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 (15[1])smiles.” One character describes a couple sleeping guards as “steeped in the colors of their trade” after they are found with these objects. (15[1])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 soliloquy, the title character asks if one of these (10[1])objects is “a false (10[1])creation proceeding from the heat-oppressèd brain” before murdering Duncan. Upon seeing a man about to use one of these objects, the title character of one play asks “Et tu, Brute?” For 10 points, name these objects that Macbeth “sees before me,” which are used to kill Julius Caesar. ■END■

ANSWER: dagger [accept knife]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Marcus Forbes-GreenToronto cDNAToronto Sprout3715
Ishan JoshiOttawaWaterloo Bust6015
Jacob BicolWaterloo CaliToronto Tony Jingyu Chen eats quizbowl9510
Raymond ChenToronto Penguin World WarToronto Pilk9910

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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