Shakespeare characters quiz
How many characters from Shakespeare plays can you name from the following clues? Some easy but some may be a bit harder. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to midnight tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. Feel free to change your mind on an answer you may have already given. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. Prince of Denmark
2. Scottish lady who couldn't get a spot out
3. Was told to beware the Ides of March
4. Father of Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia
5. Moorish general / husband of Desdemona
6. Hunchbacked king
7. Love interest of Hamlet; Went mad and was told "get thee to a nunnery"
8. Famous for saying “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend him your ears”
9. Rosencrantz's compatriot
10. Plots the downfall of Othello
11. Alas, this poor jester's skull became a prop
12. Moneylender who demanded a pound of flesh
13. "A pox on both your houses", he said
14. Midsummer's fairy king
15. Prince of Denmark's usurping uncle
16. Shipwrecked sorceror
17. Fat knight who courts two merry wives
18. Heiress whose suitors play "Let's Make a Deal"
19. Was arrested by Lord Angelo, the temporary leader of Vienna
20. Conducted a volatile courtship with the shrewish Katharina
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to midnight tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. Feel free to change your mind on an answer you may have already given. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. Prince of Denmark
2. Scottish lady who couldn't get a spot out
3. Was told to beware the Ides of March
4. Father of Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia
5. Moorish general / husband of Desdemona
6. Hunchbacked king
7. Love interest of Hamlet; Went mad and was told "get thee to a nunnery"
8. Famous for saying “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend him your ears”
9. Rosencrantz's compatriot
10. Plots the downfall of Othello
11. Alas, this poor jester's skull became a prop
12. Moneylender who demanded a pound of flesh
13. "A pox on both your houses", he said
14. Midsummer's fairy king
15. Prince of Denmark's usurping uncle
16. Shipwrecked sorceror
17. Fat knight who courts two merry wives
18. Heiress whose suitors play "Let's Make a Deal"
19. Was arrested by Lord Angelo, the temporary leader of Vienna
20. Conducted a volatile courtship with the shrewish Katharina
