This document summarizes the details of a Shakespeare quiz competition held between two teams. It provides the format, rules and structure of the 6 rounds of the competition. Each round focuses on a different aspect of Shakespeare's works like identifying plays from descriptions or excerpts, answering trivia questions, identifying quotes etc. Scores are awarded based on correct answers with bonus points for fully right rounds. The document gives examples of actual questions asked in some rounds about Shakespeare's works, time period and famous characters.

1. Shake-speariac

2. Done by
AKHASH
KUMAR
and
MUHILAN

3. 6

5. ROUNDS
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7. 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

8. •Shakespeare is known to have spelt
these pair of words in 180 different
ways and never spelt it the same way
thrice (twice very rarely). Id these
words
Question 1

9. William Shakespeare

10. 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

11. Star Trek

12. 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

13. Keeping the Bard’s
books while writing
and using it as a
pillow while going
to bed

14. 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 ?

15. No Copyrights

16. Shakespeare was called The
Bard of Avon because avon river
flows through his hometown .
What does avon literally mean ?
Question 5

19. 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

21. 2

22. 3

23. 4

24. 5

25. 6

29. 2

30. 2

31. 3

32. 3

33. 4

34. 4

35. 5

36. 5

37. 6

38. 6

40. 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

41. 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 ?

43. Antony and
cleopatra

44. •Martin Droeshout was the
first to publish this (his own
creation) . Till now it is the
official one . What is it ?

45. •Shakespeare’s
portrait

46. •The American novelist Herman
Melville's Captain Ahab in Moby-
Dick is inspired by which famous
Shakespearian character?

47. King
Lear

48. •What is so special about the
ghost in “Hamlet” , adam of
“As you like it “?

49. •Character played
by Shakespeare
himself

50. • 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

51. •Sonnets

55. 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

56. Love is
blind
1

57. Wild goose
chase
2

58. It's all
Greek to me
3

59. Green-eyed
monster
4

60. Break
the ice
5

61. Method to
his
madness
6

63. Love is
blind
1

64. Merchant of
Venice
•Not Romeo Juliet

65. Wild goose
chase
2

66. Romeo and Juliet

67. It's all
Greek to me
3

68. Julius
Caesar

69. Green-eyed
monster
4

70. othello

71. Break
the ice
5

72. The taming of
the shrew

73. Method to
his
madness
6

74. Tempest

76. Round five – see sir
• The whole round is on Infi
Bounce
• Pounce is allowed only once
for a team
• Pounce +10/-10
• Direct +10

77. • QM : SREE Charan
The whole round’s questions
were contributed by him

78. •What were the Last
words of Caesar ?

79. ET TU,BRUTE

80. •Who was
Caesar’s
nephew ?

81. •Octavious

82. •Who offered Caesar
the crown 3 times ?

83. Mark Antony

84. •Who stuck
Caesar first ?

85. Casca

86. •Complete the triumvirate
•Caesar
•Crassus
•__________

87. •Pompey

88. •Where was the war
between Mark Antony
and Brutus held ?

89. •Phillipi

91. 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

92. •First two questions
•A movie inspired by
Shakespeare will be given .
Id the play from which it
was adapted

93. Do Dooni Chaar

94. 10 Things I Hate
About You

95. Question 3
•Mark Antony appears in Julius
Caesar as well as in another
Shakespearian play. Id the play

96. 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?

97. THEY ARE THE TOP THREE OF WHICH LIST :
1.SHAKESPEARE - 24000 TO 25000
2.MILTON - 17377
3.HOMER - CLOSE TO 10000

98. •Which English word which is said to
be introduced by Shakespeare is derieved
from the Arabic word hashish?

99. •Which play of
Shakespeare is said to
contain dangerous
spells in it ?

100. 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

101. Id the name of the painting

104. Do Dooni Chaar

105. The comedy of
errors

106. 10 Things I Hate
About You

107. Taming of
Shrew

108. Question 3
•Mark Antony appears in Julius
Caesar as well as in another
Shakespearian play. Id the play

109. Antony and
cleopatra

110. 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?

111. SHYLOCK

112. THEY ARE THE TOP THREE OF WHICH LIST :
1.SHAKESPEARE - 24000 TO 25000
2.MILTON - 17377
3.HOMER - CLOSE TO 10000

113. LIST OF LARGEST
VOCABULARY OR MOST NUMBER OF
DISTINCT WORDS USED BY WRITERS

114. •Which play of
Shakespeare is said to
contain dangerous
spells in it ?

115. •MACBETH

116. 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

117. The English group
Mumford & Sons

118. Id the name of the painting

119. THE BARD

126. “HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL SOON”
!!!!NOT REALLY!!!!
- QUIZMASTER AND HIS TEAM