# A Shakespearean Feud by Le Ministre de l'au-delà (Game Over) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 10, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shakespearean-feud-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/588564 "2011-07-10T23:37:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shakespearean-feud-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/588564/41 "2011-07-12T14:18:03Z")
1. Beatrice 2. Lear 3. Puck 4. Gertrude 5. Tom 6. Shylock 7. Viola 8. Hamlet 9. Henry V 10. Iago * * * 1. Lear’s fool, before he got cold ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shakespearean-feud-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/588564/42 "2011-07-12T16:56:41Z")
1. Banquo 2. King Lear 3. Puck 4. Gertrude 5. Ophelia 6. Shylock 7. Portia 8. Hamlet 9. Hamlet 10. Iago ---
**Author:** ![candide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@candide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/candide)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shakespearean-feud-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/588564/43 "2011-07-12T17:04:27Z")
1. Banquo 2. King Lear 3. Puck 4. Lady Macbeth 5. Bottom 6. Shylock 7. Portia 8. Juliet 9. Henry V 10. Iago ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shakespearean-feud-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/588564/44 "2011-07-12T17:25:55Z")
1. Bianca 2. Lear 3. Bottom 4. Lady Machbeth 5. Ariel 6. Sebastion 7. Romeo 8. Romeo 9. Mark Antony 10. Claudius ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shakespearean-feud-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/588564/45 "2011-07-14T01:26:18Z")
one last bump ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shakespearean-feud-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/588564/46 "2011-07-14T05:36:54Z")
1. Bardolph 2. Lear 3. Ariel 4. Titania 5. Feste/Clown 6. Shylock 7. Viola 8. Titus Andronicus 9. Lysander 10. Iago ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shakespearean-feud-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/588564/47 "2011-07-14T13:42:03Z")
1. Banquo 2. Lear 3. Puck 4. Gertrude 5. Ophelia 6. Shylock 7. Romeo 8. Romeo 9. Hamlet 10. Shylock I predict this will be my worst showing ever. Had to look up 70% of these in Wiki ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shakespearean-feud-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/588564/48 "2011-07-15T13:36:30Z")
1. Brutus 2. Lear 3. Puck 4. Lady Macbeth 5. Ophelia 6. Shylock 7. Romeo 8. Romeo 9. Romeo 10. Iago ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shakespearean-feud-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/588564/49 "2011-07-15T14:35:36Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > … > I predict this will be my worst showing ever. Had to look up 70% of these in Wiki Meh. So did everybody else. You might do well. Lemme guess, you picked Banquo for #1 because he was the first ‘B’ character with his own page? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shakespearean-feud-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/588564/50 "2011-07-15T14:44:14Z")
BTW - Brutus wasn’t the villain in _Julius Caesar_, Cassius was. Cassius incited Brutus to assassinate Caesar. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shakespearean-feud-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/588564/51 "2011-07-15T21:42:44Z")
1. Banquo 2. Richard III 3. Puck 4. Gertrude 5. Ophelia 6. Shylock 7. Viola 8. Juliet 9. Hamlet 10. Lady Macbeth ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shakespearean-feud-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/588564/52 "2011-07-15T22:18:06Z")
1. Benvolio 2. Lear 3. Puck 4. Titania 5. Bottom 6. Sebastian 7. Viola 8. Hamlet 9. Romeo 10. Caliban ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shakespearean-feud-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/588564/53 "2011-07-15T22:26:29Z")
1. Benedicte 2. Henry (V) 3. Puck 4. Gertrude 5. Ophelia 6. Sebastian 7. Viola 8. Hamlet 9. Henry V 10. Richard III ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shakespearean-feud-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/588564/54 "2011-07-15T23:17:27Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Meh. So did everybody else. You might do well. > Lemme guess, you picked Banquo for #1 because he was the first ‘B’ character with his own page? 😉 bingo!😛 ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shakespearean-feud-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/588564/55 "2011-07-15T23:27:32Z")
