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| MISCELLANEOUS: What is the name of the London theatre widely associated with Shakespeare? |
The Globe | | 92.7% |
| The Stage | | 1.7% |
| The Forum | | 1.7% |
| The Garden | | 1.4% |
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| MOVIES: Which Disney film has a storyline loosely based on Hamlet? |
The Lion King | | 91.4% |
| Dumbo | | 1.3% |
| Moana | | 3.9% |
| Bambi | | 2.2% |
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| ENTERTAINMENT: William Shakespeare's wife shares her name with which famous actress? |
Anne Hathaway | | 89.4% |
| Emma Stone | | 2.9% |
| Maggie Smith | | 2.7% |
| Julia Roberts | | 1.5% |
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| LITERATURE: Which meter was most commonly used by Shakespeare? |
Iambic pentameter | | 83.3% |
| Hexameter | | 5.5% |
| Octameter | | 4.8% |
| Tetrameter | | 3.4% |
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| HOLIDAY: Which Shakespeare play is often considered his Christmas play, with a title referencing the Eve of the Feast of Epiphany, and a first recorded performance at Candlemas in 1602? |
Twelfth Night | | 62.4% |
| A Winter's Tale | | 29% |
| As You Like It | | 2.5% |
| Measure for Measure | | 1.9% |
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| GAMING: Which of these is a Scrabble legal word? |
Hamlet | | 54.9% |
| Othello | | 24.6% |
| Macbeth | | 7.4% |
| Coriolanus | | 9.5% |
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| GEOGRAPHY: In which two modern-day countries is Othello set? |
Italy and Cyprus | | 52% |
| Spain and Malta | | 29.8% |
| Turkey and Greece | | 12.9% |
| Egypt and Iraq | | 5% |
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| TELEVISION: Which comedian plays Shakespeare in the British sitcom Upstart Crow? |
David Mitchell | | 49.2% |
| Martin Clunes | | 19.4% |
| Bob Mortimer | | 17.2% |
| Frank Skinner | | 12.1% |
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| SPORTS: Which Shakespearan king shows himself most unimpressed by a gift of tennis balls? |
Henry V | | 44.7% |
| Lear | | 24.2% |
| John | | 9.7% |
| Richard III | | 21.1% |
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| SCIENCE: Which scientist was a contemporary of Shakespeare? |
Galileo Galilei | | 39.2% |
| Nicolaus Copernicus | | 23.7% |
| Isaac Newton | | 29.2% |
| Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz | | 4.6% |
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| MUSIC: Who did not write a piece of music inspired by and named after Romeo and Juliet? |
Claude Debussy | | 39% |
| Sergei Prokofiev | | 15.7% |
| Hector Berlioz | | 28.4% |
| Pyotr Tchaikovsky | | 16.1% |
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| JUST FOR FUN: Timon of Athens and Titus Andronicus contain early examples of what is widely credited as what kind of joke? |
Yo Mama joke | | 38.1% |
| Blonde joke | | 7.8% |
| Lightbulb joke | | 5.3% |
| Knock-knock joke | | 46.2% |
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| HISTORY: Which of these Shakespeare plays is set earlier than the other three? |
Troilus and Cressida | | 30.5% |
| Titus Andronicus | | 16.4% |
| Antony and Cleopatra | | 37.3% |
| Coriolanus | | 13% |
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RELIGION: Which Shakespeare play contains this quote:
His worst fault is, he's given to prayer; he is something peevish that way. |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | | 24.8% |
| Love's Labour's Lost | | 15.5% |
| The Merchant of Venice | | 37.6% |
| As You Like It | | 18.4% |
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| LANGUAGE: Which of these English language expressions is not considered to be coined by Shakespeare? |
By the skin of your teeth | | 22.5% |
| Brevity is the soul of wit | | 18% |
| Good riddance | | 31.9% |
| Wild-goose chase | | 24.4% |
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