Packet 1: Bonus 14
In a story by this author, the sinologist Dr. Albert is killed in his study after discovering that the word “time” never appears in a book. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Argentine author who wrote about hexagonal rooms that contain every possible book in “The Library of Babel.”
ANSWER: Jorge Luis Borges (“BOR-hays”)
[10m] The discovery that a book never uses the word “time” is made in this Borges story, wherein the title timeless structure is found to be that novel by Ts’ui Pên.
ANSWER: “The Garden of Forking Paths” [or “El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan”]
[10h] One of the Library of Babel’s few readable sentences addresses “O time,” attributing these structures to it. Dreams of being led to these structures cause Santiago to go on a journey in a Paulo Coelho (“co-EL-yo”) novel.
ANSWER: pyramids [accept “O time, thy pyramids” or “Oh, tiempo, tus pirámides”]
<Editors, World Literature> | Packet A
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 109 | 12.29 | 74% | 26% | 23% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claremont B | USC B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Irvine | Claremont A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Santa Barbara | UCLA D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| UCLA B | UCLA A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| UCLA C | UCLA E | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| UCLA F | USC A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| UCSD B | Claremont C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 80% | 40% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 6.25 | 38% | 13% | 13% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 75% | 50% | 25% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 20.00 | 100% | 43% | 57% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 75% | 25% | 25% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 10 | 11.00 | 90% | 0% | 20% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 10.00 | 56% | 33% | 11% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 11 | 9.09 | 64% | 9% | 18% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 0% | 100% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 100% | 44% | 22% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 50% | 0% | 50% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 10.00 | 88% | 13% | 0% |
| South Central | US | Y | 6 | 10.00 | 50% | 17% | 33% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 11.67 | 58% | 33% | 25% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 80% | 40% | 40% |