Packet H: Tossup 20
A character with this profession recounts spending long nights dreaming of cheese — “toasted mostly.” A blind beggar named Pew who used to have this profession is run over by a carriage after being abandoned during a botched robbery. After being visited by a character with this profession known as “Black Dog,” a man with this profession has a stroke at the Admiral Benbow inn. People with this profession use a page taken from a Bible to depose their leaders with a “black spot.” Jim Hawkins accompanies a character with this profession on a hunt for Captain Flint’s gold. For 10 points, Robert Louis Stevenson wrote about characters with what profession in Treasure Island, such as Long John Silver? ■END■
ANSWER: pirates [or privateers or buccaneers; prompt on sailors or equivalents; prompt on criminals or equivalents]
<Briticisers, British Literature> | Packet H
= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 20% | 83.80 |
| UK (South) | UK | ✓ | 8 | 100% | 13% | 84.25 |