shakespeare quiz - finals
TRANSCRIPT
Shake-speariac
Done by
AKHASH KUMAR
and
MUHILAN
6
ROUNDS• –
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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
• Pounce is allowed only once
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
• +15 for every right Answer
• IF someone gets All 6 right then
bonous 10
• 100 points at stake
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
• Pounce is allowed only once
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
• +15 for every right Answer
• IF someone gets All 6 right then
bonous 15
• 150 points at stake
•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