Bonus
One author used this language to write a “factless autobiography” narrated by Bernardo Soares in The Book of Disquiet. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this language used by Fernando Pessoa. One novel in this language features a girl with dark glasses, the Dog of Tears, and a man who fails to move when a traffic light turns green.
ANSWER: Portuguese [or Português or língua portuguesa]
[10e] José Saramago (“ZHOO-zay sah-rah-MAH-goo”) used Portuguese to write a novel titled for this condition, in which the doctor’s wife is the only one not afflicted by a “white sickness.” That novel’s sequel is conversely titled Seeing.
ANSWER: being blind [accept blindness or an inability to see; accept Ensaio sobre a Cegueira or Essay on Blindness]
[10h] In this other Saramago novel, three men, two women, and a dog travel across the Iberian Peninsula after it breaks off from the rest of Europe.
ANSWER: The Stone Raft [or A Jangada de Pedra]
<Editors, European Literature>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 125 | 15.12 | 90% | 51% | 10% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 80% | 40% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 7 | 10.00 | 71% | 29% | 0% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 0% | 25% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 17.14 | 100% | 71% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 80% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 78% | 56% | 11% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 75% | 25% | 25% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 12 | 15.83 | 100% | 42% | 17% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 78% | 33% | 33% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 10 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 56% | 22% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 75% | 50% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 11 | 19.09 | 100% | 82% | 9% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 16.25 | 88% | 75% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 13 | 15.38 | 85% | 54% | 15% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 6 | 11.67 | 83% | 33% | 0% |