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Quiz about Shakespearean Insults
Quiz about Shakespearean Insults

Shakespearean Insults Trivia Quiz


Shakespeare may have had a way with words but his characters can be downright vulgar...in their own poetic way. See if you know which play or character these insulting verses are from.

A multiple-choice quiz by Leviathan. Estimated time: 8 mins.
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Author
Leviathan
Time
8 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
89,325
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
10 / 20
Plays
880
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1. "[Your] mind is like a barber's chair that fits all buttocks: the pin-buttock, the quatch-buttock, the brawn-buttock or any buttock." A clown says this in which play? Hint


2. "The gold I give will I melt and pour down thy ill uttering throat". Who says this in "Cleopatra"? Hint


3. "[His brain] is as dry as the remainder biscuit after a voyage." Hint


4. "[You] lily-livered, action-taking, whoreson, glass-gazing, super servicable, finical rogue." From 'King Lear'; to whom would you attribute this? Hint


5. "[Your] virginity breeds mites, much like cheese." Which play? Hint


6. "There's many a man hath more hair than wit." Play, please. Hint


7. "We leek in your chimney." Which 'regnal' play? Hint


8. "You sullion! You rampollion! You fustilarian! I'll tickle your catastrophe!" Hint


9. "He neve broke any man's head but his own, and that was against a post when he was drunk.' This was said by a mere boy about whom in 'Henry V'? Hint


10. "He's a tried and valiant soldier."
"So is my horse." Which play?
Hint


11. "[You] leather-jerkin, crystal-button, knot-pated, agate-ring, puke-stocking, caddis-garter, smooth-tongue, Spanish pouch!" Hint


12. "[Thou] art nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pander, and the son and heir of a mongrol bitch." Which 'kingly' play? Hint


13. "Go, prick thy face, and over-red thy fear, thou lily-liver'd boy." This is from Macbeth, but who says this? Hint


14. "What do you see? You see an ass-head of your own do you?" Who says this in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'? Hint


15. "Scratching could not it make it worse, 'twere such a face as yours." Who says this in response to Benedick of Padua in 'Much Ado About Nothing'?

Answer: (Female)
16. "Some...strange bull leap'd your father's cow And got a calf in that same noble feat Much like to you, for you have just his bleat." Also from 'Much Ado About Nothing', this time with Benedick speaking to whom?

Answer: (C......)
17. "Hang! Beg! Starve! Die in the Streets!" I think this quote will be easy for most so fill in the blank. The Play's name, please.

Answer: (Paris)
18. "Thou hast no more brain than I have in my elbows." The play, please. Hint


19. "I hate thee, Pronounce thee a gross lout, a mindless slave." The play? Hint


20. ...and last but not least insulting: "If you spend word for word with me, I shall make your wit bankrupt." Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "[Your] mind is like a barber's chair that fits all buttocks: the pin-buttock, the quatch-buttock, the brawn-buttock or any buttock." A clown says this in which play?

Answer: All's Well That Ends Well

The clown says this to the Countess of Roussilon in 2. 2. 16-18
2. "The gold I give will I melt and pour down thy ill uttering throat". Who says this in "Cleopatra"?

Answer: Cleopatra

"Antony and Cleopatra", 2. 5. 34-35
3. "[His brain] is as dry as the remainder biscuit after a voyage."

Answer: As You Like It

"As You Like It", 2. 7. 38-40
4. "[You] lily-livered, action-taking, whoreson, glass-gazing, super servicable, finical rogue." From 'King Lear'; to whom would you attribute this?

Answer: Earl of Kent

"King Lear", 2. 2. 16-17
5. "[Your] virginity breeds mites, much like cheese." Which play?

Answer: All's Well That Ends Well

Parolles said this to Helena in the palace of the Countess of Roussilon. "All's Well That Ends Well", 1. 1. 139
6. "There's many a man hath more hair than wit." Play, please.

Answer: The Comedy of Errors

Antipholus of Syracuse talking with Dromio of Syracuse in 'The Comedy of Errors', 2. 2. 81-82
7. "We leek in your chimney." Which 'regnal' play?

Answer: Henry IV pt. I

Henry IV pt. I, 2. 1. 19
8. "You sullion! You rampollion! You fustilarian! I'll tickle your catastrophe!"

Answer: Henry IV pt. II

Sir John Falstaff was speaking to the hostess Quickly. 2. 1. 58-59
9. "He neve broke any man's head but his own, and that was against a post when he was drunk.' This was said by a mere boy about whom in 'Henry V'?

Answer: Nym

Henry V, 3. 2. 42-43
10. "He's a tried and valiant soldier." "So is my horse." Which play?

Answer: Julius Caesar

Octavian and Antony in discussion. 4. 1. 28-29
11. "[You] leather-jerkin, crystal-button, knot-pated, agate-ring, puke-stocking, caddis-garter, smooth-tongue, Spanish pouch!"

Answer: Henry IV pt. I

So said Prince Henry. 2. 4. 68-70
12. "[Thou] art nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pander, and the son and heir of a mongrol bitch." Which 'kingly' play?

Answer: King Lear

The Earl of Kent to Oswald, steward to Goneril. 2. 2. 18-21
13. "Go, prick thy face, and over-red thy fear, thou lily-liver'd boy." This is from Macbeth, but who says this?

Answer: Macbeth

Macbeth says this to a servant. 5. 3. 14-15
14. "What do you see? You see an ass-head of your own do you?" Who says this in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?

Answer: Bottom

Bottom, with his ass's head, says this to Snout. 3. 1. 111-112
15. "Scratching could not it make it worse, 'twere such a face as yours." Who says this in response to Benedick of Padua in 'Much Ado About Nothing'?

Answer: Beatrice

1. 1. 126-127
16. "Some...strange bull leap'd your father's cow And got a calf in that same noble feat Much like to you, for you have just his bleat." Also from 'Much Ado About Nothing', this time with Benedick speaking to whom?

Answer: Claudio

5. 4. 49-51
17. "Hang! Beg! Starve! Die in the Streets!" I think this quote will be easy for most so fill in the blank. The Play's name, please.

Answer: Romeo and Juliet

Capulet says this to Juliet whilst ranting and raving about her proposed marriage to Paris. 3. 5. 192
18. "Thou hast no more brain than I have in my elbows." The play, please.

Answer: Troilus and Cressida

Thersites says this to Ajax. 2. 1. 45-46
19. "I hate thee, Pronounce thee a gross lout, a mindless slave." The play?

Answer: Winter's Tale

Winter's Tale, 1. 2. 300-1
20. ...and last but not least insulting: "If you spend word for word with me, I shall make your wit bankrupt."

Answer: The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Thurio insults Valentine in front of a lady. 2. 4. 37-38
Source: Author Leviathan

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