Packet G: Bonus 2
This playwright moved to East Berlin after his testimony to the House Un-American Activities Committee. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this German dramatist whose development of epic theatre sought to promote left-wing causes. This playwright attacked the capitalistic support for war in his play Mother Courage and Her Children.
ANSWER: Bertolt Brecht (“brekt”) [or Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht]
[10e] Brecht satirized the leader of this political party as a cauliflower mobster in his play The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. Brecht depicted the rule of this political party in Fear and Misery in the Third Reich.
ANSWER: Nazi Party [or Nazis or NSDAP; or National Socialist German Workers Party; or Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei]
[10h] Brecht critiqued capitalism in The Threepenny Opera by depicting Jonathan Peachum selling licenses allowing these people to operate. The Threepenny Opera was adapted from a John Gay opera titled for these people.
ANSWER: beggars [accept The Beggar’s Opera; reject any synonyms]
<Nebraska C, European Literature> | Packet G
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 | 16.55 | 98% | 57% | 10% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty C | Liberty B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| NCSU A | Virginia Tech C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| NCSU B | UNC A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UNC B | Virginia Tech A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| UNC D | Virginia A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| VCU A | Tusculum A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Virginia Tech B | JMU A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| William & Mary A | Liberty A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| William & Mary C | Duke A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern California | Main | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Southern California | Main | ✓ | 7 | 18.57 | 100% | 71% | 14% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | Main | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | Main | ✓ | 9 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| Florida | Main | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | Main | ✓ | 11 | 20.00 | 100% | 73% | 27% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | Main | ✓ | 9 | 16.67 | 100% | 56% | 11% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main | ✓ | 9 | 14.44 | 100% | 44% | 0% |
| Midwest | Main | ✓ | 9 | 15.56 | 89% | 56% | 11% |
| North | Main | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Pacific | Main | ✓ | 8 | 17.50 | 88% | 75% | 13% |
| South Central | Main | ✓ | 6 | 13.33 | 100% | 17% | 17% |
| Southeast | Main | ✓ | 12 | 17.50 | 100% | 58% | 17% |
| Upstate NY | Main | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| UK (North) | UK | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |
| UK (South) | UK | ✓ | 8 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |