Bonus
In a 2023 interview, Colson Whitehead revealed that his fascination with the structure of one novel by this author inspired him to become a writer. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this horror author from Maine who wrote Misery. Pennywise the Dancing Clown terrorizes children in this author’s novel It.
ANSWER: Stephen King [or Stephen Edwin King]
[10m] Whitehead was inspired by this 1974 epistolary novel. In this debut novel of Stephen King, Chris Hargensen pours pig’s blood on the title character, prompting her to use her telekinesis to commit the “Black Prom” massacre.
ANSWER: Carrie
[10h] In the novel, Carrie's thoughts are differentiated from the larger text with these symbols and the use of lowercase. King also used these symbols to help represent the thoughts of Jack Torrance in The Shining.
ANSWER: parentheses [or parenthesis; accept round brackets]
<Editors, American Literature>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 10 | 20.00 | 100% | 80% | 20% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown B | Amherst A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Chipola College | Vanderbilt A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Claremont A | UC Santa Barbara | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Dartmouth B | Brown A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Edinburgh A | Sheffield B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Maryland A | George Mason A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| McMaster A | Toronto B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Rutgers A | Maryland C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| Vermont B | Boston College A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Williams B | Dartmouth A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 50% | 100% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |