English Jeopardy
Hamlet
Begin
Round 1
Something’s
Rotten
Vocabu…
What?
Too Much
Drama
SR100
VW100
TD100
SR200
VW200
TD200
SR300
VW300
TD300
SR400
VW400
TD400
SR500
VW500
TD500
Round2
SR 100
Killed his brother
Answer
SR 100
Who is Claudius?
SR 200
Married her husband’s
brother
Answer
SR 200
Who is Gertrude?
SR 300
Wanted vengeance for
his father’s death and
taken lands
Answer
SR 300
Who is Fortinbras?
SR 400
Helped others spy on her
boyfriend
Answer
SR 400
Who is Ophelia?
SR 500
“Set up” his childhood
friends
Answer
SR 500
Who is Hamlet?
VW 100
In drama, a sort of speech spoken
by a character in an undertone, or
directly, to the audience. It is not
meant to be heard by the other
characters on stage but only by the
audience.
Answer
VW 100
What is an aside?
VW 200
An extended speech
given by one character.
The other characters are
aware of what is being
said.
Answer
VW 200
What is a monologue?
VW 300
A speech given by a character alone on
stage or apart from the other
characters. It is used to summarize
actions, foreshadow events, reveal
thoughts (or emotions), and clarify
emotions. The other characters do not
hear what the character is saying.
Answer
VW 300
What is a soliloquy?
VW 400
The use of hints or clues
in a narrative to suggest
what action is to come,
used to create and build
suspense.
Answer
VW 400
What is foreshadowing?
VW 500
A figure of speech in
which contradictory words
are combined to produce
a paradox (something
absurd, but possibly true).
Answer
VW 500
What is an oxymoron?
TD 100
The name of the play
Hamlet had performed in
front of Claudius
Answer
TD 100
What is “The Mousetrap”?
TD 200
Symbolizes death and
made Hamlet realize
that he too will die
Answer
TD 200
What is Yorick’s skull?
TD 300
Secondary performances that
mimic several other dramatic forms
including masques, pantomimes,
comedies, and tragedies. They
typically serve to comment on the
action or to develop the plot.
Answer
TD 300
What is a play-withinthe-play?
TD 400
Why Shakespeare had
the scenes with the ghost
at night
Answer
TD 400
How does Shakespeare
add fear, foreboding, or
suspense?
TD 500
Why Hamlet has the
others swear on his
sword
(shape or use)
Answer
TD 500
What is a cross or an
instrument of death?
Round 2
Round1
Not Old
English
That’s
Tragic
What’s
Missing
OE200
TT200
WM200
OE400
TT400
WM400
OE600
TT600
WM600
OE800
TT800
WM800
OE1000
TT1000
WM1000
FinalJeopardy
OE 200
Concentrated language
consisting of rhyme
and sound
Answer
OE 200
What is poetry?
OE 400
The name for a syllable
grouping in poetry
Answer
OE 400
What is a foot?
OE 600
Metrical foot consisting
of a stressed sound
followed by an
unstressed sound
Answer
OE 600
What is an iamb?
OE 800
Five iambs per line
Answer
OE 800
What is iambic
pentameter?
OE 1000
Unrhymed iambic
pentameter
Answer
OE 1000
What is blank verse?
TT 200
A character that has a
reversal of fortune, causing
extreme suffering; however,
endures and recognizes
his/her consequences.
Answer
TT 200
What is a tragic hero?
TT 400
The tragic hero of
Hamlet
Answer
TT 400
Who is Hamlet?
TT 600
A sudden
understanding
Answer
TT 600
What is an epiphany?
TT 800
A purging of emotions
Answer
TT 800
What is a catharsis?
TT 1000
Essentially, what
makes a
Shakespearean
tragedy?
Answer
TT 1000
What is everyone dying
in the end?
WM 200
To be or not to be; ____
__ ___ ________.
Answer
WM 200
To be or not to be; that
is the question.
WM 400
Alas poor ______
Answer
WM 400
Alas poor Yorick
WM 600
The lady ____ ________
___ ____ methinks
Answer
WM 600
The lady doth protest
too much methinks
WM 800
I must be _____, only
to be ____
Answer
WM 800
I must be cruel, only to
be kind
WM 1000
___________ and
_____________ are
dead
Answer
WM 1000
Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern are dead
Final
Jeopardy
Category
The Clowns
Round1
Round2
Question
Final
Jeopardy
Question
The purpose of the
gravediggers in Act V
Answer
Final
Jeopardy
What is comic relief?
Title