Packet 12: Bonus 16
In 1985, this prize’s jury was divided over a Keri Hulme (“hulm”) novel that detailed an abusive relationship between the mute boy Simon and his father Joe. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this prize that was long-awarded to Commonwealth, Irish and South African novels before being expanded to all English-language fiction in 2014.
ANSWER: Booker Prize [accept Man Booker Prize]
[10h] Keri Hulme won the Booker Prize for this debut novel in which the part-Maori artist Kerewin befriends Simon before eventually adopting him to form a family.
ANSWER: The Bone People
[10e] In The Bone People, Kerewin meets Simon when he sneaks into a secluded one of these structures where she lives. A prince is blinded after marrying a girl locked in one of these structures in the Grimms’ version of “Rapunzel.”
ANSWER: towers [reject “castle”]
<Editors, World Literature> | Packet L
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 105 | 17.24 | 97% | 72% | 3% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claremont A | UC Santa Barbara | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Claremont C | UCLA E | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| UC Irvine | USC A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| UCLA C | UCLA D | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| UCLA F | UCLA A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| UCSD A | Claremont B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| UCSD B | UCLA B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 18.75 | 100% | 88% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 17.14 | 100% | 57% | 14% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 12 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 83% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 12 | 14.17 | 92% | 42% | 8% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 100% | 89% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 11 | 17.27 | 91% | 82% | 0% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 16.67 | 92% | 67% | 8% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |