Q 01/05

The title Much Ado About Nothing puns on which word for gossip that Elizabethans said like 'nothing'?

A) Knotting

B) Noting

C) Nodding

D) Nutting

Answer · why

B) Noting

Noting meant noticing, gossip and rumour, and nearly every twist in the play turns on someone eavesdropping or misreading what they see.

Q 02/05

Which 2023 romantic comedy with Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell loosely retells Much Ado About Nothing?

A) No Hard Feelings

B) Your Place or Mine

C) Love Again

D) Anyone but You

Answer · why

D) Anyone but You

Anyone but You renames the sparring lovers Bea and Ben and sends them to a wedding in Sydney, where friends scheme to push them together.

Q 03/05

Which actor earned a Golden Raspberry nomination as Don John in the 1993 film Much Ado About Nothing?

A) Keanu Reeves

B) Christian Slater

C) Ethan Hawke

D) Charlie Sheen

Answer · why

A) Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves was nominated for Worst Supporting Actor, even though the film became one of the most financially successful Shakespeare adaptations.

Q 04/05

Kenneth Branagh shot his 1993 Much Ado About Nothing at an Italian villa linked to which famous painting?

A) The Birth of Venus

B) The Last Supper

C) Mona Lisa

D) Primavera

Answer · why

C) Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa tradition holds that Leonardo painted the portrait at Villa Vignamaggio, and Branagh lodged in the room where its sitter is said to have sta...

Q 05/05

Which two-word command does Beatrice give Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing once they confess their love?

A) Marry me

B) Kill Claudio

C) Challenge Leonato

D) Leave me

Answer · why

B) Kill Claudio

Kill Claudio is her answer when Benedick offers to do anything for her, and his first reply is that he would not do it for the wide world.