October 2026 edition

Shakespeare's Plays quiz

Q17 / 50Easy15.0s
Which character is Ophelia's brother in Hamlet?
AHoratio
BFortinbras
COsric
DLaertes
118 pts+10

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Shakespeare · October 2026 edition

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Q14 / 50Easy
Which sprite is also known as Robin Goodfellow?
APeter Quince
BPuck
COberon
DNick Bottom

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Five rounds, climbing10 questions each
1OpenerFairy kings, feuding families and the Globe
2EasySonnets, graveyards and Prince Hal's rise
3TrickyShrews, verse forms and a banished general
4HardFalstaff, a nunnery and Bohemia's seacoast
5BrutalShipwrecked Viola, Chaucer and Lear's setting
Shakespeare titlesout of 500
Bard of Avon50 / 50
Leading man350+
Player275+
Lord's room200+
Gallery seat100+
Groundling1+
Rained out0

44 of 50 right · six short of Bard of Avon

You vs Katie BShakespeare · Easy
412 pts
78%
You
389 pts
72%
Katie
Which two friends of Prince Hamlet are sent to spy on him?
Horatio and Laertes
Fortinbras and Osric
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern✓GBKB
Cornelius and Voltemand

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Twenty seconds a question, and the faster you answer, the more you score. Which sprite is also known as Robin Goodfellow? Think fast.

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