Bonus
In Heinrich Heine’s (“HIGH-nuh’s”) mock-epic poem Atta Troll, a dancing animal of this type is hunted by witches. For 10 points each:
[10e] In a fairy tale, Goldilocks breaks into a house owned by a family of three of what animals?
ANSWER: bears [or Bären]
[10h] The title character is nearly killed during a bear hunt in this poem by Adam Mickiewicz (“meets-KYAY-veech”). This national epic of Poland follows a feud between the Soplicas (“soh-PLEET-sahs”) and Horeszkos (“hoh-RESH-kohs”).
ANSWER: Pan Tadeusz (“pahn tah-DAY-oosh”) [or Pan Tadeusz, czyli ostatni zajazd na Litwie; or Sir Thaddeus, or the Last Foray in Lithuania]
[10m] In this work, Taytana has a dream about being chased by a talking bear. This novel in verse, which originated the superfluous man archetype, consists of stanzas of alternating masculine and feminine rhymes.
ANSWER: Eugene Onegin [or Yevgeniy Onegin] (by Alexander Pushkin)
<Editors, European Literature>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 118 | 13.39 | 100% | 26% | 8% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh B | Edinburgh A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Edinburgh C | Sheffield A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Edinburgh D | Durham B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Sheffield B | Durham A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| York | Durham D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 13.75 | 100% | 25% | 13% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 11.43 | 100% | 14% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 40% | 20% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 11.11 | 100% | 11% | 0% |
| Florida | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 12 | 15.00 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 100% | 33% | 11% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 12 | 11.67 | 100% | 8% | 8% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 100% | 33% | 11% |
| North | US | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 12 | 14.17 | 100% | 33% | 8% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 100% | 33% | 11% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 13 | 13.85 | 100% | 39% | 0% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |