Here is a sample of the questions elementary students were asked in the 2009 DPS Shakespeare Festival Challenge Bowl.
The questions cover five categories: Elizabethan England; Famous Quotes; Richard III (this year’s featured play); Shakespeare’s Biography; Shakespeare’s Plays and Theaters.
- Queen Elizabeth was a descendent of what royal blood line?
- Who did Queen Elizabeth marry?
- In what Shakespeare play is the following quote: “A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse!”
- In what Shakespeare play is the following quote: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
- What two royal families are at war in Richard III?
- Is King Richard the hero of the play or its villain?
- Who did Shakespeare marry?
- Shakespeare lived during what famous period in European history?
- What is considered to be Shakespeare’s most famous play?
- Shakespeare wrote poems that had 14 lines and a very distinct rhyming pattern. What were these poems called?
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