Shakespeare

Question 0

Who was Queen when Shakespeare was born?

Answer 0

Queen Elizabeth I

Question 1

When was Shakespeare born?

Answer 1

April 23rd, 1564

Question 2

What were Shakespeare’s parents names?

Answer 2

John and Mary

Question 3

What was his father’s occupation?

Answer 3

Glover

Question 4

What did Shakespeare study in school?

Answer 4

Latin

Question 5

Where did the traveling acting show come when he was about 11?

Answer 5

Candle worth Castle

Question 6

Where did Shakespeare go to university?

Answer 6

Nowhere

Question 7

What is his wife’s name?

Answer 7

Anne Hathaway

Question 8

When did they get married?

Answer 8

November 28th, 1582

Question 9

How many children did they have?

Answer 9

3

Question 10

What were his children’s names?

Answer 10

Susanna, Hamnet, Judith

Question 11

Where did Shakespeare work in 1592?

Answer 11

London

Question 12

First critic?

Answer 12

Robert Green

Question 13

Shakespeare’s patron?

Answer 13

Earl of South Hampton

Question 14

What did Shakespeare dedicate to the Earl?

Answer 14

2 sonnets

Question 15

of plays Shakespeare produced while in London

Answer 15

37

Question 16

Where did his family stay while he was in London?

Answer 16

Stratford upon Avon

Question 17

Time of year when performing a play was banned

Answer 17

Lent

Question 18

Shakespeare had what kind of marriage?

Answer 18

Bad

Question 19

What happened to the playhouses?

Answer 19

They were closed.

Question 20

When did his son die?

Answer 20

August 11th, 1596

Question 21

What was Shakespeare’s main source of income?

Answer 21

Tickets from the Globe Theater

Question 22

First play performed at the Globe Theater

Answer 22

Julius Caesar

Question 23

Shakespeare referred to himself as what?

Answer 23

A poet

Question 24

Where did Shakespeare get information for his plays from?

Answer 24

Existing works and history

Question 25

Who was crowned King in 1603?

Answer 25

King James I

Question 26

Shakespeare wrote which 3 plays between 1604-1607?

Answer 26

Macbeth, King Lear, and Othellow

Question 27

Which character is most like Shakespeare?

Answer 27

Prospero

Question 28

During what play did the a globe theater burn to the ground?

Answer 28

Henry VIII

Question 29

What did Shakespeare will to his wife?

Answer 29

The second best bed

Question 30

Control of his estate was left to whom?

Answer 30

Susanna and her husband

Question 31

When did Shakespeare die?

Answer 31

April 23rd, 1616

Question 32

When was First Folio collected and published?

Answer 32

1623

Question 33

Wrote Shakespeare’s tribute after his death

Answer 33

Ben Johnson