Packet G: Bonus 17
This murder weapon is given to two policemen, who suggest that it is “right under our very noses,” before its wielder starts to laugh hysterically. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this murder weapon that Mary Maloney uses to kill her husband Patrick after he asks her for a divorce.
ANSWER: a leg of lamb [prompt on a piece of meat]
[10m] Mary kills Patrick in “Lamb to the Slaughter,” a short story that this author included with “Skin” and “The Landlady” in the collection Tales of the Unexpected.
ANSWER: Roald Dahl
[10e] Dahl’s collection Kiss Kiss features the story “The Champion of the World,” whose child protagonist who rescues his father was added to its title when Dahl reworked it into a full-length novel.
ANSWER: Danny [accept Danny, Champion of the World]
<Briticisers, British Literature> | Packet G
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 17.69 | 92% | 54% | 31% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham A | Durham D | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Durham C | Durham B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Edinburgh A | Sheffield B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Edinburgh D | Edinburgh B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Sheffield A | York | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | ✓ | 8 | 21.25 | 88% | 75% | 50% |