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3. Category 1 Question 1 When was William Shakespeare baptized?

4. Category 1 Answer 1 APRIL 26, 1564

5. Category 1 Question 2 Where was William Shakespeare born?

6. Category 1 Answer 2 STRATFORD UPON AVON

7. Category 1 Question 3 How old was William when John was elected mayor?

8. Category 1 Answer 3 FOUR YEARS OLD

9. Category 1 Question 4 What had John Shakespeare deal in illegally according to Queen Elizabeth I’s spies?

10. Category 1 Answer 4 WOOL

11. Category 1 Question 5 Who was Shakespeare’s favorite novelist?

12. Category 1 Answer 5 Ovid

13. Category 2 Question 1 18. What was the name of the girl William Shakespeare married?

14. Category 2 Answer 1 ANNE HATHAWAY

15. Category 2 Question 2 Why did William Shakespeare get married?

16. Category 2 Answer 2 ANNE WAS PREGNANT

17. Category 2 Question 3 What was the song at the end of Ralph Roister Doister meant to be a message about?

18. Category 2 Answer 3 THE QUEEN IS GOOD AND RIGHT

19. Category 2 Question 4 From what famous book did the mystery plays get much of their material?

20. Category 2 Answer 4 THE BIBLE

21. Category 2 Question 5 What did William work as when he lived in the country at Houghton Tower in Lancaster?

22. Category 2 Answer 5 A TEACHER

23. Category 3 Question 1 Elsinore was the palace of which Shakespearean fictional prince?

24. Category 3 Answer 1 HAMLET

25. Category 3 Question 2 Where was William’s first known London address?

26. Category 3 Answer 2 BISHOP’S GATE

27. Category 3 Question 3 Titus Andronicus was one of William Shakespeare’s first _____________.

28. Category 3 Answer 3 TRAGEDIES

29. Category 3 Question 4 What was the subject of William Shakespeare’s early history plays?

30. Category 3 Answer 4 WAR

31. Category 3 Question 5 Who was the best writer when William Shakespeare came into town?

32. Category 3 Answer 5 CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE

33. Category 4 Question 1 Who are always dangerous in the eyes of authoritarian states?

34. Category 4 Answer 1 WRITERS

35. Category 4 Question 2 What was the duty of poets “supposed” to be?

36. Category 4 Answer 2 TO GLORIFY GOD

37. Category 4 Question 3 What happened to cause theatres to close in 1593?

38. Category 4 Answer 3 THE PLAGUE

39. Category 4 Question 4 What year did Shakespeare form The Lord Chamberlin’s Men?

40. Category 4 Answer 4 1594

41. Category 4 Question 5 What did Shakespeare buy for his father to make him into a proper gentleman?

42. Category 4 Answer 5 A COAT OF ARMS

43. Category 5 Question 1 For what male, specifically, do scholars believe Shakespeare wrote many of his poems?

44. Category 5 Answer 1 HIS SON

45. Category 5 Question 2 With which play did Shakespeare win the war of the poets?

46. Category 5 Answer 2 HAMLET

47. Category 5 Question 3 What is the duty of poets according to Shakespeare?

48. Category 5 Answer 3 “TO SAY WHAT WE FEEL, NOT WHAT WE OUGHT TO SAY.”

49. Category 5 Question 4 When did the Globe Theatre open?

50. Category 5 Answer 4 JUNE 12, 1599

51. Category 5 Question 5 What did William and the King’s Men do at Christmas?

52. Category 5 Answer 5 THEY PERFORMED PLAYS FOR THE KING.

53. Category 6 Question 1 Which Shakespeare play did the gunpowder plot inspire?

54. Category 6 Answer 1 MACBETH

55. Category 6 Question 2 How many pounds did Shakespeare have to pay for every profanity in his plays?

56. Category 6 Answer 2 TEN

57. Category 6 Question 3 At Christmas 1606, Shakespeare’s company performed which play?

58. Category 6 Answer 3 KING LEAR

59. Category 6 Question 4 What is Shakespeare’s lost play?

60. Category 6 Answer 4 CARDENIO

61. Category 6 Question 5 APRIL 23, 1616 is…

62. Category 6 Answer 5 Shakespeare’s death date