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This general, a Russian Kossack and resident of "Ship-Trap Island," has grown bored with hunting animals and tells his new friend Rainsford that he has discovered a more challenging type of prey in Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game."

Who is General Zaroff?

100

To give human qualities to inanimate objects.

What is personification?

100

In this John Steinbeck novella, George and Lennie travel from farm to farm seeking work during the Great Depression.

What is Of Mice and Men?

100

These are the last names of Romeo and Juliet, respectively.

What are Montague and Capulet?

100

This is the only American Football team to go a whole season undefeated, including the Super Bowl.

Who are the 1972 Miami Dolphins?

200

George and Ulrich hunt each other in the forest on a stormy winter night. Just as they are about to kill each other, a tree falls on top of them... and that is not the worst of their problems in this short story.

What is "The Interlopers" ?

200

Poems that don't rhyme are said to be written in this...

What is free verse?

200

In this famous novel by Harper Lee, a little girl in the deep south named Scout Finch learns empathy through the brave actions of her lawyer father, Atticus.

What is To Kill a Mockingbird?

200

Shakespeare published 154 14-line poems called these.

What are sonnets?

200

This is the number of NBA championships that Michael Jordan won with the Chicago Bulls.

What is six?

300

This Edgar Allan Poe story is told through the voice of a madman who has murdered his landlord and buried him in the floor, but a certain sound leads him to believe his victim is still alive...

What is "The Telltale Heart" ?

300
When a poet uses words that sound like the sound they are representing, such as "sizzle" or "ring."
What is onomatopoeia ?
300

In this classic by S.E. Hinton, a greaser stabs a soc, hides in a shack, saves children from a burning church, and then returns home to live with his hardworking brothers Dally and Sodapop.

What is The Outsiders?

300
He is the Prince of Denmark, ordered by the ghost of his dead father to kill his uncle who -- according to the ghost -- murdered his father before marrying his mother.
Who is Hamlet?
300

A Jamaican sprinter who won gold medals at the 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m relay at three consecutive Olympic Games from 2008 - 2016

Who is Usain Bolt?

400

In O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi," Jim and Della sacrifice these, their only valuable items in the world, in order to afford to buy gifts for each other for Christmas.

What are Jim's watch and Della's hair?

400
The repetition of the beginning consonant sounds of several words within one line of poetry, as in "splashing horses stop in the silvery stream."
What is alliteration?
400

In this Young Adult novel by Sharon Draper, Andy gets into a car accident that kills his longtime friend and Hazelwood High School basketball teammate, Robert Washington. While his other friends have managed to move on, Andy blames himself and cannot get past his guilt and pain.

What is Tears of a Tiger?

400
Shakespeare's poetic lines all consist of ten syllables (five feet), each foot made up of two syllables with the accent on the second syllable. This is the name for that specific poetic rhythm.
What is iambic pentameter?
400

The boxer who inflicted Muhammad Ali's first defeat in professional boxing

Who was Joe Frazier, in 1971?

500
In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado," Montresor takes revenge on his enemy Fortunato by leading him down into his wine cellar and then doing this to him.
What is burying him behind a wall?
500
The repetition of the vowel sounds inside several words within one line of poetry, as in "Go row the boat home."
What is assonance?
500

This novel opens and closes with the letters of Robert Walton.

What is Frankenstein?

500
This is the name of the London theatre that Shakepeare helped build and in which his plays were performed.
What is "The Globe" ?
500

He is the NFL's all-time leading rusher.

Who is Emmitt Smith of the Dallas Cowboys, with 18,355 yards?