Classic Literature
Traditional Japanese style of poetry consisting of 5-7-5 syllables
Haiku
What is the high point of tension or conflict in a story called?
Climax
Who is Carrboro's current poet laureate?
Liza Wolff-Francis (c'mon guys)
From bottom to top, what is the order of candy corn colors?
Yellow, orange, white
How old was Mary Shelley when she first starting writing Frankenstein?
What is the continuation of a sentence across a line or stanza called?
Enjambment
What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words called?
Alliteration
Which American president attended UNC-Chapel Hill?
James K. Polk
In Nightmare Before Christmas, what is the dog's name?
Zero
In Shakespeare's Hamlet, who killed Hamlet's father?
Claudius
A classic form of poetry with fourteen lines, typically about love, and has a set rhyme scheme (ABAB or ABBA)
Sonnet
What is a dynamic character?
Who is Chapel Hill's current poet laureate?
Donovan Livingston
Where does the classic quote "double, double toil and trouble" originate from?
Macbeth
In George Orwell's 1984, when Winston gets taken to room 101, what do they torture him with?
Rats
Limericks
What is a static character?
A character who says the same throughout the story
When was Carrboro's first West End Poetry Festival?
2006
Before pumpkins, what were originally carved to ward off evil spirits in Ireland?
Turnips
In Shakespeare's play Henry V, who gives Henry tennis balls?
The Dauphin
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" is from which of Shakespeare's sonnets?
Sonnet 18
What is the difference between dramatic irony and situational irony?
Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something the characters don’t; situational irony is when the opposite of what is expected occurs.
Kate Lovelady
How many Halloween (the franchise) movies are there in total?
13