You mean “Binquo.” ---
**Author:** ![Teacake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Teacake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teacake)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shakespearean-feud-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/588564/56 "2011-07-16T12:02:55Z")
1. Banquo 2. Lear 3. Ariel 4. Titania 5. Bottom 6. Shylock 7. Portia 8. Hamlet 9. Romeo 10. Lady Macbeth ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shakespearean-feud-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/588564/57 "2011-07-16T23:29:25Z")
1. A character whose name begins with ‘B’. 1. Banquo 14 **1. Brutus 11** 2. Benedick/Benedict/Benedicte 5 3. Beatrice 4 4. Benvolio 3 5. Bianca 3 6. Bottom 3 7. Bardolph 1 8. A character who is a King. **2. Lear 37** 9. Henry V 2 10. Richard III 2 11. Hamlet 1 12. Henry VI 1 13. MacBeth 1 14. A character who is not a human being. (Ghosts, sprites, fairies, monsters, etc. are all possibilities here.) **3. Puck 26** 15. Ariel 6 16. Caliban 4 17. Banquo’s ghost 3 18. Bottom 1 19. Ghost of Hamlet’s Father 1 20. Oberon 1 21. Robin Goodfellow 1 22. Titania 1 23. A character who is a Queen. **4. Gertrude 17** 24. Titania 13 25. Cleopatra 7 26. Lady MacBeth 5 27. Katherine 1 28. Queen Elizabeth 1 29. A character who sings a song. **5. Ophelia 20** 30. Ariel 9 31. Bottom 4 32. Feste 3 33. Amiens 1 34. Beatrice 1 35. Falstaff 1 36. Jacques 1 37. Lady Mortimer 1 38. Puck 1 39. The three witches from MacBeth 1 40. Tom 1 41. A character whose name begins with ‘S’ **6. Shylock 34** 42. Sebastian 6 43. Silvia 1 44. Snout 1 45. Soothsayer 1 46. Stephano 1 47. A character who speaks while in disguise. **7. Viola 20** 48. Portia 11 49. Romeo 5 50. Bottom 2 51. Rosalind 2 52. Falstaff 1 53. Hamlet 1 54. Henry V 1 55. Jessica 1 56. A character who dies onstage. \*\*8. Hamlet 25[/B ]8. Romeo 7 57. Julius Caesar 5 58. Juliet 4 59. Banquo 1 60. Titus Andronicus 1 61. Tybalt 1 62. A character who is a Hero/Heroine. **9. Hamlet 14** 63. Romeo 11 64. Henry V 9 65. Brutus 1 66. Juliet 1 67. Lysander 1 68. Mark Antony 1 69. Othello 1 70. Petruchio 1 71. Portia 1 72. Prospero 1 73. Viola 1 74. Violetta 1 75. A character who is a Villain/Villainess. **10. Iago 27** 76. Lady Macbeth 6 77. Claudius 4 78. Shylock 3 79. Richard III 2 80. Caliban 1 81. Cassius 1 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shakespearean-feud-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/588564/58 "2011-07-17T00:12:14Z")
I can already tell this is bad for my score. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shakespearean-feud-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/588564/59 "2011-07-17T00:27:22Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I can already tell this is bad for my score. not as bad as mine ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shakespearean-feud-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/588564/60 "2011-07-17T00:49:00Z")
And the winner is… **Mahaloth**!!! Good job! ::flings confetti:: **Mahaloth** got 8/10 top answers. Well done! Perfect score was 524.94. Thanks, everyone! Thanks, Le Ministre de l’au-delà! \*\*1. Mahaloth 522.73 \*\* 2. garygnu 511.36 3. pravnik 490.91 4. swampbear 488.64 5. Sigmagirl 484.09 6. RickJay 461.36 7. UncaStuart 454.55 8. rjk 452.27 9. silenus 445.45 10. astorian 443.18 11. 42fish 434.09 12. Little Nemo 422.73 12. Sternvogel 422.73 14. NDP 420.45 15. Larry Borgia 418.18 16. Barkis is Willin’ 415.91 17. Giles 404.55 18. Labtrash 402.27 19. Fiddle Peghead 400.00 20. kaylasdad99 395.45 20. Baker 395.45 22. candide 388.64 23. Chronos 370.45 23. maggenpye 370.45 25. Teacake 365.91 26. Tom Scud 361.36 27. Fretful Porpentine 356.82 27. Tengu 356.82 29. Snickers 354.55 30. Le Ministre de l’au-delà 334.09 31. Electric Warrior 329.55 32. notfrommensa 327.27 33. Bryan Ekers 322.73 34. Little Plastic Ninja 318.18 35. cmkeller 304.55 36. Zebra 300.00 37. Invisible Chimp 295.45 38. needscoffee 293.18 39. Ulf the Unwashed 288.64 40. AppallingGael 270.45 41. Really Not All That Bright 220.45 42. ArrMatey! 177.27 43. anyrose 175.00 44. Ludy 172.73 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shakespearean-feud-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/588564.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shakespearean-feud-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/588564.md?page=4)