Who Wants to be a Millionaire

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Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
The Canterbury Tales By Geoffrey
Chaucer General Prologue By Taryn McCready
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RULES

• Two equal teams
• One person at a time from each team will answer a
  question.
• No interaction with team members before answering
  a question or team will automatically lose the
  question.
• You will have 3 life-lines available once you
  have used a lifeline no one else on your team may
  use it again
• Poll the class
• Phone a teacher (Ms. Philbin)
• 50/50

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100

• On what month did the pilgrims meet and where?
• a. May, a fair
• b. April, a bar
• c. August, a party
• d. September, a church

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• The Pilgrimage took place in the Spring during
  April. The narrator says this is because Nature
  pricks them and their heart engages, and people
  long to go on pilgrimages.

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200

• What is the irony about the Nun (Madame
  Eglantyne)?
• a. She never went to church
• b. She didnt live in a nunnery
• c. She does not care for anything or anyone but
  herself
• d. She spends all of her money on her animals
  and herself instead of charity

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• This is ironic because nuns would normally be
  devoted to their religion and giving their extra
  money to charity. However, The Nun eat expensive
  foods, drink expensive wine and give her animals
  all these divine luxuries as well.

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300

• What does the Monk do in his spare time?
• a. He traveled around the country and enjoyed
  hunting.
• b. Ate a lot of food and took care of his dogs.
• c. Went on long walks.
• d. Prayed in his monastery

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• This is ironic because most monks stay at their
  monastery and this monk travels the world and
  hunting is not a very religious past time.

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500

• The Friar begs for all his money and then?
• a. Saves all of it
• b. Gives it to others who need it
• c. Donates it to his church
• d. Buys expensive clothes to dress richly

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• It is surprising that the Friar is begging for
  money and then spending it on himself, that is
  not something you would expect to see in a Friar.

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1000

• The merchant is constantly bragging about how
  much money he has and he really?
• a. Should stop, its rude.
• b. Just inherited the money from his rich
  uncle.
• c. Is trying to cover for the fact that he is in
  debt.
• d. Stole all his money

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• The merchant always tells everyone how much money
  he has and how great his profit is when in
  reality he is very sneaky about borrowing money
  from people so that they will not realize that he
  is in debt.

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2000

• What was the doctors favorite part of his job?
• a. Saving lives
• b. His reputation
• c. His office
• d. His Gold

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• Yet he was rather close as to expenses
• And kept the gold he won in pestilences.
• Gold stimulates the heart, or so were told.
• He therefore had a special love of gold.

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4000

• How many husbands did the wife of bath have?
• a. 1
• b. 3
• c. 5
• d. 6

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• The wife of bath thought it was okay to have many
  husbands because she married them all in the
  church.

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8000

• The Parson intended on drawing men into heaven
  by?
• a. Punishing them for their sins
• b. Forgiving and forgetting
• c. Leading them by example
• d. Turning them into monks/nuns

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• The Parson wanted to treat others as he had been
  treated.

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16 000

• The Miller?
• a. Is an honest man
• b. Tells moran stories
• c. Steals from his customers
• d. Has no sense of humor

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• He is very skilled in stealing from his customers.

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25 000

• The Manciple is?
• a. Uneducated yet very smart
• b. A very rich man
• c. A cruel man
• d. Uneducated and stupid

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• Now isnt it a marvel of Gods grace
• That an illiterate fellow can outpace
• The wisdom of a heap of learned men?

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50 000

• What is a major theme in The Canterbury Tales
  that relates back to the main aspects of the
  Medieval period?
• a. Chivalric code
• b. Morality Play
• c. Knights and their fair ladies
• d. Religion being a major reason for literature

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• Medeival time period (1066-1485)
• This was a time of knights and their ladies
  fair. The chivalric code of honor was very
  important to literature of this time, and
  romances became popular. Religion was still a
  major reason for literature, as well, and plays
  that instructed the illiterate masses in moral
  codes, called morality plays, were produced. One
  of the major genres of this period was the folk
  ballad.

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100 000

• What entertainment does the Host offer the
  pilgrims at the tavern?
• a. He comes up with a game/competition for them
  to play on their journey
• b. Gives them a deck of cards
• c. Wants them to have skits and writes them
  scripts
• d. Hide and go seek

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• The host asks the pilgrims if they want to play a
  game, the pilgrims agree and he tells them all
  the rules. The game is played by each person
  telling 2 stories on the way there and 2 stories
  on the way back, whoevers stories are the best
  wins and if anyone does not go along with the
  game who has already agreed, they have to pay for
  everything the pilgrims need along the way.

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250 000

• What did The Host say about this group of
  pilgrims?
• a. They seemed uncomfortable
• b. They did not know what they were getting
  themselves into
• c. They were the most cheerful group of
  pilgrims he had seen in a long time
• d. They were being to noisy

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• Upon my word Im telling you no lie
• Ive seen a gathering here that looked so spry,
• No not this year, as in this tavern now.

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500 000

• What did The Host say that anyone who does not
  follow through with the game has to do?
• a. Make the pilgrimage again immediately
• b. Pay for the entire trip
• c. Host a party
• d. Stay behind

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• If anyone disagrees with his game they must pay
  for everything the pilgrims need along their
  pilgrimage.

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1Million

• Who drew the shortest straw and had to tell their
  story first?
• a. The Wife of Bath
• b. The Pardoner
• c. The Knight
• d. The Nun