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Lunchtime Quiz: Romeo & Juliet
by Sandy and Kara - September 17, 2008 - 10:30 AM

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While Romeo & Juliet is indeed a masterpiece, it’s lucky for us that not all love stories are so gruesome. The title characters die in the tale (twice!), after all. But the Shakespeare play has remained popular, and the names Romeo and Juliet likely conjure up various images in your mind. Today’s lunchtime quiz looks at how the story and the names of its starcrossed lovers have found their way into movies, music, television, and more. Enjoy!

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Comments (8)

  1. Just to be pedantic, “wherefore” means “why”, not “where”, so “wherefore art the quiz?” would translate as “why is the quiz?”. Presumably that’s not what you meant to say…

    posted by -@^@- on 9-17-2008 at 11:07 am

  2. Sigh. Mental Floss! “Wherefore” means “why” not “where.” It’s a common mistake, and therefore, beneath you.

    posted by loripop on 9-17-2008 at 11:09 am

  3. Folks? I know it means “why.” I was just mimicking the line from the play. Thanks for your notes, however.

    posted by Sandy Wood on 9-17-2008 at 12:03 pm

  4. I get the joke, but why perpetuate a mistake, especially on a site such as this, which is visited by a much higher percentage of nerds* than most other sites?

    That’s the kind of stuff that annoys my people, The Nerds, and thus we all feel compelled to point it out.

    *I’m an out-and-proud nerd

    Hee! ReCaptcha = demanded retained

    posted by Rachel on 9-17-2008 at 12:28 pm

  5. Bonus points for the Supertramp question, though! This was a really good quiz!

    posted by Rachel on 9-17-2008 at 12:30 pm

  6. Okay, I’ve changed it so that it now says “take the quiz.” Boring, but to the point.

    Of course, you’re not really TAKING the quiz, ’cause it’s still there after you take it.

    I give up!

    posted by Sandy Wood on 9-17-2008 at 12:51 pm

  7. It’s nice to see Uranus’s moons got cool names, as opposed to the planet itself.

    posted by Johnny Cat on 9-17-2008 at 1:28 pm

  8. If you said something like ‘Wherefore art thou still here? Go take the quiz!’, you could get in the reference to the original line, and for people who don’t know the meaning of ‘wherefore’ (and haven’t read the comments), there’s the possibility of interpreting the sentence as “where are you, still here?”. A win-kinda-win situation! ;^)

    posted by -@^@- on 9-18-2008 at 8:32 am

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