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Quiz about Book Titles From Shakespeare
Quiz about Book Titles From Shakespeare

Book Titles From Shakespeare Trivia Quiz


I'll give you the title of a book which comes from Shakespeare. You tell me the play the quote comes from.

A multiple-choice quiz by wordnerd. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
wordnerd
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
78,463
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
10 / 25
Plays
3195
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 76 (8/25), Guest 92 (12/25), davejacobs (12/25).
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Question 1 of 25
1. 'The Moon Is Down' by John Steinbeck. Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. 'If This Be Magic' by Leslie John Howard. Hint


Question 3 of 25
3. 'Not In Our Stars' by M.M. Marshall. Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. 'Chimes At Midnight' by Terence White. Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. 'Cannon's Mouth' by W. Glenn Duncan. Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. 'The Mousetrap' by Agatha Christie. Hint


Question 7 of 25
7. 'Twice-Told Tales' by Charles Dickens. Hint


Question 8 of 25
8. 'Edge of Hazard' by George Horton. Hint


Question 9 of 25
9. 'A Muse of Fire' A.D. Harvey. Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. 'Strange Snow' by Steve Metcalfe. Hint


Question 11 of 25
11. 'Walk the Night' by Robert C. Reinhart. Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. 'Out Of This Nettle' by Norah Lofts. Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. 'This Rough Magic' by Mary Stewart. Hint


Question 14 of 25
14. 'A Plague On Both Your Houses' by Robert. W. Whitaker.

Answer: (Three Words)
Question 15 of 25
15. 'This Stage of Fools' by Leonard Merrick. Hint


Question 16 of 25
16. 'A Fire In His Hand' by Michael Grieg. Hint


Question 17 of 25
17. 'An Improbable Fiction' by Sara Woods. Hint


Question 18 of 25
18. 'All That Glistens' by Mark Ashton. Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. 'Here's A Villain!' by James Mitchell. Hint


Question 20 of 25
20. 'The Shadow of a Dream' by Charlotte Haldane. Hint


Question 21 of 25
21. 'The World's Mine Oyster' by D. Wynn. Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. 'Put Money In Thy Purse' by Michael MacLiammor. Hint


Question 23 of 25
23. 'Thankless Child' by Frank Swinnerton. Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. 'The Giant's Strength' by Basil King. Hint


Question 25 of 25
25. 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley. Hint





Most Recent Scores
Oct 27 2024 : Guest 76: 8/25
Oct 24 2024 : Guest 92: 12/25
Oct 18 2024 : davejacobs: 12/25

Score Distribution

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. 'The Moon Is Down' by John Steinbeck.

Answer: Macbeth

'The moon is down, I have not heard the clock.'
2. 'If This Be Magic' by Leslie John Howard.

Answer: The Winter's Tale

'If this be magic, let it be an art lawful as eating.'
3. 'Not In Our Stars' by M.M. Marshall.

Answer: Julius Caesar

'Men are at some time masters of their fates: the fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.'
4. 'Chimes At Midnight' by Terence White.

Answer: Henry IV, Part 2

'We have heard the chimes at midnight, master.'
5. 'Cannon's Mouth' by W. Glenn Duncan.

Answer: As You Like It

'Then a soldier, full of strange oaths and bearded like a pard, jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel, seeking the bubble reputation, even in the cannon's mouth.'
6. 'The Mousetrap' by Agatha Christie.

Answer: Hamlet

'KING: What do you call the play? HAMLET: The Mouse-trap.'
7. 'Twice-Told Tales' by Charles Dickens.

Answer: King John

'Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.'
8. 'Edge of Hazard' by George Horton.

Answer: All's Well That Ends Well

'We'll strive to bear it for your worthy sake to the extreme edge of hazard.'
9. 'A Muse of Fire' A.D. Harvey.

Answer: Henry V

'O for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention...'
10. 'Strange Snow' by Steve Metcalfe.

Answer: A Midsummer Night's Dream

'Merry and tragical! Tedious and brief! That is, hot ice and wonderous strange snow.'
11. 'Walk the Night' by Robert C. Reinhart.

Answer: Hamlet

'I am thy father's spirit, doomed for a certain term to walk the night.'
12. 'Out Of This Nettle' by Norah Lofts.

Answer: Henry IV, Part I

'Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.'
13. 'This Rough Magic' by Mary Stewart.

Answer: The Tempest

'But this rough magic I here abjure.'
14. 'A Plague On Both Your Houses' by Robert. W. Whitaker.

Answer: Romeo and Juliet

'A plague on both your houses! They have made worm's meat of me.'
15. 'This Stage of Fools' by Leonard Merrick.

Answer: King Lear

'When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.'
16. 'A Fire In His Hand' by Michael Grieg.

Answer: Richard II

'O! Who can hold a fire in his hand by thinking of the frosty Caucasus?'
17. 'An Improbable Fiction' by Sara Woods.

Answer: Twelfth Night

'If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction.'
18. 'All That Glistens' by Mark Ashton.

Answer: The Merchant of Venice

In shakespeare's original words, 'All that glisters is not gold; often have you heard that told.' Modern usage generally uses glistens or glitters.
19. 'Here's A Villain!' by James Mitchell.

Answer: Comedy of Errors

'But here's a villain would face me down.'
20. 'The Shadow of a Dream' by Charlotte Haldane.

Answer: Hamlet

'Which dreams are indeed ambition, for the very substance of the ambition is merely the shadow of a dream.'
21. 'The World's Mine Oyster' by D. Wynn.

Answer: The Merry Wives of Windsor

'Why then, the world's mine oyster, which I with sword will open.'
22. 'Put Money In Thy Purse' by Michael MacLiammor.

Answer: Othello

'Put money in thy {purse;} follow thou the wars, defeat thy favour with a usurped beard.'
23. 'Thankless Child' by Frank Swinnerton.

Answer: King Lear

'How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!'
24. 'The Giant's Strength' by Basil King.

Answer: Measure For Measure

'It is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.'
25. 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley.

Answer: The Tempest

'How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, that hath such people in it!'
Source: Author wordnerd

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