Shakespeare Birthday Quiz
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Are you a Bard Scholar or a ‘cream faced loon’? Find out and test your knowledge of Shakespeare in our Shakespeare Birthday Quiz! Start by entering your name below. . .
- 1.Who originally designed the old Royal Shakespeare Theatre?
- A.
Elisabeth Scott
- B.
Richard Burbage
- C.
James Burbage
- D.
Inigo Jones
- 2.What word did Shakespeare not invent?
- A.
Hobnob
- B.
Gossip
- C.
Swagger
- D.
Domain
- 3.The line ‘There is a tide in the affairs of men’ comes from which play?
- A.
As You Like It
- B.
Hamlet
- C.
Julius Caesar
- D.
Othello
- 4.Who did Shakespeare marry?
- A.
Anne Hathaway
- B.
Anne Boleyn
- C.
Anne Herald
- D.
Anne Simone
- 5.Which of these phrases appears on Shakespeare’s grave?
- A.
‘Speak me fair in death’
- B.
‘Tired with all these, for stressful death I cry’
- C.
‘Curst be he that moves my bones’
- D.
'All must come to dust'
- 6.Which of Shakespeare's plays contains the most words:
- A.
Richard III
- B.
Hamlet
- C.
The Tempest
- D.
Macbeth
- 7.In the 2008 RSC production of Hamlet, who played Hamlet?
- A.
Jonathan Slinger
- B.
David Tennant
- C.
Toby Stephens
- D.
Kenneth Branagh
- 8.Which of these is not an ingredient used in the witches brew in Macbeth?
- A.
Fillet of a fenny snake
- B.
Finger of a fool
- C.
Root of hemlock
- D.
Tooth of wolf
- 9.Who or what is the smallest role in all of Shakespeare’s plays?
- A.
Mustardseed from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- B.
Nestor from Troilus and Cressida
- C.
Pacorus from Antony and Cleopatra
- D.
Goneril from King Lear
- 10.Who else was born on the 23rd April (Shakespeare's birthday)?
- A.
Shirley Temple
- B.
Gregory Doran
- C.
Harry Styles
- D.
Queen Victoria
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