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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Shakespeare with Ethel Barryjam.

NPC Location: Hotton General Store.
Level: Intermediate.
Quest Points: 25.
Items Required: None.
Reward: $1000.
Notes:  
1. Which character said: "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!"? Richard III.

2. Which classic science fiction movie is actually a remake of Shakespeare's play, "The Tempest"? Forbidden Planet.
 

3. In what play does someone remark that, "Yond' Cassius has a lean and hungry look"? Julius Caesar.

4. The play and movie "West Side Story" is yet another adaptation of which of Shakespeare's plays? Romeo and Juliet.

5. To which of Shakespeare's plays will superstitious actors refer only as "The Scottish Play?" Macbeth.

6. In which of Shakespeare's plays is one of the characters' heads turned into that of a donkey? A Midsummer Night's Dream.

7. Who told Julius Caeser to "Beware the Ides of March!"? A soothsayer.

8. In which play do three witches intone, "Double, double, toil and trouble! Fire burn and cauldron bubble!"? Macbeth.

9. What is the relationship between Hamlet and Ophelia? They are sweethearts.

10. In one of his works, Shakespeare describes a horse who is perfect in every way, ending with, "Look, what a horse should have, he did not lack--save a proud rider on so proud a back." Which of his works is that quote from? Venus and Adonis.

BONUS QUESTION: 

Okay, here's one for you.  From what musical comes the song:
"Brush up your Shakespeare!  Start quoting him now!
Brush up your Shakespeare!  And the women you will wow!"

Kiss Me, Kate.

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