Packet H: Bonus 3
An author described the murder of 8 men dressed as these animals by the title jester in the story “Hop-Frog.” For 10 points each:
[10h] In another story by that author, it is revealed that the deaths of Madame L’Espanaye (“less-pah-NYE”) and her daughter were caused by one of what animals?
ANSWER: orangutans [or ourang-outangs; accept Pongo; prompt on great apes or primates; reject “monkeys”]
[10e] C. Auguste Dupin deduces the orangutan’s guilt in “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” a short story by this author. This author also described Fortunato’s one-way trip into a wine cellar in “The Cask of Amontillado.”
ANSWER: Edgar Allan Poe
[10m] In another Poe story, a man with this surname becomes increasingly agitated while the narrator reads him The Mad Trist. That story ends with Madeline, a woman with this surname, scaring her brother Roderick to death.
ANSWER: Usher [accept Roderick Usher or Madeline Usher; accept “The Fall of the House of Usher”]
<Editors, American Literature> | Packet H
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 | 17.82 | 93% | 63% | 22% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston University B | Brandeis Beethoven | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Dartmouth A | Amherst B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Dartmouth B | Boston University A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Dartmouth C | MIT B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Southern Connecticut State University A | Williams A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Tufts B | Boston College A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Tufts C | Brown A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UConn A | Tufts A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Vermont A | Boston College B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Vermont B | Brandeis Mozart | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Williams B | Amherst A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Williams C | Brandeis Bach | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern California | Main | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| Southern California | Main | ✓ | 7 | 20.00 | 100% | 86% | 14% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | Main | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | Main | ✓ | 9 | 15.56 | 100% | 56% | 0% |
| Florida | Main | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| Great Lakes | Main | ✓ | 11 | 20.91 | 91% | 91% | 27% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | Main | ✓ | 9 | 18.89 | 100% | 56% | 33% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main | ✓ | 12 | 17.50 | 92% | 67% | 17% |
| Midwest | Main | ✓ | 9 | 21.11 | 100% | 56% | 56% |
| North | Main | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 75% | 75% | 25% |
| Northeast | Main | ✓ | 12 | 13.33 | 92% | 42% | 0% |
| Pacific | Main | ✓ | 8 | 17.50 | 75% | 50% | 50% |
| South Central | Main | ✓ | 7 | 15.71 | 86% | 57% | 14% |
| Southeast | Main | ✓ | 13 | 18.46 | 92% | 77% | 15% |
| Upstate NY | Main | ✓ | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 40% | 20% |
| UK (North) | UK | ✕ | 5 | 12.00 | 80% | 40% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | ✕ | 8 | 7.50 | 50% | 25% | 0% |