Packet B: 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
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127 | 18.74 | 100% | 71% | 17% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama A | Vanderbilt C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Auburn A | Auburn C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Clemson A | Clemson C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Emory A | Auburn B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Georgia Tech B | Georgia A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Georgia Tech C | Chipola College | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Georgia Tech E | Georgia Tech A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Georgia Tech F | Tennessee A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Mississippi State A | Sewanne | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| South Carolina A | Georgia Tech D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Tennessee Tech | Vanderbilt B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Vanderbilt A | Montevallo | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern California | Main | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Southern California | Main | ✓ | 7 | 18.57 | 100% | 86% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | Main | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | Main | ✓ | 9 | 18.89 | 100% | 67% | 22% |
| Florida | Main | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | Main | ✓ | 11 | 22.73 | 100% | 91% | 36% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | Main | ✓ | 9 | 18.89 | 100% | 89% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main | ✓ | 12 | 16.67 | 100% | 58% | 8% |
| Midwest | Main | ✓ | 9 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| North | Main | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| Northeast | Main | ✓ | 12 | 20.83 | 100% | 75% | 33% |
| Pacific | Main | ✓ | 8 | 13.75 | 100% | 38% | 0% |
| South Central | Main | ✓ | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 67% | 17% |
| Southeast | Main | ✓ | 12 | 21.67 | 100% | 83% | 33% |
| Upstate NY | Main | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 80% | 0% |
| UK (North) | UK | ✓ | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | ✓ | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |