T H E S H A K E S P E A R E B I R T H P L A C E T R U S T CHRISTMAS QUIZ 2018 Email your answers to [email protected] by 2nd January 2019 Or return this quiz to: Development, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford upon Avon, CV37 6QW Entry is by suggested donation of £5 with a chance to win a £50 voucher to spend in the gift shops. Send your cheque to this address or make your donation online: shakespeare.org.uk/donate Winners will be notified after 2nd January 2019. Answers will be sent to all those who enter after 2nd January 2019.
1. Which of the following phrases 6. Within the area during a sixty year was not coined by Shakespeare? period, Shakespeare was one in only a. Cat got your tongue? how many men to marry before age b. Wild-goose chase twenty? c. Break the ice a. Three 2. Which of Shakespeare's children b. Five inherited the most when he died? c. Eight a. Susanna 7. Which of Shakespeare’s b. Judith contemporaries wrote the introduction c. Hamnet to the first folio? 3. Why was Shakespeare’s father a. Thomas Kyd John Shakespeare granted a coat of b. Christopher Marlowe arms? c. Ben Jonson a. John had gained favour from 8. Shakespeare was the _____ child many in higher ranks due to his born to his parents. excellent craftsmanship of a. First gloves b. Third b. Due to the military service of c. Fourth Shakespeare’s grandfather 9. Some characters in Shakespeare's c. Due to John Shakespeare’s history plays appeared in multiple military service plays. Which character appeared in the 4. Which was not a part of most plays? Shakespeare’s education? a. King Henry V a. Home Education b. Lord Talbot b. King Edward VI School c. Bardolph c. University of Cambridge 10. Which of the following of 5. Shakespeare had how many Shakespeare’s plays does not include siblings? crossdressing in the plot? a. Two a. As You Like It b. Four b. The Taming of the Shrew c. Seven c. Much Ado About Nothing
Registered charity number: 209302 11. Frances De La Tour played Can you match the pictures from the RSC Cleopatra and Alan Bates played Marc Antony, 1999. performances of Antony and Cleopatra to the year they were performed? 12. Sinéad Cusack played Cleopatra and Stuart Wilson played Marc Antony, 2002.
13. Janet Suzman played Cleopatra and Richard Johnson played Marc Antony, 1972.
14. Harriet Walter played A B C Cleopatra and Patrick Stewart played Marc Antony, 2006.
15. Clare Higgins played Cleopatra and Richard Johnson played Marc D E Antony, 1992. These engraved illustrations were created by Nicholas Rowe in 1709. Can you match the illustration to the play?
16. OTHELLO 17. HENRY VI, PT. 2 18. TWELFTH NIGHT OR WHAT YOU WILL 19. RICHARD III A 20. MACBETH B
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