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The classic "Romeo and Juliet" love story was modernized in this newer film. Which playwright wrote the original?
William Shakespeare
This re-telling of William Shakespeare's tragedy was directed by Baz Luhrmann. He stuck with the poetic old English language delivery, but not the look and feel, which was more modernly intense.
Christopher Marlowe
Rolando Tinio
Walt Whitman
Since the story is a tragedy, what term is used to describe Romeo and Juliet?
unrequited lovers
embittered lovers
battled lovers
star-crossed lovers
"Romeo and Juliet" popularized the term 'star-crossed lovers' in global arts and pop culture. It means that no matter how intense your love, it might not end up so well after all. Careful!
In Shakespeare's original, the story takes place in a town called Verona. But in this film, what is its reinvented version?
Verona Ville
Verona Lodge
Verona Beach
Verona Beach is where our filmic characters hang out. Such a bohemian and chaotic place!
Verona City
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The story of "Romeo and Juliet" is anchored on the longstanding feud between which families?
Isaac and Newton
Montague and Capulet
Two top families of Verona, in terms of influence and wealth, are also feuding with each other. They are the Montagues and the Capulets.
Smith and Wesson
Chang and Bart
Sparks of rage between the two feuding families, which lead to dangerous fights like the incident in the gasoline station, is called this ...
unholy alliance
civil brawl
A civil brawl is what Shakespeare termed unruly behavior on the streets. Today, we could also call them gang wars.
sleeping with the enemy
mob squad
In this film, what is a sword?
a car brand
a shoe factory
a paper cut
a brand of guns
Director Baz was witty enough to reinvent the Shakespearean language into modern-day adaptations. When Shakespeare refers to swords, he means the ones with blades. But in this film, Sword is a brand of guns.
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The Montagues "own" which of the titular characters?
Romeo
Romeo is a Montague, and Juliet is a Capulet. Romeo was portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio.
Juliet
Tybalt
Mercutio
One of the calmer Montague young men, who is not a fan of too much feuding, is Benvolio Montague. How is he related to Romeo Montague?
they're cousins
Benvolio is like Romeo's BFF in a way. Romeo's dad could also rely on Benvolio to look after his son.
they're just BFFs
they're half-brothers
they're twins
On the other hand, Tybalt, Juliet’s fierce cousin, is also known in the streets by this name.
Prince of Thieves
Prince of Marksmen
Prince of Cats
Tybalt Capulet has such a reputation, for being sassy and all. He is nicknamed Prince of Cats on the streets, perhaps for being too groovy at times.
Prince of Tides
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In the encounter with the Montagues, Tybalt said he hates this word so much.
power
quiet
peace
The sassy, but poetic, Tybalt tells Benvolio Montague that he hates the word peace. He said " Peace? I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee."
love
When they speak of Romeo's hangout place, Sycamore Grove, what kind of a place is this?
cemetery
carnival-like fairgrounds
Sycamore Grove is a favorite hangout of the Montagues. At night, it's a festive carnival-like fairground.
corporate tower
lagoon
The dapper Dave Paris was named "Bachelor of the Year" by which magazine?
Scientific American
People
Time Magazine
Dave Paris is making quite an impression on Mr. Capulet's business. It’s also impressive he’s on the cover of Time magazine as an up-and-coming Bachelor of the Year to keep an eye on.
Playboy
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Juliet Capulet is a damsel who’s not necessarily in distress in this film. Which actress played her?
Winona Ryder
Claire Danes
Claire Danes is the other half of this love story duo. She also acts in theater.
Sofia Coppola
Angelina Jolie
A very close friend of the Montagues, the wild but witty Mercutio, arrives in this manner to meet his posse.
dressed in drag
Mercutio is an over-the-top, loyal friend of the Montague boys, especially Romeo. One night, H\he came dressed in drag, teasing the boys into an adventure.
stoned
drunk
without clothes
The Capulets are having a shindig. But it’s a highly-restricted affair. What do they call the party they’re throwing?
a costume feast
Invitations to the Capulet costume feast are given only to those who have good relations with the family. But Mercutio scored invites, so off they went! Or crashed.
black and white ball
oddball party
coat and tie affair
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Romeo wanted to pass on crashing the dance because he said his soul is made of this.
plastic
cotton
lead
Romeo was wary of going to a costume feast because there’s dancing. "I have a soul of lead,†he said, which doesn’t permit him to dance.
air
According to Mercutio, these things are the children of an idle brain.
gold
hair
dreams
Romeo is the romantic, dreamy type. But Mercutio says dreams are not that good to have.
pride
Roaming away from the costume ball, a bored Juliet and a nonchalant Romeo saw each other behind this thing.
an aquarium
Romeo and Juliet were separately admiring a huge aquarium when they saw each other from the other side. The rest, as they say, is history.
mirror
the bed
a thin wall
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Romeo was indeed smitten. As he watched Juliet dance, he said he had never seen a true version of what, until that night?
wealth
joy
beauty
Romeo says he never saw true beauty until that night. Of course, he’s talking about Juliet’s looks, not her dancing prowess.
purity
Since this is a costume feast, what did Romeo and Juliet wear?
horse and carriage
knight and angel
Juliet’s simple gauze-like dress is capped by a pair of angel wings. Meanwhile, Romeo is the knight without a horse or sword, just purity of heart.
man and wife
king and queen
When Romeo and Juliet playfully chased each other, they ended up kissing for the first time inside this type of enclosure.
cabinet
elevator
Romeo and Juliet are obviously attracted to each other deeply. So they end up kissing in the elevator, because they can’t help it!
broom closet
bathroom
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When Juliet finds out about Romeo's lineage, she quips, "My only love sprung from my only†________.
hope
power
hate
“My only love sprung from my only hate,†lamented a lovelorn but wistful Juliet. Oh, why do feuds have to happen?
chance
When Romeo saw Juliet in her room’s balcony, he likened her to a heavenly body. What was this heavenly body?
the stars
the moon
the sun
"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun," Romeo says. This began Shakespeare's famed balcony scene, reinvented here by Luhrmann.
the meteors
Pondering over her new-found love's first name, Juliet compares it to what flower?
a rose
"What’s in a name?†Juliet asked. She continued with this classic line: "That which you call a rose, by any other word would smell as sweet."
a daisy
a chrysanthemum
an orchid
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Luhrmann reinvented the balcony scene, substituting some scenes to be enacted in this kind of space.
staircase
rooftop
fire escape
pool
Perhaps Baz wanted to be so different from the rest of the "Romeo and Juliet" depictions, that he didn’t let the balcony scene take place solely up there. He chose to do it at the ground level, at the pool below the balcony. Nice!
In another modern reinvention of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," the opening and closing narration was delivered, not by a story narrator, but in this media form ...
a live Tweeted moment
a TV newscast
The opening narration, as well as the closing, was delivered through a typical television news broadcast. It's similar to the nightly news recap TV news programs do. Smart!
a Facebook live broadcast
a radio talk show commentary
Since the passionate lovebirds wanted to up the romantic ante, Romeo asked his priest friend to perform this ASAP.
baptism
marriage
Juliet sneaks out to “go to confession,†but it turns out that Romeo had arranged for them to get married. So they did! Oh, kids.
confession
anointment
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In another tension-filled encounter between the Capulet and Montague boys, Tybalt slashed Mercutio. Before dying, Mercutio asked that this thing descend upon the families.
incest
in-fighting
a plague
"A plague on both your houses†is one of the more popular quotes to come out of "Romeo and Juliet." Mercutio says this before dying. In turn, Romeo kills Tybalt for revenge.
bankruptcy
What happens to Romeo after he kills Tybalt?
banished
Romeo is banished from Verona after he kills Tybalt. But the priest helps him and Juliet to execute a plan to secretly get together.
jailed
arrested
tied up
Juliet conspired with the priest to escape a forced marriage to Paris, so she could be with Romeo. What did she do?
hid under the bed
drinks faux poison
Juliet drinks a form of poison to make everyone believe she died. But when the poison wears off, she’ll rise again.
got banished, too
run to the nunnery
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Romeo misses a memo and sees the “dead†Juliet, thinking she's really gone. Overcome by grief, he does this to himself.
drinks real deadly poison
Romeo felt hopeless after seeing Juliet "dead," so he drank real poison to join her in the afterlife. When she wakes up and sees how Romeo died, Juliet shoots herself to be with him in the afterlife. Tragedy indeed!
cries a river
wails to no end
hugs himself
This classic 1980s Prince song was used as a church song in the film.
When Doves Cry
It’s chilling to hear "When Doves Cry" performed by the church choir. Prince must have been so proud.
Beat It
No Woman No Cry
I shot the sheriff
The stylized reinvention of "Romeo and Juliet" is also evident in the soundtrack. In the costume feast, a drag show performance was executed to the tune of this disco ditty.
Young Hearts Run Free
Upbeat disco music like "Young Hearts Run Free" was performed heavily throughout this film.
Doo-Wop (That Thang)
Satisfaction
Baby Love
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Having the pop singer who made a song famous appear in a film to sing her own song is common in films. Des'ree, who was part of the costume feast, sang her song ...
You gotta be
What’s your sign
Kissing you
"Kissing you" becomes a sort of anthem for whenever Romeo encounters Juliet.
Waterfalls
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