Question

After refusing one of these objects and a man’s “naked breast,” one character says “be angry when you will, it shall have scope.” One character flees to Ireland because “where we are, there’s [these objects] in men’s smiles.” One character describes a couple sleeping guards as “steeped in the colors of their trade” after they are found with these objects. One man ends a speech by claiming he is keeping one of these objects “for myself,” to use “when it shall please my (*) country.” In one (-5[1])soliloquy, the title character asks if one of these (-5[1])objects is “a false creation proceeding from the heat-oppressèd brain” before murdering Duncan. Upon seeing a (10[2])man about to use one of these objects, the title character of one play asks “Et tu, (10[1])Brute?” For 10 points, name these objects that (-5[1])Macbeth “sees before me,” which are used to kill Julius (10[1])Caesar. (10[2])■END■

ANSWER: dagger [accept knife]
<Literature - British Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Moses KitakuleColumbia BNYU A86-5
William OrrYaleRutgers95-5
Evan SchleckGathererBard11110
Nat KuNYU BPrinceton11110
Steven McPhillimeyLehigh ANYU C12810
Will HollisterLehigh BColumbia A136-5
Eshan PantNYU AColumbia B14610
Jack RadoColumbia ALehigh B14710
Kushal AluruRutgersYale14710

Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y6100%0%50%131.67
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%50%0%72.75
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y4100%25%25%115.50
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y6100%17%17%117.83
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y2100%50%0%70.00