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Category 1 Question 1
• When was William Shakespeare baptized?
Category 1 Answer 1
• APRIL 26, 1564
Category 1 Question 2
• Where was William Shakespeare born?
Category 1 Answer 2
• STRATFORD UPON AVON
Category 1 Question 3
• How old was William when John was elected mayor?
Category 1 Answer 3
• FOUR YEARS OLD
Category 1 Question 4
• What had John Shakespeare deal in illegally according to Queen Elizabeth I’s spies?
Category 1 Answer 4
• WOOL
Category 1 Question 5
Who was Shakespeare’s favorite novelist?
Category 1 Answer 5
Ovid
Category 2 Question 1
• 18. What was the name of the girl William Shakespeare married?
Category 2 Answer 1
ANNE HATHAWAY
Category 2 Question 2
• Why did William Shakespeare get married?
Category 2 Answer 2
• ANNE WAS PREGNANT
Category 2 Question 3
• What was the song at the end of Ralph Roister Doister meant to be a message about?
Category 2 Answer 3
THE QUEEN IS GOOD AND RIGHT
Category 2 Question 4
• From what famous book did the mystery plays get much of their material?
Category 2 Answer 4
THE BIBLE
Category 2 Question 5
What did William work as when he lived in the country at Houghton Tower in Lancaster?
Category 2 Answer 5
A TEACHER
Category 3 Question 1
• Elsinore was the palace of which Shakespearean fictional prince?
Category 3 Answer 1
HAMLET
Category 3 Question 2
Where was William’s first known London address?
Category 3 Answer 2
BISHOP’S GATE
Category 3 Question 3
Titus Andronicus was one of William Shakespeare’s first _____________.
Category 3 Answer 3
TRAGEDIES
Category 3 Question 4
• What was the subject of William Shakespeare’s early history plays?
Category 3 Answer 4
WAR
Category 3 Question 5
Who was the best writer when William Shakespeare came into town?
Category 3 Answer 5
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
Category 4 Question 1
Who are always dangerous in the eyes of authoritarian states?
Category 4 Answer 1
WRITERS
Category 4 Question 2
What was the duty of poets “supposed” to be?
Category 4 Answer 2
TO GLORIFY GOD
Category 4 Question 3
What happened to cause theatres to close in 1593?
Category 4 Answer 3
THE PLAGUE
Category 4 Question 4
What year did Shakespeare form The Lord Chamberlin’s Men?
Category 4 Answer 4
• 1594
Category 4 Question 5
What did Shakespeare buy for his father to make him into a proper gentleman?
Category 4 Answer 5
A COAT OF ARMS
Category 5 Question 1
For what male, specifically, do scholars believe Shakespeare wrote many of his poems?
Category 5 Answer 1
• HIS SON
Category 5 Question 2
With which play did Shakespeare win the war of the poets?
Category 5 Answer 2
• HAMLET
Category 5 Question 3
• What is the duty of poets according to Shakespeare?
Category 5 Answer 3
“TO SAY WHAT WE FEEL, NOT WHAT WE OUGHT TO SAY.”
Category 5 Question 4
• When did the Globe Theatre open?
Category 5 Answer 4
• JUNE 12, 1599
Category 5 Question 5
• What did William and the King’s Men do at Christmas?
Category 5 Answer 5
• THEY PERFORMED PLAYS FOR THE KING.
Category 6 Question 1
Which Shakespeare play did the gunpowder plot inspire?
Category 6 Answer 1
MACBETH
Category 6 Question 2
How many pounds did Shakespeare have to pay for every profanity in his plays?
Category 6 Answer 2TEN
Category 6 Question 3
• At Christmas 1606, Shakespeare’s company performed which play?
Category 6 Answer 3
KING LEAR
Category 6 Question 4
What is Shakespeare’s lost play?
Category 6 Answer 4
CARDENIO
Category 6 Question 5
• APRIL 23, 1616 is…
Category 6 Answer 5
Shakespeare’s death date