Packet 4: Bonus 19
In a story by this author, the title character is shot by the Handicapper General Diana Moon Glampers. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this science fiction author who imagined a world in which “everyone was finally equal” in “Harrison Bergeron.” This author wrote the novel Slaughterhouse-Five.
ANSWER: Kurt Vonnegut [or Kurt Vonnegut Jr.]
[10h] “Harrison Bergeron” appears alongside “All the King’s Horses” in a collection titled for this short story. In this story, a “Nothinghead” named Billy the Poet kidnaps the suicide hostess Nancy McLuhan.
ANSWER: “Welcome to the Monkey House”
[10m] This recurring character is cited as the author of “Welcome to the Monkey House” in God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. In Slaughterhouse-Five, Billy Pilgrim is a fan of this fictional writer, whom Vonnegut based on Theodore Sturgeon.
ANSWER: Kilgore Trout [or Kilgore Trout]
<Iowa A, American Literature> | Packet D
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 74 | 16.76 | 99% | 55% | 14% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield A | Edinburgh B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Sheffield B | Durham D | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| York | Durham C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 67% | 17% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 40% | 20% |
| Florida | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 100% | 44% | 11% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 100% | 44% | 22% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| North | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 11 | 17.27 | 100% | 55% | 18% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 7 | 18.57 | 100% | 57% | 29% |
| South Central | US | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 8 | 15.00 | 88% | 63% | 0% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |