Hamlet
Main
Characters
Famous Lines
Is this real life?
Not-so-main
Characters
In Pop Culture
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Topic 1: 200
His father has recently died and his mother has
remarried his uncle.
• Hamlet
Topic 1: 400
He poisoned his brother and then stole his
brother’s crown … and wife.
• Claudius
Topic 1: 600
She was a devoted wife, until her husband died.
Then she wasted no time in finding a new
husband, who happened to be her brother-inlaw.
• Gertrude
Topic 1: 800
Her father doesn’t want her seeing Hamlet
anymore, and when Hamlet pays her a visit,
he scares her with his undressed state.
• Ophelia
Topic 1: 1000
He’s full of advice, but doesn’t seem to always
follow it. He also can’t seem to let his children
make their own decisions.
• Polonius
Topic 2: 200
Polonius advised Laertes, “To thine own self…
• … be true”
Topic 2: 400
When speaking of his mother’s fickle affections,
Hamlet said, “Frailty…
• … thy name is woman!”
Topic 2: 600
Gertrude wants Polonius to get to the point
when she says, “More matter…
• … less art.”
Topic 2: 800
The presence of King Hamlet’s ghost prompts
Marcellus to declare, “Something is rotten…
• … in the state of Denmark.”
Topic 2: 1000
Polonius is convinced Hamlet has gone crazy
when he says, “Though this is madness…
• … yet there be method in’t.”
Topic 3: 200
• This is the playhouse at which many of
Shakespeare’s dramatic productions
premiered.
• The Globe Theatre
Topic 3: 400
• She was queen at the time of Shakespeare’s
successful theatrical career.
• Queen Elizabeth
Topic 3: 600
• She married Shakespeare, despite being
several years older than he.
• Anne Hathaway
Topic 3: 800
• Shakespeare wrote “Hamlet” in this meter,
which mimics the cadence of the human
heart.
• Iambic Pentameter
Topic 3: 1000
• Some say “Hamlet” was influenced by a
tragedy in Shakespeare’s own life, the death of
his…
• … son.
Topic 4: 200
• He is Ophelia’s brother, and has to listen to
plenty of advice from his windbag dad.
• Laertes
Topic 4: 400
• They are Hamlet’s childhood friends, sent by
Claudius to discover the reason for Hamlet’s
increased melancholy.
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Topic 4: 600
• He is Hamlet’s best friend, and begs him not
to follow the King’s ghost because of the
potential danger.
• Horatio
Topic 4: 800
• He is sent by Polonius to spy on Laertes in
France.
• Reynaldo
Topic 4: 1000
• Claudius orders this courtier to speak with Old
Norway about the threat of Young Fortinbras.
• Voltimand
Topic 5: 200
• This animated film, featuring a lion cub who
must avenge his father’s death, draws much
from Shakespeare’s plot.
• The Lion King
Topic 5: 400
• The director gives an intentional shout out to
one of Hamlet’s final scenes in this, the fifth
film of a saga that occurs in a galaxy “far, far
away.”
The Empire Strikes Back
Topic 5: 600
• This dark, fairytale-inspired detective show on
NBC quoted a line from Hamlet at the end of
its second season.
• Grimm
Topic 5: 800
A character in this irreverent Comedy Central
cartoon quits his job to become an actor in a
production in “Hamlet.”
• South Park
Topic 5: 1000
• This FX television show, about a motorcycle
club in northern California, borrows its main
storyline from “Hamlet.”
• Sons of Anarchy
Final Jeopardy
List at least two references to plays or things not
being as they seem in Acts I and II of “Hamlet.”
Provide at a brief quote with a modern
translation for each.
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The Winner Of The Last Round
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You Are Willing To Risk
If You get the Question write you win that money
If you get it wrong you Loss the money!