How Shakexperienced Are You?
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Where was Shakespeare born?
29Oxford
London
Stratford-upon-Avon
Brighton
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- Q1
Where was Shakespeare born?
Oxford
London
Stratford-upon-Avon
Brighton
45s - Q2
What was Shakespeare’s father?
a writer
a glover
a postman
a banker
45s - Q3
What was the name of Shakespeare’s wife?
Anne Hathaway
Emily Blunt
Emma Watson
Katy Perry
45s - Q4
How do people call Shakespeare?
the Master of Poetry
the Brilliant of Stratford
the Bard of Avon
the Conqueror of London
60s - Q5
What theatre did Shakespeare found?
the Victoria Theatre
the Apollo Theatre
the London Theatre
the Globe Theatre
45s - Q6
Which genre didn’t Shakespeare write in?
tragedy
science fiction
history
comedy
45s - Q7
Continue the phrase from Shakespeare’s play “As You Like It”: “All the world’s …”
a fuss
a game
a miracle
a stage
60s - Q8
Which heroine from a Shakespeare’s play is portrayed in this picture?
Ophelia
Dezdemone
Katherina
Juliet
60s - Q9
The name of what Shakespeare’s play isn’t pronounced by actors?
Tempest
King Lear
Othello
Macbeth
45s - Q10
What Russian composer wrote the music for the ballet “Romeo and Juliet”?
N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov
M.I. Glinka
P.I. Tchaikovsky
S.S. Prokofiev
60s - Q11
Which fact in NOT true about Shakespeare?
He never attended a university.
He was also an actor.
He put a curse on his grave so that nobody could move his body.
He had seven children.
120s - Q12
How many words did Shakespeare introduce to the English language?
10000
6000
1000
3000
45s - Q13
The 23rd of April, known as Shakespeare Day, is the day when he died.
truefalseTrue or False45s - Q14
A military commander believes his servant that his wife is cheating him and kills her. What play is it?
King Lear
the Taming of the Shrew
Hamlet
Othello
60s - Q15
What actor played the role of Hamlet in a London theatre performance broadcast by the National Theatre Company in 2015?
Benedict Cumberbatch
Tom Hardy
Cillian Murphy
Colin Firth
60s
