English Jeopardy Hamlet Begin
SR200 TD300SR300VW300 TD400VW400SR400 SR500VW500TD500 TD100VW100SR100 TD200VW200 Something’s Rotten Too Much Drama Vocabu… What? Round 1 Round2
Killed his brother SR 100 Answer
Who is Claudius? SR 100
Married her husband’s brother SR 200 Answer
Who is Gertrude? SR 200
Wanted vengeance for his father’s death and taken lands SR 300 Answer
Who is Fortinbras? SR 300
Helped others spy on her boyfriend SR 400 Answer
Who is Ophelia? SR 400
“Set up” his childhood friends SR 500 Answer
Who is Hamlet? SR 500
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. VW 100 Answer
What is an aside? VW 100
An extended speech given by one character. The other characters are aware of what is being said. VW 200 Answer
What is a monologue? VW 200
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. VW 300 Answer
What is a soliloquy? VW 300
The use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest what action is to come, used to create and build suspense. VW 400 Answer
What is foreshadowing? VW 400
A figure of speech in which contradictory words are combined to produce a paradox (something absurd, but possibly true). VW 500 Answer
What is an oxymoron? VW 500
The name of the play Hamlet had performed in front of Claudius TD 100 Answer
What is “The Mousetrap”? TD 100
Symbolizes death and made Hamlet realize that he too will die TD 200 Answer
What is Yorick’s skull? TD 200
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. TD 300 Answer
What is a play-within- the-play? TD 300
Why Shakespeare had the scenes with the ghost at night TD 400 Answer
How does Shakespeare add fear, foreboding, or suspense? TD 400
Why Hamlet has the others swear on his sword (shape or use) TD 500 Answer
What is a cross or an instrument of death? TD 500
OE400 WM600OE600TT600 WM800TT800OE800 OE1000TT1000WM1000 WM200TT200OE200 WM400TT400 Not Old English What’s Missing That’s Tragic Round 2 FinalJeopardyRound1
Concentrated language consisting of rhyme and sound Answer OE 200
What is poetry? OE 200
The name for a syllable grouping in poetry OE 400 Answer
What is a foot? OE 400
Metrical foot consisting of a stressed sound followed by an unstressed sound OE 600 Answer
What is an iamb? OE 600
Five iambs per line OE 800 Answer
What is iambic pentameter? OE 800
Unrhymed iambic pentameter OE 1000 Answer
What is blank verse? OE 1000
A character that has a reversal of fortune, causing extreme suffering; however, endures and recognizes his/her consequences. TT 200 Answer
What is a tragic hero? TT 200
The tragic hero of Hamlet TT 400 Answer
Who is Hamlet? TT 400
A sudden understanding TT 600 Answer
What is an epiphany? TT 600
A purging of emotions TT 800 Answer
What is a catharsis? TT 800
Essentially, what makes a Shakespearean tragedy? TT 1000 Answer
What is everyone dying in the end? TT 1000
To be or not to be; ____ __ ___ ________. WM 200 Answer
To be or not to be; that is the question. WM 200
Alas poor ______ WM 400 Answer
Alas poor Yorick WM 400
The lady ____ ________ ___ ____ methinks WM 600 Answer
The lady doth protest too much methinks WM 600
I must be _____, only to be ____ WM 800 Answer
I must be cruel, only to be kind WM 800
___________ and _____________ are dead WM 1000 Answer
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead WM 1000
The Clowns Final Jeopardy Question Category Round2 Round1
The purpose of the gravediggers in Act V Answer Final Jeopardy Question
What is comic relief? Final Jeopardy Title