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Shakespeare Limericks 2 Trivia Quiz

By popular demand, "Parte the Seconde" of my Shakespeare Limericks quiz. Can you identify the plays from the limericks below? Read the limerick and type in the name of the play.

A multiple-choice quiz by Islingtonian. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Islingtonian

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
88,708

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
5

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
4 / 5

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Question 1 of 5

1. There once was a Roman who died ... when he didn't beware of an ide ... But his treacherous mates ... suffered much deserved fates ... when Dante had the pair of them fried

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 2 of 5

2. There once were an amorous two ... whose families made them feel blue ... so to help them get wed ... they made out they were dead ... which says nothing much for their IQ.

Answer: (Three Words (spelt in full))

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Question 3 of 5

3. A Merchant's ships sailed the Atlantic ... but at home his position was frantic ... he was sued on a debt ... but there was no need to fret ... for his lawyer was really pedantic.

Answer: (Four Words)

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Question 4 of 5

4. On Agincourt a king did advance ... to recover his inheritance ... with a battle so mighty ... that's very pro-Blighty ... but not quite so nice about France.

Answer: (Two Words (the second is a Roman numeral))

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Question 5 of 5

5. There was an impetuous Moor ... whose wife was incredibly pure ... but the good lady he slew ... and he killed himself too ... so the Moor was no Moor any more.

Answer: (One Word (also a game))

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. There once was a Roman who died ... when he didn't beware of an ide ... But his treacherous mates ... suffered much deserved fates ... when Dante had the pair of them fried

Answer: julius caesar

Brutus and Cassius suffered eternal torment in the lowest level of "Dante's Inferno". That'll learn 'em.

2. There once were an amorous two ... whose families made them feel blue ... so to help them get wed ... they made out they were dead ... which says nothing much for their IQ.

Answer: romeo and juliet

I mean, what kind of plan is that? Pretending to be dead, without warning anyone. Couldn't they have run away or something?

3. A Merchant's ships sailed the Atlantic ... but at home his position was frantic ... he was sued on a debt ... but there was no need to fret ... for his lawyer was really pedantic.

Answer: The Merchant of Venice

I was originally going to write a limerick about the unpleasant racist undertones in "The Merchant of Venice" but couldn't find anything to rhyme with "anti-semitic". If anyone can, let me know.

4. On Agincourt a king did advance ... to recover his inheritance ... with a battle so mighty ... that's very pro-Blighty ... but not quite so nice about France.

Answer: Henry V

Shakespeare's "Henry V" took quite a lot of liberties with history in its rather xenophobic attempts to be patriotic. For example, the claim that the English only lost 24 men at the Battle of Agincourt isn't backed up by historical fact (it's generally taken to be something under 200).

5. There was an impetuous Moor ... whose wife was incredibly pure ... but the good lady he slew ... and he killed himself too ... so the Moor was no Moor any more.

Answer: othello

If you find your wife's handkerchief, do you (a) think nothing of it (b) ask her how she lost it or (c) assume she's been unfaithful and kill her stone dead? If you answered (a) or (b), you're not Othello.

Source: Author Islingtonian

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