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QR Challenge: Shakespeare Fact Finder

Question	Answer
Is it true that Shakespeare caused a plane crash?	On October 4 1960 a Lockheed Electra aeroplane setting off from Boston airport stirred up a flock of 10,000 starlings on the runway. It flew straight into the cloud of birds, which choked the engines and brought the plane down. The crash claimed 62 lives. The starling is not a species that is native to North America though; it was introduced in 1890 by a Shakespeare nut called Eugene Schieffelin. He wanted Central Park in New York to be home to all the songbirds mentioned in Shakespeare. Nowadays they form flocks of up to 1 million birds.
Which infamous dictator designed a Shakespeare play?	In one of Hitler's sketchbooks, there is a design for the staging of Julius Caesar. It represents the Roman Forum (one of the settings for the play) and shows how Hitler admired the famous classical buildings in Rome such as the Colosseum and Pantheon.
Why did Shakespeare's theatre stink?	The Globe Theatre showed bear-baiting as well as the famous plays (nowadays this is illegal because of the cruelty to the animals). A man called Thomas Platter wrote that he saw 120 dogs, 12 large bears, as well as bulls behind the theatre. He said that the 'place was evil-smelling because of the meat' they used to feed the dogs.
What does Shakespeare's statue in Stratford-Upon-Avon show?	If you walk past the statue of Shakespeare in front of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, take a closee look at the 4 figures around the bottom. The bronze characters show the 4 main elements of Shakespeare's genuis: Falstaff laughs for comedy; Henry V holds a crown for history; Hamlet with the skull thinks for philosophy, and Lady Macbeth wrings her hands for tragedy.
What was special about Shakespeare's children called Hamnet and Judith.	They were twins born on February 2 1585, the feast of Candelmas when Christmas decorations were traditionally taken down.