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Can you name the Shakespeare character in each play who has the highest line count AND is still alive at the end?
created by
druhutch
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Character
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Julius Caesar
329
Hamlet
292
Titus Andronicus
356
Richard III
276
Macbeth
211
Antony and Cleopatra
421
Troilus and Cressida
537
Othello
1,098
Romeo and Juliet
351
King Lear
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Shakespeare's Survivors Quiz
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druhutch
Created Nov 22, 2010 in
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Featured Feb 6, 2011
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CrazyCat
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Nov 23rd, 2010 at 16:26 GMT
17 points
Great idea for a quiz, and I really enjoyed the bonus answers!
strags11
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Nov 24th, 2010 at 17:08 GMT
13 points
Nice quiz. Hamlet was a bloodbath. I'm pretty sure the only reason Horatio survived is that SOMEBODY had to say the final lines.
Q_Pheevr
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Nov 24th, 2010 at 18:52 GMT
8 points
@strags11: Well, exactly. That's why Hamlet tells him not to kill himself.
Tahnan
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Nov 24th, 2010 at 20:00 GMT
7 points
Actually, strags, it's Fortinbras who says the final lines. Anyway, brilliant quiz, which I spent most of kicking myself after the bonus told me "No, not Edmund, the other one", and I couldn't think of his [censored] *name*.
zano28
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Nov 24th, 2010 at 22:10 GMT
3 points
Nice bonus answers. Once I got one I had to type in all the silly answers to get the rest (or at least quite a few).
JayZed
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Nov 24th, 2010 at 22:33 GMT
7 points
Great quiz, but I did spend most of the time putting in deliberately wrong answers to see the comedy bonus comments!
PandaTinker
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Nov 24th, 2010 at 23:48 GMT
1 point
Benvolio of Romeo and Juliet also survives, fyi.
Rossipotamus
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Nov 25th, 2010 at 02:05 GMT
6 points
How the hell did he let Iago out of that mess alive?
cocky
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Nov 25th, 2010 at 02:30 GMT
4 points
Anybody else get the answer to antony and cleopatra by trying to see what Julius Caesar's bonus answer was? Or get Julius Caesar's answer trying for antony and Cleopatra's bonus?
thejoker15
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Nov 25th, 2010 at 13:54 GMT
2 points
hilarius bonuses.
Imon
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Nov 25th, 2010 at 23:42 GMT
2 points
Loved the bonus comments!
jslewitz
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Nov 26th, 2010 at 17:52 GMT
1 point
At the end Iago was taken away to be presumably tortured and/or killed. I forgot that he was actually still alive until the end. Side note - Iago actually had more lines than Othello himself. Some say the play is more about Iago than Othello anyway. Also, the final lines in plays where rulers decease are generally spoken by the next ruler (see: Hamlet - Fortinbras; Macbeth - Macduff; Lear - Albany, etc.)
beaujarkko
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 22:05 GMT
3 points
I LOL'ed at the Hamlet bonus, because I mix it up EVERY TIME. Maybe one day...
hotspur
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Dec 3rd, 2010 at 04:49 GMT
4 points
@jslewitz Malcolm is the new ruler, not MacDuff. You don't get to be the king because you kill him.
onlyamemory1
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Feb 6th, 2011 at 15:31 GMT
1 point
Spent far more time looking for the silly bonuses than searching for genuine answers!
Game published: Feb 6th, 2011 at 16:08 GMT
Djibouti
:
Feb 6th, 2011 at 16:37 GMT
15 points
The only two I actually knew were Iago and Horatio. I got 3 more by accident just trying to see all the bonuses
DwightShelford
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Feb 6th, 2011 at 16:51 GMT
1 point
I knew Friar, Iago, and Horatio. But I got lucky from typing Antony :)
Recon:
Feb 6th, 2011 at 17:20 GMT
41 points
I enjoyed purposely putting in the obvious wrong answers so that I could read the asides. Laughed my butt off!! Thanks. Played it seriously, too. Fun quiz.
steel03
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Feb 6th, 2011 at 17:37 GMT
30 points
Here's the story of a brotha by the name of Othello. He liked white women and he liked green jello. And a punk named Iago who made himself a menace cuz he didn't like Othello, the moor of Venice.
