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Jan-4-2005 18:37

See if there is interest for this.

1. Each day I will post 10 questions, at random times of the day.
2. Each Quiz runs exactly 24 hours.
3. The first person that has all 10 questions right, wins. Or if no one has all questions right, the best one wins.
4. You can only post answers ONCE for the same quiz.
5. No cash involved. Just glory. :)

May-2-2006 03:19

This time it's Shakespeare. False or true?

1. Polonius was killed by Hamlet.
2. Romeo's first love's name was Rosamund.
3. The Sonnets were dedicated to King James VI.
4. The title of Shakespeare's mythological poem is "Hero and Meander".
5. In "Richard III" Clarence was drowned in a butt of malmsey.
6. Falstaff appears in "The Merry Wives of Wimbledon".
7. "My kingdom for a horse" are Macbeth's words.
8. When Antony says "Fulvia is dead" he is speaking of Caesar's wife.
9. Joan of Arc appears in "Henry VI".
10. Cordelia is the youngest of king Lear's daughters.

May-2-2006 03:22

!. True
2. True
3. True.
4. False.
5. True.
6. True.
7. False (King Richard's )
8. False.
9. False.
10. True.

May-2-2006 04:37

1. True
2. False
3. False
4. Don't know
5. Probably True
6. *lol* - False
7. False
8. Has to be a guess - False?
9. False
10. True

May-2-2006 04:52

Some of the false ones are true and some of the true ones are false, so keep trying. Greyling is a bit closer than Leddy.

May-2-2006 05:17

I can hep with 2. False - Rosaline

May-2-2006 05:20

LOL I just got it RC... hero and meander / hero and leander... 4. False :)

May-2-2006 05:22

Ugh - didn't mean to imply that 8 was my only guess, it was just based on my never having read nor seen that play :D

May-2-2006 05:24

True, it was false. I'd prefer Rosamund for obvious reasons, but it was Rosaline. One day I'll ask you who was the real Rosamund Clifford, but that is another theme.

May-2-2006 05:27

There was a double trick in this question. Of course it's Leander, but the poem is Marlowe's.

May-2-2006 05:30

good one! I only know the story from Greek Mythology.