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Mixed-Up Shakespeare Trivia Quiz

I've taken some very famous Shakespeare quotes and translated them through Italian, French, Dutch, and then back into English. You name the play that the original quote comes from.

A multiple-choice quiz by cheeseboy10000. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
cheeseboy10000

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
289,735

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

Plays
590

Last 3 plays: Matthew_07 (10/15), masfon (14/15), MikeMaster99 (5/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "I believe that new of inspired is" Hint

Richard III

Henry VIII

Henry V

Richard II

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Question 2 of 15

2. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "But smoothly! Which light laggi� does the window break through himself?" Hint

Macbeth

Romeo And Juliet

Othello

King Lear

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Question 3 of 15

3. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "That he obtains tea to nunnery!" Hint

Romeo And Juliet

All's Well That Ends Well

Hamlet

Twelfth Night

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Question 4 of 15

4. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "What them do they have here? Uomo or pesce?" Hint

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Tempest

Timon Of Athens

The Merchant Of Venice

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Question 5 of 15

5. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "The friends, novels, men of the country, lend it your ears they." Hint

King Lear

Henry IV, Part 2

Richard II

Julius Caesar

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Question 6 of 15

6. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "Now he is inverno of our discontent." Hint

The Tempest

Hamlet

A Winter's Tale

Richard III

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Question 7 of 15

7. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "If music the foodstuff of amore, gioc is on." Hint

The Winter's Tale

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Twelfth Night

As You Like It

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Question 8 of 15

8. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "The first thing, lasciamo kill all lawyers." Hint

Henry VIII

Henry V

Henry VI, Part 2

Henry IV, Part 1

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Question 9 of 15

9. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "Double, double, work and difficulty, ustione of the fire and postage stamp of the kettle." Hint

Antony and Cleopatra

Twelfth Night

Macbeth

Julius Caesar

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Question 10 of 15

10. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "What we have been raised of randomly other name would feel the fragrance of as gentle call." Hint

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Romeo and Juliet

Othello

King John

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Question 11 of 15

11. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "Us revels have been now decided." Hint

The Tempest

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

The Winter's Tale

King Lear

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Question 12 of 15

12. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "Nor mutuatario are nor a borrower" Hint

Hamlet

Pericles

The Comedy Of Errors

Coriolanus

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Question 13 of 15

13. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "Era Greek." Hint

Timon of Athens

Julius Caesar

Titus Andronicus

Macbeth

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Question 14 of 15

14. For our last two questions, how about lesser-known quotes?
What play is this oddly translated quote from? "What wise, here is the justice or iniquity?"
Hint

Measure For Measure

Richard III

The Winter's Tale

Henry V

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Question 15 of 15

15. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "I gach� the time and now I stop watch gache me." Hint

Henry VI, Part 1

Richard III

Richard II

Henry IV, Part 1

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Mar 17 2024 : Matthew_07: 10/15
Mar 17 2024 : masfon: 14/15
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "I believe that new of inspired is"

Answer: Richard II

It's actually John of Gaunt, saying "Methinks I am a prophet new inspir'd".

2. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "But smoothly! Which light laggi� does the window break through himself?"

Answer: Romeo And Juliet

Really, Romeo's saying "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?

3. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "That he obtains tea to nunnery!"

Answer: Hamlet

In fact, Hamlet is actually saying, "Get thee to a nunnery!"

4. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "What them do they have here? Uomo or pesce?"

Answer: The Tempest

In reality, Trinculo says, "What have we here? A man or a fish?"

5. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "The friends, novels, men of the country, lend it your ears they."

Answer: Julius Caesar

Easy, huh? Mark Antony REALLY says "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears."

6. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "Now he is inverno of our discontent."

Answer: Richard III

Richard himself, saying "Now is the winter of our discontent."

7. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "If music the foodstuff of amore, gioc is on."

Answer: Twelfth Night

As the play opens, Duke Orsino says, "If music be the food of love, play on."

8. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "The first thing, lasciamo kill all lawyers."

Answer: Henry VI, Part 2

The real line is, of course, "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."

9. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "Double, double, work and difficulty, ustione of the fire and postage stamp of the kettle."

Answer: Macbeth

If you got that right, you probably know that the real quote is "Double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble."

10. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "What we have been raised of randomly other name would feel the fragrance of as gentle call."

Answer: Romeo and Juliet

That was fun to translate. It's really Juliet's line "That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."

11. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "Us revels have been now decided."

Answer: The Tempest

Possibly the most famous quote in The Tempest, Prospero says "Our revels now are ended."

12. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "Nor mutuatario are nor a borrower"

Answer: Hamlet

Really, it's the famous line, "Neither a borrower nor a lender be."

13. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "Era Greek."

Answer: Julius Caesar

Somehow, "It was Greek to me" shortened to two words.

14. For our last two questions, how about lesser-known quotes? What play is this oddly translated quote from? "What wise, here is the justice or iniquity?"

Answer: Measure For Measure

It's really Escalus, in the trial scene. He says, "Which is the wiser here, Justice or Iniquity?"

15. What play is this oddly translated quote from? "I gach� the time and now I stop watch gache me."

Answer: Richard II

Richard, in prison, states, "I wasted time, and now doth time waste me."

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