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Shakespeare quiz
How well do you really know Shakespeare? These 8 questions start easy and end with a Boss round. There are no multiple choice options: you type what you know, and every answer is checked against the key facts.
60 seconds a question, one 2x boost, and a leaderboard. Playing with friends writes a fresh set of Shakespeare questions for your group.
The questions
- Easy
Shakespeare’s London stage had quite a view: what was the famous theatre called, and beside which river did it stand?
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- The Globe Theatre
- The River Thames
- Easy
A Scottish king gets a Shakespeare tragedy named after him: what is the king’s name, and how many witches deliver prophecies?
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- Macbeth
- Three witches
- Easy
Shakespeare began life far from London’s bright lights: which English town was he born in, and which county is it in?
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- He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon
- The town is in Warwickshire
- It is in England
- Medium
Behind the famous plays was a family life too: what was Shakespeare’s wife’s name, and how many children did they have?
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- His wife was Anne Hathaway
- They had three children
- Their children were Susanna, Hamnet, and Judith
- Medium
Agincourt gets a rousing Shakespearean retelling: which history play features the battle, and which side won it?
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- The play is Henry V.
- The English side won the Battle of Agincourt.
- The French side lost the battle.
- Medium
A shipwreck splits Shakespeare’s twins Viola and Sebastian: which comedy follows them, and what name does Viola use while disguised as a young man?
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- The comedy is Twelfth Night.
- Viola disguises herself as a young man.
- She uses the name Cesario.
- Medium
At the fairy court in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, who is the fairy king, and who is his queen?
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- The fairy king is Oberon.
- The fairy queen is Titania.
- Boss
Which late Shakespeare romance features a magician on a remote island, and what is the name of the spirit who serves him?
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- The play is The Tempest.
- The magician is Prospero.
- The spirit is Ariel.
How scoring works
- Each question has 2 or 3 key facts. Each one earns full, half or no credit, so a wrong answer scores zero.
- Later questions are worth more, fast answers earn a bonus, and great answers in a row build a streak.
- A famous myth or a clear factual error halves the points.
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