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Shakespeare's Life Quiz - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 78 times
- The average score is 21 of 50
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Queen | Elizabeth I | 97%
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| Birth City | Stratford upon Avon | 89%
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| Most Famous Playhouse | The Globe | 89%
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| Wife | Anne Hathaway | 84%
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| Genre of play which has a happy ending and a lighter tone | Comedy | 79%
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| Genre of play which has a sad ending and a darker tone | Tragedy | 79%
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| Death Year | 1616 | 74%
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| King after 1603 | James I | 74%
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| Age at marriage | 18 | 71%
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| England's former national religion, before Henry VIII | Catholicism | 68%
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| Birth Year | 1564 | 66%
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| Wife's age at marriage | 26 | 66%
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| Child who died early | Hamnet | 66%
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| Genre of play which emphasizes England's past | History | 66%
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| Preferred Poem Type | Sonnet | 66%
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| A public health issue which often caused the playhouses to close | The plague | 63%
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| Preferred Poetic Meter | Iambic Pentameter | 61%
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| Most famous Black character | Othello | 58%
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| England's national religion after Henry VIII | Church of England | 53%
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| Most famous rival playwright | Christopher Marlowe | 47%
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| Youngest lead character (13) | Juliet | 47%
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| Most overweight character | Falstaff | 45%
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| Most famous magical (fairy) character | Robin Goodfellow (Puck) | 45%
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| Most famous Jewish character | Shylock | 45%
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| Birthday (Assumed) | April 23 | 37%
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| Only Known Education | Grammar School | 37%
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| Most indecisive character | Hamlet | 37%
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| Father | John Shakespeare | 37%
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| Firstborn child | Susanna | 34%
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| Later Acting Company | King's Men | 32%
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| Twin children | Hamnet and Judith | 29%
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| Mother | Mary Arden | 29%
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| Baptism Day | April 26 | 26%
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| Most famous magical (human) character | Prospero | 24%
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| Church | Holy Trinity | 18%
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| Place of burial | Holy Trinity | 18%
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| Type of language in which lower-class characters often speak | Prose | 18%
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| Item left to his wife in his will | Second best bed | 18%
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| Wrote the Preface to this Publication | Ben Jonson | 16%
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| Lead Company Actor | Richard Burbage | 16%
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| "Poor playhouse attendees" | Groundlings | 13%
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| Primary Acting Company | Chamberlain's Men | 8%
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| Government official who censored plays | Master of the Revels | 8%
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| Posthumous Publication | The First Folio | 8%
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| Lost Years | 1585-1592 | 5%
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| Most famous portrait | Chandos | 3%
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| Most famous candidate of "Authorship" debate | Edward de Vere (Earl of Oxford) | 3%
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| First two words of the "curse" on his grave | Good Friend | 3%
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| Original Playhouse, torn down and rebuilt in 1599 | The Theatre | 3%
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| Lead Comic Actor | William Kempe | 3%
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