Play Shakespeare Trivia Online
36 questions · 2 to 20 players · free
The Bard's greatest hits.
Open the Shakespeare roundNo app, no account. Your friends join with a 4 letter code.
Round up your friends and play a live Shakespeare trivia round right now. 36 questions in the bank, shuffled fresh every game. One person starts a room, everyone else joins with a 4 letter code from any phone or laptop. No signup, no app, no setup, and it is free for up to 20 players.
Sample questions
18 of 36- 01In which English town was William Shakespeare born?
- 02What was the name of the famous London theatre where Shakespeare's company performed?
- 03"To be, or not to be" opens a famous speech in which play?
- 04Romeo and Juliet takes place in which Italian city?
- 05What was the name of Shakespeare's wife?
- 06Hamlet is the prince of which country?
- 07Superstitious actors avoid naming which tragedy, calling it the Scottish play instead?
- 08Which scheming villain convinces Othello that his wife has been unfaithful?
- 09What is the name of the mischievous sprite in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
- 10How many sonnets did Shakespeare publish in his 1609 collection?
- 11"Et tu, Brute?" is a dying line from which play?
- 12The First Folio, the first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays, appeared in which year?
- 13In the graveyard scene, Hamlet holds the skull of which former court jester?
- 14The Globe Theatre burned down in 1613 during a performance of which play?
- 15Which of these is NOT one of King Lear's three daughters?
- 16In The Tempest, the magician Prospero is the rightful duke of which Italian city?
- 17Shakespeare died in 1616 on the same date tradition celebrates as his birthday. Which date?
- 18How many plays are traditionally counted in Shakespeare's complete works?
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How it works
- Start a room. Pick Shakespeare and hit play. You get a 4 letter code.
- Friends join. They open the site, type the code, and pick a nickname. Nothing to install.
- Answer fast. Speed and streaks both score, so the fastest right answer wins the round.
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