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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

What is Bill Parcells' nickname?

The Big Tuna

200

From Frankenstein, The doomed protagonist and narrator of the main portion of the story. Studying in Ingolstadt.

Who is Victor

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

Who briefly served as interim head coach of the Colts during the 2012 season?

Bruce Arians

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 (pronounce: soash), 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

Who returned to the Dolphins in 2008 saying, "To come back and clear my name was important to me"?

Ricky Williams

400

From Macbeth, The brave, noble general whose children, according to the witches’ prophecy, will inherit the Scottish throne.

Who is Banquo

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

Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian and theocratic state that has replaced the United States of America. Because of dangerously low reproduction rates, Handmaids are assigned to bear children for elite couples that have trouble conceiving. Offred serves the Commander and his wife, Serena Joy, a former gospel singer and advocate for “traditional values.”

The Handmaid's Tale 

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

Who led the Cowboys with 1471 yards from scrimmage in 2013-14?

DeMarco Murray

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
In this first book of the Suzanne Collins series, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to replace her little sister in the annual "tribute," where she must fight to the death along with the local baker's son Peeta, with whom she may be in love, and whom she may have to kill...
What is _The Hunger Games_?
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

Who was the MVP for the Super Bowl game played in February 2014?

Malcolm Smith