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Packet 12: Bonus 16

In 1985, this prize’s jury was divided over a Keri Hulme (“hulm”) novel that detailed an abusive relationship between the mute boy Simon and his father Joe. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this prize that was long-awarded to Commonwealth, Irish and South African novels before being expanded to all English-language fiction in 2014.
ANSWER: Booker Prize [accept Man Booker Prize]
[10h] Keri Hulme won the Booker Prize for this debut novel in which the part-Maori artist Kerewin befriends Simon before eventually adopting him to form a family.
ANSWER: The Bone People
[10e] In The Bone People, Kerewin meets Simon when he sneaks into a secluded one of these structures where she lives. A prince is blinded after marrying a girl locked in one of these structures in the Grimms’ version of “Rapunzel.”
ANSWER: towers [reject “castle”]
<Editors, World Literature> | Packet L

EditionsHeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
210517.2497%72%3%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Durham ADurham C1001020ME
Edinburgh AEdinburgh D1001020ME
Edinburgh BEdinburgh C1001020ME
Sheffield BSheffield A1001020ME
YorkDurham B1001020ME

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
UK (North)UKY520.00100%100%0%
UK (South)UKY818.75100%88%0%
Southern CaliforniaUSY717.14100%57%14%
Eastern Canada (2)USY920.00100%100%0%
Great LakesUSY1216.67100%67%0%
Lower Mid-AtlanticUSY618.33100%83%0%
Upper Mid-AtlanticUSY1214.1792%42%8%
MidwestUSY918.89100%89%0%
NortheastUSY1117.2791%82%0%
PacificUSY916.67100%67%0%
SoutheastUSY1216.6792%67%8%
Upstate NYUSY514.00100%40%0%