BobMillahhh
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Feb 6th, 2011 at 17:43 GMT
3 points
great bonuses... also proof that I don't pay attention when I read stuff.
SeaShellHat
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Feb 6th, 2011 at 17:47 GMT
4 points
Surprisingly difficult!
shapular
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Feb 6th, 2011 at 18:00 GMT
27 points
I had a hard enough time figuring out who didn't die in Hamlet, let alone the one with the most lines.
jenny37
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Feb 6th, 2011 at 19:06 GMT
3 points
I love the wity comments you put if you get it wrong, so by the end i purosely put the wrong answers and thanks for the laugh, it really cheered me up
theatredude49
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Feb 6th, 2011 at 19:07 GMT
5 points
i actually started putting in wrong answers on purpose just to see the bonuses-they were sooo funny i lol'd
jefe_
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Feb 6th, 2011 at 19:12 GMT
2 points
I knew four of them (thanks for accepting only "friar"), was going for bonus answers so I typed in the titular characters, and got three more from that!
tulliuscicero
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Feb 6th, 2011 at 19:19 GMT
4 points
So you had a tough day, your left arm cut off BAM! Your daughter raped, her arms and tongue cut off, BAM BAM BAM BAM! The last thing you wanna do is cook, I mean fuhgeddaboutit. Unless you cook the rapist in a pie and serve him to his mother at the dinner party! Bwah-hah-hah!
k3lit0
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Feb 6th, 2011 at 19:55 GMT
5 points
Agh I forgot he was a friar, and couldn't remember Horatio's name. I suck. The comments are AMAZING. My favourite is Nurse. I spent most of the time just typing names to see what it'd say. Apparently Hamlet dies. Who knew??
debbiedoesnothin
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Feb 6th, 2011 at 20:05 GMT
6 points
It seems like the stats for getting most of the answers righ are really low on this one. I think it's because we're all intentionally giving the wrong answers. This is the most fun I've had with a quiz in a long time.
SexualCamel
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Feb 6th, 2011 at 20:25 GMT
11 points
Screw the quiz, the bonus answers are frikkin' awesome!
giveupyet
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Feb 6th, 2011 at 21:14 GMT
9 points
Haha, it's like a race to see who can talk the most without getting killed. Great idea!
WithShoes
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Feb 6th, 2011 at 22:44 GMT
6 points
@steel03: Nice Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged reference.
kagomeshuko
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Feb 6th, 2011 at 23:09 GMT
3 points
I love all the bonuses! I had fun typing names even when I knew they were wrong just to see the bonus answers!
random_cloud
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Feb 7th, 2011 at 11:13 GMT
1 point
iago is the only main character who doesn't die at the end of a tragedy. that's some feat.
cthulhu
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Feb 7th, 2011 at 13:13 GMT
16 points
Wait, are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Dead?
chikka2
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Feb 7th, 2011 at 16:08 GMT
4 points
Thanks for making us laugh about death and verbosity
Svestus
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Feb 7th, 2011 at 16:14 GMT
2 points
I should have gotten more considering I am in the play "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [abridged]" right now, but in my defense, we've only had one rehearsal. I love that Othello rap though.
jefrunner
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Feb 7th, 2011 at 19:35 GMT
2 points
Great great bonuses! Benvolio was my favorite.
kbelle
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Feb 7th, 2011 at 20:36 GMT
3 points
the priest.. er preacher... er pastor... reverend... oh yeah, friar.. darn. Gave up on real answers, just played for the bonuses. Nice comments ;)
worldconqueror
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Feb 7th, 2011 at 23:09 GMT
5 points
Intriguing idea for a quiz. Got through the first two easily, then got to Titus Andronicus. Who could be left alive when the play begins by burying 21 potential characters and goes downhill from there. Whose highlights include rape, dismemberment and dinner. Couldn't remember anyone left alive besides Lucius. Clearly you gave me more credit for knowing the play than I deserved. Forgot Aaron was still alive. Befitting this play, the most verbose living roll went to a man condemned to death, WS having mercy on his audience by dropping the curtain prior to the execution.
worldconqueror
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Feb 7th, 2011 at 23:12 GMT
3 points
BTW -- I echo the sentiment of many commenters that the bonuses were terrific; Bonvolio being my favorite too. Perhaps you can follow this gem up with a "Shakespeare by body count" quiz. Well done!
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