Packet 2: Bonus 11
A poem titled for this island repeats “hope your road is a long one” and asserts “keep [this island] always in your mind.” For 10 points each.
[10m] Name this island, the return to which is the subject of the most famous nostos. On this island, a man reveals his identity after stringing a bow and firing an arrow through axeheads.
ANSWER: Ithaca [or Ithaka] (“Ithaka” is by Constantine P. Cavafy.)
[10e] This character returns to Ithaca from the Trojan War and reunites with his wife Penelope in a namesake Homeric epic.
ANSWER: Odysseus [accept Ulysses; accept The Odyssey]
[10h] This 20th-century author wrote The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel, a 33,333-line poem where Odysseus meets the Buddha and travels to Antarctica. This author also wrote The Last Temptation of Christ.
ANSWER: Nikos Kazantzakis
<McGill B, European Literature> | Packet B
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 127 | 18.74 | 100% | 71% | 17% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McMaster A | Brock A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| McMaster B | Queen's A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| McMaster C | Guelph A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto B | Toronto G | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto C | Waterloo C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Toronto D | Toronto A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Toronto E | Toronto F | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Waterloo A | Toronto I | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Waterloo B | Toronto H | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 18.57 | 100% | 86% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 100% | 67% | 22% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 11 | 22.73 | 100% | 91% | 36% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 100% | 89% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 12 | 16.67 | 100% | 58% | 8% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 12 | 20.83 | 100% | 75% | 33% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 13.75 | 100% | 38% | 0% |
| South Central | US | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 67% | 17% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 21.67 | 100% | 83% | 33% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 80% | 0% |