Tales from the Owl: a Shakespeare quiz

Some time ago we promised another competition for which the prize would be a family pass to the Nietzsche Fun Park in beautiful Basingstoke. The Owl has now provided us with the material for a quiz based on his close reading of Wowliam Shakespeare, and has added a bonus prize of a copy of his own book, Hoots Mon: Conversations with Owls.

Just for fun: the fretful porpentine and a bit of nerdy wordery

Quills upon the fretful porpentine.……….  (Hamlet)

Why, Gert wondered, did Shakes use the form porpentine when the Old French was porc despyne or porc espin from the Latin porcus + spinus? We went looking and found this:

Shakespeare on cats

The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon