Multiple choice general knowledge

Which overweight knight from three Shakespearean plays was the subject of an opera by Verdi?

  1. Sir Walter Raleigh

  2. Sir Edmund Hillary

  3. Sir Thomas Melchett

  4. Sir John Falstaff
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Explanation

Sir John Falstaff appears in three Shakespeare plays (Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2, and The Merry Wives of Windsor) and Giuseppe Verdi composed an opera titled "Falstaff" based on this character. The other options are either historical figures or fictional characters not associated with Shakespeare or Verdi's opera.

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