Here’s the second round of our quiz. I may be able to keep this up all week. Which of the following statements or quotations are from the Bible (King James Version) and which are from Shakespeare’s plays?
1. “The skies are painted with unnumbered sparks; they are all fire and every one doth shine.”
2. “The light of the body is the eye”
3. “Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.”
4. “There is no new thing under the sun.”
5. Life “is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
6. “My life I never held but as a pawn to wage against thine enemies; nor fear to lose it”
7. “And I will say to my soul, ‘Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.’”
8. “Fears and scruples shake us; in the great hand of God I stand.”
9. “We would not seek a battle as we are; nor, as we are, we say we will not shun it.”
10. “Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division.”
Bonus: Does the saying, “the game’s afoot,” originate in the Bible, Shakespeare, or elsewhere?
Highlight these lines to check your answers: 1. Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (III,i); 2. The Bible, Matthew_6:22-23; 3. The Bible, Job_5:7; 4. The Bible, Ecclesiastes_1:9; 5. Shakespeare’s Macbeth (V.v); 6. Shakespeare’s King Lear (I.i); 7. The Bible, Luke_12:19; 8. Shakespeare’s Macbeth (II.III); 9. Shakespeare’s Henry V (III.vi); 10. The Bible, Luke_12:51
Bonus: Even though Sherlock Holmes said it repeatedly, it comes from Shakespeare’s Henry V (III.i). “I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game’s afoot! Follow your spirit! And upon this charge Cry ‘God for Harry! England! and St. George.’” Also in The First Part of King Henry the Fourth (I.iii).
I’d say 1, 5, 6,8 and 9 are Shakespeare. And as far as I know, “the game’s afoot” is Arthur Conan Doyle.
Blest, you can check your answers in the white text above.
I love #1. It’s a beautiful description.
this is great! thanks!
Hooray! I got them all right! This is good for my ego. I didn’t get the bonus, though. That was sly.
Yup. Checked em after I hit post. I’m in the same boat as SB.
Got it all, including the bonus. It helps that Henry V is one of my favorites.