Entertainment quiz
Shakespeare plays: comedy, history or tragedy?
The 36 plays of the First Folio, sorted the way the Folio itself sorts them. A play appears and you click its genre.
- Format
- Sort into groups
- Items
- 20 to sort
- Limit
- 1:00
- Level
- Medium
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
A fresh 20 of the 36 each time. Today's first round is the same for everyone.
- Items
- 20
- Groups
- 3
- Time limit
- 1:00
- A miss
- Shows the answer, then moves on
- Each play appears in turn. Click its genre, or press its number.
- The groups never move, so the number keys are quick.
- Skip (0) sends a prompt to the back of the queue.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Click the genre of each play. The groups appear when you start.
About this quiz
A sorting round built on the list behind Ribbia's Shakespeare's plays quiz: 36 entries in 3 groups. A miss never passes in silence: the right group is shown before the next entry.
- The First Folio prints 14 comedies, 10 histories and 12 tragedies.
- Each round takes 20 of the 36 plays.
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