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200 00200 400 00400 600 0060000600 800 00800 100001000 Desperate Housewife Miller Time! Pardon Me Relation- ships Starts with “P” Mid- English
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This was the number of tales in the final published version of The Canterbury Tales. A 100
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What is 24? A 100
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Out of the following, which was NOT one of Chaucer’s childhood experiences. Fine Schooling at the Count of Ulster Learned etiquette and fine manners. Kept books for Henry VIII during the 100 years war. A 200
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What is “kept books for Henry VIII during the 100 years war?” A 200
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Chaucer manifested himself in The Canterbury Tales as this pilgrim. A 300
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Who is the Host? A 300
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The pilgrimage to Canterbury began in this part of England. A 400
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What is Southwark (London), England? A 400
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The pilgrims were going on a pilgrimage to this man’s shrine. A 500
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Who is St. Thomas à Beckett? A 500
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The Wife of Bath justifies her polygamy referencing this book. B 100
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What is the Bible? B 100
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The Knight in “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” is sentenced to death for this offense. B 200
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What is rape? B 200
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The knight is given this long to find the answer to Queen Guinevere’s request. B 300
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What is one year and a day? B 300
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The Knight feels this emotion on his wedding day. B 400
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What is sad/depressed/melancholy? B 400
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A beautiful young woman that will drive him crazy with her infidelity or an old hag that will be loyal and faithful— The knight makes which one the above choices on his wedding night. B 500
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What is neither? (He lets his wife choose!) B 500
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Alison’s relationship with her husband, as well as Absalom is this type of love. C 100
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What is unrequited love? C 100
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Nicholas does this for a living. C 200
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What is an astrologer? C 200
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John must hang these from the ceiling of his home to save him from the flood. C 300
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What are kneading tubs? C 300
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DAILY DOUBLE C 400 DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager
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Absalom notices Alison’s “mouth” has this unusual feature. C 400
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What is a beard? C 400
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Absalom borrows this from Gervase. C 500
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What is a coulter (branding iron)? C 500
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The Latin phrase Radix malorum est cupiditas means this. D 100
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What is “the love of money is the root of all evil?” D 100
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The setting of “The Pardoner’s Tale” begins here. D 200
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What is a tavern/bar? D 200
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The three rioters are supposed to find this under the oak tree. D 300
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What is death? D 300
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The rioters fall victim to this “deadly sin.” D 400
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What is Greed? D 400
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The Pardoner voluntarily tells the other pilgrims that he takes advantage of people’s desperation to absolve their sins making him a potential, this. D 500
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What is a hypocrite? D 500
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Alison and John E 100
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What is married? (John loves Alison, but she does not love him) E 100
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The knight & the old lady E 200
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Who are husband and wife? E 200
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Nicholas and John E 300
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What is landlord/tenant? (John cares for him like a son) E 300
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The three rioters. (In the beginning of “the Pardoner’s Tale”) E 400
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What is a brotherhood/fraternity? (Pledge their oaths to one another). E 400
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Miller & Host E 500
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Who are fighters over the order in which the tale will be told? E 500
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Chaucer’s only sin-free pilgrim. F 100
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Who is the Parson? F 100
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Killed off more than 1/3 of Europe’s population in the 14 th century. F 200
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What is plague? F 200
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The worst of the seven deadly sins. F 300
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What is Pride? F 300
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Seemingly admits to being a hypocrite. F 400
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Who is the Pardoner? F 400
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A religious journey to a sacred or holy place. F 500
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What is a pilgrimage? F 500
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The Final Jeopardy Category is: Chaucer’s Premise Please record your wager. Click on screen to begin
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Final Jeopardy Question: Why did Chaucer create, according to him, “an odd assembly on purpose?” Click on screen to continue
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Correct Final Jeopardy Response: He wanted to get his readers to understand the values and perspectives of people from different walks of life. Click on screen to continue
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Thank You for Playing Jeopardy!
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