Which major league baseball team is one win away from capturing its 27th World Series title?
The New York Yankees
100
What are the three basic styles of writing that Shakespeare uses in each of his plays?
Blank verse, prose and sonnets.
100
How do Romeo and Benvolio learn about the Capulets' party?
An illiterate Capulet servant asks Romeo to help him read the guest list.
100
"You have dancing shoes with nimble soles; I have a soul of lead." What literary device is Romeo using here to describe his lack of desire to go to the Capulets' party?
A pun or play on words.
100
What do you notice about the word "racecar" and the phrase "star buttons not tub rats"?
They are palindromes - spelled the same backward and forward.
200
Which movie, which cost only $15,000 to make, is now trailing Michael Jackson's 'This Is It' as one of the highest grossing movies at the box office?
Paranormal Activity
200
What is the term for the type of writing Shakespeare uses that does not rhyme but is written in iambic pentameter?
Blank verse.
200
Who informs Juliet that Romeo is a Montague?
Juliet's nurse.
200
"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." What literary device has Romeo used in this famous balcony scene?
Metaphor
200
The heart of an adult giraffe weighs approximately how many pounds (guess within 3 pounds)?
26 lbs
300
In 2011, the Ontario ministry of education will require students to learn more about finances such as avoiding debt and good spending habits. What is the youngest grade level that will have to receive this money management training?
Grade 4
300
What is significant about the date of Shakespeare's death (April 23, 1616)?
He died on the date believed to be his birthday (April 23, 1564).
300
In Act One Scene Three, Lady Capulet explains to Juliet that marriage and raising children are a woman's responsibilities. How old is Juliet in this scene?
Thirteen.
300
In the line "'Tis since the earthquake now eleven years", why does Shakespeare use the word 'tis' instead of the full 'it is'?
To fit the 10-syllable requirement for iambic pentameter. ('It is' would result in 11 syllables on this line)
300
Natural gas is completely odourless. Gas companies inject what disturbing smell as a safety measure, so that humans notice when there is a gas leak?
Rotten eggs
400
Viruses such as H1N1 are put in to the vaccines used to prevent them. Viruses need a living host in order to survive long enough to be put in to the vaccine. What kind of living thing do science labs use to hold the viruses until they are put in the vaccine?
Chicken eggs.
400
Provide an example of a time when Shakespeare might use prose (non-rhyming, non-metered writing) in his plays?
Lines spoken by the lower class, moments of extreme distress, comical or lighter scenes, rapid scenes or ones that mention mundane information.
400
Who is Queen Mab and why is she significant?
A fairy who delivers dreams. Mercutio uses Mab as a symbol to explain his belief that desires and fantasies are fragile and capable of corrupting. This foreshadows Romeo's fate, and provides a foil to his own belief that love and desire conquer all.
400
"We'll have no Cupid hoodwink'd with a scarf". What literary device is Benvolio using in this line?
Allusion
400
What common piece of furniture that you come in contact with every day has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet?
Your desk.
500
Name four symptoms of the H1N1 (swine flu) virus.
Headache, nausea, diahrrea, cough, sore throat, chills, body aches, etc.
500
Name the Arthur Brooke story that Romeo & Juliet was based upon.
The Tragicall History of Romeus and Juliet
500
What reason does Romeo suggest Rosaline has given him for not wanting to be with him?
She has chosen to live chaste (remain a virgin).
500
In Act Three, when Juliet receives news that Romeo has killed Tybalt, she screams out in frustration, "Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical!" What literary device is she using here?
Oxymoron - two words such as 'beautiful' and 'tyrant' that have diverse or opposing meanings.
500
Premarin is a popular medication that contains a compound known scientifically as conjugated equine estrogens. What is the laymens (everyday) term for this compound, which inspired the name of the drug?