Round 13: Tossup 18
A sentry stationed in this location died of fright after witnessing a bear’s ghostly apparition emerge from a door’s threshold. An observatory in this location befouled by bird droppings was relocated to avoid accidentally triggering a kingdom’s collapse. A severed head unearthed at this location faced France to ward off future invaders until it was found by King Arthur; that head was the head of Bran the Blessed. Some have linked the shades of two nightgown-clad boys standing hand-in-hand to two skeletons buried beneath one of this location’s staircases. Men called the Yeoman Warders or “Beefeaters” care for this structure’s six ravens, whose last fight will herald the fall of Britain. For 10 points, the shades of Sir Walter Raleigh and Anne Boleyn supposedly haunt what castle where they were executed? ■END■
ANSWER: Tower of London [or His Majesty’s Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London; accept the White Tower; accept White Hill; accept the Jewel House; prompt on the Tower; prompt on Tower Hill by asking “what structure is it associated with?”; prompt on London] (The ghost bear of the Jewel House has been linked by some to Henry III’s polar bear. The observatory was relocated to Greenwich so that the observations could be continued without killing the ravens.)
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