Shakespeare's Birthday!!

Yeah Shakespeare!! In celebration of Shakespeare's birthday I have a bit of trivia, thanks to MSN Encarta. Send you answers as a reply and I will let you know how you did. If you use the annoynomous posting it I will try to distinguish you by the order the posting shows up. I'll answer as Annoy1, Annoy2, and so on. Let the games begin!!

1. Shakespeare composed his plays during the reigns of which tow English monarchs?

a. William III and Anne

b. Henry VIII and Edward VI

c. Elizabeth I and James I

d. Victoria and Edward VII

2. The Globe Theatre in London, where many of Shakespears's most famous plays were first performed, was destroyed by fire in 1613. How did the fire start?

a. A theater patron accidentally dropped his lit pipe into a bale of hay.

b. A cannon discharged during a performance of "Henry VIII" set fire to the thatched roof.

c. A Puritain arsonist set fire to the wooden stage.

d. The building next to the theater was on fire, and the flames spread to the Globe.

3. Which gifted contemporary of Shakespeare wrote the masterpiece "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus," and was stabbed to death in a tavern brawl?

a. Robert Greene

b. Thomas Nashe

c. George Chapman

d. Christopher Marlowe

4. Shakespeare's poetry, not his plays, reached print first.

a. True

b. False

5. English poet and dramatist Ben Jonson's first origianal play, "Every Man in His Humour," was performed in 1598 with which man as a cast member?

a. Thomas Dekker

b. John Marston

c. William Shakespeare

d. Sir Walter Raleigh

6. At the Globe Theatre, members of the general public paid 1 penny apiece to watch the play while standing in the yard or "pit." These attendees had several nicknames, including "commoners," "groundlings" and:

a. Penny-pinchers

b. Stinkards

c. Cheapskates

d. Belly-itchers

7. This English actor--considered to be the first great English theater performer--gave life to many leading Shakespeare roles, including Hamlet, Lear, Othello and Richard III. Who is he?

a. Richard Burbage

b. Joseph Taylor

c. Nathan Field

d. Edward Alleyn

8. In which picturesque English town was Shakespeare born?

a. Crickhollow

b. Stratford-upon-Avon

c. Little Whinging

d. Wotton-under-Edge

9. Queen Elizabeth was a leading patron of the theater, and attended the Globe's performances so frequently that she and several other aristocratic patrons had specially designated royal seats right in front of the stage.

a. True

b. False

10. Two fellow actors and friends of Shakespeare, John Heminges and Henry Condell, collected 36 of his plays into a 900-page book known as the First Folio. In what year was it published?

a. 1608

b. 1611

c. 1616

d. 1623

Ketchup.

Fall 2007... In summary it was fun. I made 4 "A's" and 1 "B". Made some friends. When it was over I decided to work for a month at the hospital I was working at before making the move to Abilene to finish school.

Now... I finished my first official week of classes and already feel like I have been on a wild ride. Here are some of my thoughts about my classes.

8am Ethics--it should be ruled unethical to have such a class so early in the morning.

9:30am Communication in Multi-National Organization--Can you say "ohayo gozaimas" or "taikuts"? (The professor seems more like a politician than a teacher)

12pm Management/Organizational Behavior--spare me please.... I have been working for 17 years!! (I love the "you kids have no idea" reference when the professor starts talking about things that happened 20 years ago. I may have been young but I do remember hints of what he is talking about. For example, the lack of sports channels and when cable was a new concept.)

3pm Family and Youth Ministry--finally something a bit more interesting!! Maybe because I am awake now. (This class is interesting because I remember the professor as the Youth Minister at Austin St when I was in the youth group at Saturn Rd. The youth ministers use to plan stuff together amongst the youth groups.)

Overall I am looking forward to the challenges ahead in each class. None of them are going to be a walk in the park. I just can't wait to finish this semester, partially because Walt Disney World trip will be sooner. Yeah!!!!!!