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Shakespearean Characters

Can you name these characters from the plays of William Shakespeare?
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First submittedJanuary 14, 2015
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Character
Star-crossed lovers
Romeo
Juliet
"A pox on both your houses", he said
Mercutio
Alas, this poor jester's skull became a prop
Yorick
Prince of Denmark
Hamlet
Love interest of the above; Went mad and
was told "get thee to a nunnery"
Ophelia
Prince of Denmark's usurping uncle
Claudius
Moneylender who demanded a
pound of flesh
Shylock
Was told to beware the Ides of March
Julius Caesar
Fat knight who courts two merry wives
Falstaff
King with three daughters:
Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia
King Lear
Hunchbacked king
Richard III
Rosencrantz's compatriot
Guildenstern
Friends, Romans, countrymen,
lend him your ears
Mark Antony
Moorish general /
husband of Desdemona
Othello
Plots the downfall of the above
Iago
Midsummer's fairy king
Oberon
Scottish lady who couldn't
get a spot out
Lady MacBeth
Shipwrecked sorceror
Prospero
Heiress whose suitors play
"Let's Make a Deal"
Portia
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32 Comments
plattitude
+3
Level 94
Jan 15, 2015
Fun quiz. Was curious how you were going to select people from the plays. Pretty good spread, even without Petruchio or Rosalind.
thecoolestdude2
+1
Level 67
Jan 21, 2015
Ah, excellent work, Iago.
MrMagoo
+3
Level 84
Dec 10, 2019
Isn't he the one who plots the downfall of the Moorish general and not the fairy king? I don't know if it's just me but on the layout I'm seeing the clue of "plots the downfall of the above" needs to be moved one spot up
QuizWol
+2
Level 66
Dec 21, 2019
Exactly! The only answer I could see was Titania because Oberon is the answer above. If it had been Othello I'd have had the answer and not been stuck on it.

Please move the questions so the answer you want comes out.

Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Dec 22, 2019
Sorry, fixed.
magicaemmy
+3
Level 62
Mar 13, 2015
It is commonly misquoted, but the Mercutio quote should be, "A plague a' both your houses."
snix
+1
Level 53
Mar 16, 2015
Yes.
FadKrashmor
+4
Level 70
Mar 28, 2020
My copy says "A plague o' both your houses". Could make an entertaining quiz just on things that Mercutio says.
EcceHomo
+1
Level 85
Jun 24, 2020
Agreed.
sg1rob
+3
Level 80
Mar 13, 2015
Alas, poor sg1rob. He had only eight correct answers.
Teegthebeeg
+5
Level 53
Oct 28, 2020
but teegthebeeg knew them well, Horatio
Elan
+4
Level 66
Mar 9, 2016
The B is not capitalized in "Macbeth."
stylus
+1
Level 79
Apr 21, 2016
When did Lady MacBeth fail to get a spot out?
mushroomsteve
+7
Level 52
Jun 19, 2016
When she went mad at the end. "Out damned spot." Granted, I don't think there really was a spot.
stone222
+6
Level 47
Oct 13, 2018
i think it alluded to imagined blood on her hand
Atkinson
+1
Level 65
Oct 4, 2024
I always thought it was acne.
WanderingWalrus
+29
Level 82
May 31, 2017
What most people fail to realise is that in this quotation Lady Macbeth is in fact addressing her disobedient dog, Spot, who steadfastly refuses to go into the garden to relieve himself. We know this because Lady Macbeth instructs him to do both a number one and a number two ('one two I say'). She then changes the subject to talk about Duncan's death. Some enlightened directors have had a grumpy looking dog present in this scene but it is difficult to train a dog to behave reliably in such a violent atmosphere.
YantheMan
+7
Level 66
May 31, 2017
Wow. That's some impressive fibbing. Honestly, it's pretty darn creative.
rocamorar
+4
Level 80
Jun 6, 2017
I'm clapping, WanderingWlarus.
Jeremy
+1
Level 79
Jun 26, 2018
I love this.
jmellor13
+5
Level 68
May 2, 2020
This is doubly hilarious if you've read much analysis of Shakespeare. The plays have been absolutely interpreted to death over 400 years, so the only way scholars can say something that no one has already said is to take increasingly preposterous stances and insist upon them.
stylus
+1
Level 79
Aug 11, 2022
i was going to delete my original comment because i have absolutely no idea why i left it... and then i read WanderingWalrus' reply. love it
howdoiquiz
+3
Level 65
May 31, 2017
Mercutio's line is actually "a plague aboth your houses", good quiz though
sussexval
+2
Level 57
Jun 1, 2017
I tried any number of spellings for Yorick except the right one!
hybrid
+3
Level 79
May 2, 2020
"Mark"? Antony...serious?
Jacktheguy
+4
Level 93
May 2, 2020
But wait, which one is Rosencrantz and which one is Guildenstern?
JimmyGirl221B
+3
Level 61
May 18, 2021
heads or tails?
Rinaldo
+3
Level 31
Oct 5, 2021
I know there's a widespread feeling online that "-or" endings are automatically better :), but the word is in fact spelled "sorcerer."
sarielise
+2
Level 68
Nov 16, 2022
Please change Mercutio’s line. It’s not “pox” but “plague”. Otherwise a great quiz, though!
MovieQuizGuy
+2
Level 64
Oct 4, 2024
It always takes a long time for whoever plays Yorick to get into costume.
sahasralah
+1
Level 55
Oct 4, 2024
Marc Anthony is spelled wrong.
FredaCat
+1
Level 44
Oct 4, 2024
Could Kate / Katherine from Taming of the Shrew also work as an answer for the last question?
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