Question

While talking to a keeper in the forest, Henry VI claims that he has one of these objects in his heart, which is called “content” (“kun-TENT”). A character declares, “With mine own tears I wash away my balm,” and waffles, “Ay, no; no, ay,” when asked about one of these objects in a scene missing from the first three quartos. That character compares himself to a “bucket down and full of tears” and one of these objects to “a deep well / That owes two buckets, filling one another” (-5[1])while telling his “cousin” to (*) “seize” it from one side as he holds the other. (-5[1])A rant on the Welsh coast that claims “within [one of these objects]… keeps Death his court” titles a BBC adaptation of Shakespeare’s (10[1])Henriad. One of these objects that Richard II had earlier called “hollow” (10[1])is held by him (10[2])and Bolingbroke (10[1])in the Deposition Scene. For 10 points, Henry (10[1])IV complains, (10[1])“Uneasy lies the head that wears” (10[1])what kind of object? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: crowns [accept specific answers like the crown of England; accept The Hollow Crown]
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Summary

2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y9100%0%22%146.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Mitch McCullarDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid TooThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club87-5
Mike SoriceTeam Name Think DetailThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub102-5
Alexander Nerowave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gpIn Search of Things Past12510
JinAh KimThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)Hang et al., Robert Browning13710
William GoldenRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grillremembrance of lost time14110
Nick JensenThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet SubTeam Name Think Detail14110
Jaimie CarlsonTeach Us to Outgrow Our LadnessBHSU14310
Chris SimsThe CanadiansI would prefer not to15110
John LawrenceCurse you, Periplus the Platypus!Evans Hall destruction awaiters15310
Ali HamzehI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big troubleQuasicrystal Silence15910
Matt JacksonThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host ClubDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too16410