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TRUE or FALSE: The Globe Theatre, associated with Shakespeare, was located in Stratford-upon-Avon

FALSE! It's located in London

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TRUE or FALSE: Romeo and Juliet meet at the Capulet's masquerade ball

True

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TRUE or FALSE: The original Globe theatre is the one you can visit today

FALSE! It burned down, was rebuilt, destroyed, then built again

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TRUE or FALSE: Shakespeare survived a pandemic

TRUE! He survived the bubonic plague, although his son did not

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TRUE or FALSE: Romeo is banished from Verona because he won't leave the Capulet's alone

FALSE: He's banished from Verona because he killed Tybalt

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TRUE or FALSE: Shakespeare's son was called Hamlet

FALSE! His son was called Hamnet

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TRUE or FALSE: Shakespeare only wrote romantic plays and comedies

FALSE! He also wrote tragedies and history plays

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banana

Go to last place!

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rocket

Go to first place!

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gift

Win 20 points!

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baam

Lose 20 points!

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baam

Lose 25 points!

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fairy

Take points!

gift

Win 25 points!

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thief

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TRUE or FALSE: Shakespeare is the most translated author ever

FALSE! His works have been translated into over 100 languages but Agatha Christie is the most translated author with 103 translations

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eraser

Reset score!

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gift

Win 20 points!

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fairy

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lifesaver

Give 25 points!

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TRUE or FALSE: Shakespeare died on his birthday

TRUE! He died on the 23rd April 1616, aged 52

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TRUE or FALSE: Juliet fakes her death so she can run away with Romeo

FALSE: She fakes her death to avoid marrying Paris

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TRUE or FALSE: Queen Elizabeth I was a big fan of Shakespeare's plays

TRUE! She made several requests for specific plays that she liked

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TRUE or FALSE: The longest word in a Shakespeare play is 'honorificabilitudinitatibus'

TRUE! It means 'the state of being able to achieve honours'

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shark

Other team loses 15 points!

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rocket

Go to first place!

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thief

Give points!

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