William Shakespeare is the most famous playwright . Although he died in 1616, people still go to see his plays. Among the most popular are Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Hamlet -- the story of a prince who struggles to respond to the crimes around him. Shakespeare, who was born in 1564, was an actor as well as a writer. Most of his ideas for plays were taken from history, people's conversation, ancient stories, and also from other writers. He wrote not only about kings and queens and princes, but also about friends and ordinary people. He wrote about the cruelty of war and the bravery of heroes, as well as about jealousy, joy, hate, ambition and love. His stories live on. The tragedy Romeo and Juliet was reborn as the musical West Side Story and more recently as the movie Romeo and Juliet with the wonderful performance of Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. He invented a number of great characters: powerful magicians, thrilling witches, smart women and both wise and wicked men. He also invented some great phrases. If you've ever said, "Oh, for goodness sake!" you can thank Shakespeare for that. "To be, or not to be: that is the question," Hamlet says. "Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it is morrow," says Juliet to her Romeo. Don't be surprised if you don't understand everything when reading Shakespeare or watching one of his plays because the meanings of many words have changed over the years. And Shakespeare's characters speak in poetry, so their speeches can be complicated. It does help to find out a little bit about the story before reading a Shakespeare play. It's worth the effort. As Shakespeare wrote, "All the world is a stage." And in his plays you'll find that an entire world is waiting for you. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays?
2. And another?
3. And another?
4. Did he do anything else besides writing?
5. What?
6. What was West Side Story based on?
7. Who played Romeo in the movie?
8. Who was Juliet?
9. What is one commonly used phrase that came from Shakespeare?
10. What's another one?
11. Has the language used in Shakespeare stayed the same?
12. When did Shakespeare die?
13. When was he born?
14. What is Hamlet about?
15. Whhere did Shakespeare get his ideas?
16. Did he always write about kings?
17. What is one thing he also wrote about?
18. Anything else?
19. Did he write about war?
Answer: 1. Hamlet
2. Romeo and Juliet
3. A Midsummer Night's Dream
4. yes
5. an actor
6. Romeo and Juliet
7. Leonardo DiCaprio
8. Claire Danes
9. "Oh, for goodness sake!"
10. "To be, or not to be: that is the question,"
11. no
12. 1616
13. 1564
14. a prince
15. history, conversation,stories, and other writers.
16. no
17. ordinary people
18. jealousy, joy and hate
19. yes

(CNN) -- As World Cup openers go, this was about as bad as it gets for Portugal.

Thumped 4-0 by Germany, one key defender sent off, another possibly out of the tournament with injury and its World Player of the Year looking decidedly unfit.

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo wasn't lacking in effort but was as powerless as those around him to prevent Portugal being steamrollered by Der Mannschaft in Salvador.

It started badly for Paulo Bento's men and got steadily worse as Germany maintained its record of scoring at least four goals in every opening World Cup match since 2002.

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They were 1-0 down after 10 minutes when Joao Pereira was adjudged to have hauled down Mario Gotze. Fellow Bayern Munich star Thomas Muller confidently slotted home the penalty.

It was 2-0 when Mats Hummels thumped a header into the net from Toni Kroos' corner.

Just five minutes later, Real Madrid defender Pepe tangled with Muller, who sank theatrically to the turf claiming a hand to the face.

Pepe then stood over his opponent and pushed his head towards Muller's, the referee producing a straight red card.

Muller then struck just before the interval to put the game well beyond Portugal, pouncing on a loose ball inside the area to fire past Rui Patricio.

Portugal made a change at the break, as Ricardo Costa replaced Miguel Veloso, but it made little difference as Germany continued to press home their advantage.

Mesut Ozil, who plays for Arsenal, should have found the net when played through on goal but he hit his shot straight at Patricio. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Was the record broken?
2. Who lost the world cup?
3. to whom?
4. Was someone replaced?
5. What color card was produced?
6. What caused it?
7. Did the change out prove effective?
Answer: 1. unknown
2. Portugal.
3. Germany
4. unknown
5. red card.
6. Pepe then stood over his opponent and pushed his head towards Muller's
7. unknown

Ally was at home, sitting in her chair. She was drinking orange juice. Orange juice was her favorite drink, because she loved its sweet taste.

Ally's sister was sitting on the carpet. She was drawing a pair of pink socks. Ally's sister loved the color pink, because she thought it was cute.

Ally's brother was also sitting on the carpet. He was drinking coffee with lots of sugar in it. He loved sugar because it made him feel energetic.

All of the sudden, there was a knock at the door. Ally's sister answered it. When she opened the door, she saw an alligator wearing a suit and tie! Ally's sister screamed, and closed the door.

"Please," the alligator said, "Don't be afraid. I want to draw with you."

Ally's sister opened the door, and the alligator came inside. He sat on the carpet, and started drawing his own pair of pink socks. Ally's sister sat down, and joined him. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. who was at home ?
2. what was she doing ?
3. and drinking ?
4. what was the sister doing ?
5. drawing what ?
6. what is ally brother doing ?
7. and drinking what ?
8. who was at the door ?
9. who answered the door ?
10. did ally scream ?
11. why?
12. did the alligator want to draw with them ?
Answer:
1. Ally
2. sitting in her chair
3. yes
4. sitting on the carpet
5. a pair of socks
6. he was also sitting on the carpet
7. coffee
8. an alligator
9. Ally's sister
10. yes
11. because she saw an alligator in a suit and tie
12. yes