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Q: What Shakespeare play is the following quote from?

"Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand?"

Shakespeare's Pub is the perfect ultra-competitive, borderline hostile environment that can make a silly bar game feel more important than it really is. There are no aggressively charismatic hosts, like the weekly game at Winston's in Ocean Beach, or lame prizes that have to be lame for the hipsters that get together every other week at Scolari's Office in North Park.

Instead Master Shakespeare provides a crotchety old British woman who reads questions off Trivial Pursuit cards with a delivery that sounds like she is still pissed off about losing the Revolutionary War, and a fifty dollar bar tab as the prize.

Every third Sunday night of the month, San Diego's Wikipedia-obsessed contingent gets together at Shakespeare's Pub, pours Guinness down throats, eats chips, and sees who really paid attention in high school. Get there early to reserve a table, gather inspiration from the rugby shown across all TV screens across the bar, and don't be afraid to order the Sheppard's Pie. It won't make you smarter, but it is definitely is the highlight on a menu - celebrating the worst food in Europe.

Other San Diego Trivia Nights: Big Bertha's in Pacific Beach, and The Bitter End in the Gaslamp, both on Tuesdays.

A: Macbeth; Act II, Scene I