S12 E8 - What's In a Name?

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This week, Hallie has gone Full Hallie, and written an entire game about words invented by William Shakespeare, which doesn’t exactly narrow it down. We also play around (get it?) with discussions of video games, medicine, and music we are way too young for!2:22: Q1 (Sports & Games): What word invented by Shakespeare, which is a synonym of feline, could be used to describe the Pokemon Meowth and Persian?9:42: Q2 (Times & Places): What first lady of the United States shares a name with a term invented by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet, used by Juliet’s nurse as a term of endearment but possibly referring to a loose woman?15:10: Q3 (Movies & TV): The nickname of Burt Reynolds’ character in what 1977 comedy about two bootleggers trying to smuggle beer across state lines was invented by Shakespeare and based on an Italian word?24:32: Q4 (Arts & Literature): Bloodsucking, a word invented by Shakespeare in Henry VI Part 3, could be used to describe the characters in the novels The Queen of the Damned and The Vampire Lestat by what author?32:56: Q5 (Everything Else): In King Lear, Shakespeare was the first to use what word, which he used to describe someone with pock-marks from syphilis but today is a word for someone with a seizure disorder?41:21: Q6 (Music): In Richard III, Clarence says “not to relent” is beastly, devilish, and this word, which is the title of what 2020 song by Megan Thee Stallion, her first top 10 hit in the United States?Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/Time Sensitive Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/time-sensitive/id1452429903Cormac on Twitter: @CormacsThoughts