Shakespeare quiz - finals

Shake-speariac

Done by

AKHASH KUMAR

and

MUHILAN

6

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Round one – Bring it on - ! • The whole round is on Infi

Bounce

• Pounce is allowed only once

for a team

• Pounce +10/-10

• Direct +10

•Shakespeare is known to have spelt these pair of words in 180 dif ferent ways and never spelt it the same way thrice (twice very rarely). Id these

words

Question 1

William Shakespeare

KLINGON IS A CONSTRUCTED LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY THE ALIEN

CHARACTERS IN THE __________ FILMS AND TV SERIES . THE

DIRECTOR AND THE PRODUCER OF THE MOVIE WANTED THE

KLINGONS(ALIENS) TO SPEAK A REAL SOUNDING LANGUAGE AND SO

INVENTED THE LANGUAGE.

THE GREATST ACHIEVEMENT OF THIS LANGUAGE IS THAT

,SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS WERE TRANSLATED TO KLINGON.

ID THE FILM OR THE TV SERIES.

Question 2

Star Trek

John Keats , one of the greatest poets of English language openly said that he follows a peculiar practice to stimulate creativity . Id the peculiar practice .

Question 3

Keeping the Bard’s

books while writing

and using it as a

pillow while going

to bed

Question 4During Shakespeare’s times he saw to that the actors got their lines only once the play was in

progress which was often in the form of cue acting where someone backstage whispered them to the person shortly before he was supposed to deliver

them. Why was this practice followed by Shakespeare ?

No Copyrights

Shakespeare was called The Bard of Avon because avon river flows through his hometown . What does avon literally mean ?

Question 5

Round two – ponder over posters• Id the play from the minimalist

poster

• This is a written round

• Six Questions

• +15 for every right Answer

• IF someone gets All 6 right then

bonous 10

• 100 points at stake

2

3

4

5

6

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

6

round three Bring it on - II• The whole round is on Infi

Bounce


for a team

• Pounce +10/-10

• Direct +10

Question 1•Alan Rickman , who died recently was known for playing villainous characters like Professor Severus Snape in Harry Potter series and also as the antagonist in Die hard was also a stage actor and acted in this Shakespearian play . Which Shakespearian play brought him into the limelight ?

Antony and

cleopatra

•Martin Droeshout was the first to publish this (his own creation) . Till now it is the of ficial one . What is it ?

•Shakespeare’s

portrait

•The American novelist Herman Melville's Captain Ahab in Moby-Dick is inspired by which famous Shakespearian character?

King

Lear

•What is so special about the ghost in “Hamlet” , adam of “As you like it “?

•Character played

by Shakespeare

himself

•An outbreak of plaque in europe closed all theatres in london between 1592 and 1594.Since there was no demand for plays, shakespeare turned to x and produced the first set of x.• Id x

•Sonnets

Round Four – face the PHRASE• Id the play in which these

Shakespearian Phrases feature

• This too is a written round

• Six Questions



bonous 10


Love is

blind

1

Wild goose

chase

2

It's all

Greek to me

3

Green-eyed

monster

4

Break

the ice

5

Method to

his

madness

6

Love is

blind

1

Merchant of

Venice•Not Romeo Juliet

Wild goose

chase

2

Romeo and Juliet

It's all

Greek to me

3

Julius

Caesar

Green-eyed

monster

4

othello

Break

the ice

5

The taming of

the shrew

Method to

his

madness

6

Tempest

Round five – see sir• The whole round is on Infi

Bounce


for a team

• Pounce +10/-10

• Direct +10

• QM : SREE CharanThe whole round’s questions

were contributed by him

•What were the Last words of Caesar ?

ET TU,BRUTE

•Who was Caesar’s

nephew ?

•Octavious

•Who offered Caesar

the crown 3 times ?

Mark Antony

•Who stuck

Caesar first ?

Casca

•Complete the triumvirate

•Caesar

•Crassus

•__________

•Pompey

•Where was the war between Mark Antony and Brutus held ?

•Phillipi

Round six – @tension• This is a written round

• 10 Questions



bonous 15


•First two questions

•A movie inspired by

Shakespeare will be given .

Id the play from which it

was adapted

Do Dooni Chaar

10 Things I Hate

About You

Question 3 •Mark Antony appears in Julius Caesar as well as in another Shakespearian play. Id the play

ACCORDING TO COLLINS DICTIONARY ,THIS WORD MEANS ‘A HEARTLESS AND A

DEMANDING CREDITOR’.

ACCORDING TO MERRIAM-WEBSTER,THIS WORD MEANS‘A PERSON WHO LENDS MONEY

AT HIGH RATES OF INTEREST OR A LOAN

SHARK’

ID THIS WORD,WHICH ALSO IS A SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTER’S NAME?

THEY ARE THE TOP THREE OF WHICH LIST :

1.SHAKESPEARE - 24000 TO 25000

2.MILTON - 17377

3.HOMER - CLOSE TO 10000

•Which English word which is said to be introduced by Shakespeare is derievedfrom the Arabic word hashish?

•Which play of

Shakespeare is said to

contain dangerous

spells in it ?

Which band nominated this year for two Grammy awards, borrowed the title of

their debut album, Sigh No More from Shakespeare's Much Ado About

Nothing

Question 8

Id the name of the painting

Do Dooni Chaar

The comedy of

errors

10 Things I Hate

About You

Taming of

Shrew

Question 3 •Mark Antony appears in Julius Caesar as well as in another Shakespearian play. Id the play

Antony and

cleopatra

ACCORDING TO COLLINS DICTIONARY ,THIS WORD MEANS ‘A HEARTLESS AND A

DEMANDING CREDITOR’.

ACCORDING TO MERRIAM-WEBSTER,THIS WORD MEANS‘A PERSON WHO LENDS MONEY

AT HIGH RATES OF INTEREST OR A LOAN

SHARK’

ID THIS WORD,WHICH ALSO IS A SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTER’S NAME?

SHYLOCK

THEY ARE THE TOP THREE OF WHICH LIST :

1.SHAKESPEARE - 24000 TO 25000

2.MILTON - 17377

3.HOMER - CLOSE TO 10000

LIST OF LARGEST

VOCABULARY OR MOST NUMBER OF

DISTINCT WORDS USED BY WRITERS

•Which play of

Shakespeare is said to

contain dangerous

spells in it ?

•MACBETH

Which band nominated this year for two Grammy awards, borrowed the title of

their debut album, Sigh No More from Shakespeare's Much Ado About

Nothing

Question 8

The English group

Mumford & Sons

Id the name of the painting

THE BARD

“HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL SOON” !!!!NOT REALLY!!!!

- QUIZMASTER AND HIS TEAM

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