?

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Not so many, but on worthy number of times

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How many times does suicide figure in his plays?

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One of his poems Made a confession admitting he hadn’t written any of his plays

A list of predictions including the Battle of Waterloo and the rise of the internet

A curse to prevent anyone digging up his remains

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It was a good move

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What was engraved on Shakespeare’s tombstone?

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Pedant Hobnob (friendly conversation)

Buzzer (beep) Nincompoop (fool)

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How did you call me?!

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Shakespeare invented over 1700 words during the course of his writing. However,

which of these did he NOT create?

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Pluto Neptune

Uranus Saturn

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Blue planet composed of ices

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Which planet's satellites are named after Shakespearean

characters?

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It's All Greek To Me One Fell Swoop

Better The Devil You Know Break The Ice

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It’s a national proverb

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Shakespeare was also fond of a turn of phrase. But which of these

did he NOT invent?

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Henry V Henry VI

Henry VII Henry VIII

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Odd number

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Which of these Henrys did Shakespeare NOT write about?

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Samuel Pepys Ben Elton

Elizabeth I George Bernard Shaw

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Sounds like a soft drink!

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Whose opinion of Romeo & Juliet was that "it is a play of itself the

worst that I ever heard in my life."

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Pleaseblossom Titania

Ariel Cobweb

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Daughter of a some God

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Which of these fairies did NOT appear in A Midsummer Night's

Dream?

Be or not to be

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