Packet A: Bonus 16
The title poem of this collection describes “great slime kings” that “were gathered ... for vengeance.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this poetry collection. In this collection, the author mourns his brother, who is buried in “a four-foot box, a foot for every year” in the poem “Mid-Term Break.”
ANSWER: Death of a Naturalist
[10m] Death of a Naturalist is a poetry collection by this Irish poet. This poet repeated the line “between my finger and my thumb / the squat pen rests” in his poem “Digging.”
ANSWER: Seamus Heaney (“SHAY-mus HEE-nee”) [or Seamus Justin Heaney]
[10e] In 1999, Heaney released his translation of this Old English epic poem, notably translating its first word, “hwaet,” as “so.” In this poem, the title Geatish warrior kills the monster Grendel.
ANSWER: Beowulf
<UBC A, British Literature> | Packet A
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 108 | 15.09 | 99% | 42% | 10% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge B | Warwick | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Cambridge C | Cambridge A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Imperial A | Cardiff | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Imperial B | Oxford | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Imperial C | Bristol | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Imperial D | Birmingham | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Southampton | Cambridge E | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern California | Main | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Southern California | Main | ✓ | 7 | 11.43 | 100% | 14% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | Main | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| Florida | Main | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| Great Lakes | Main | ✓ | 10 | 20.00 | 100% | 70% | 30% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | Main | ✓ | 9 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main | ✓ | 11 | 12.73 | 100% | 27% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Midwest | Main | ✓ | 9 | 13.33 | 89% | 33% | 11% |
| North | Main | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Northeast | Main | ✓ | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| Pacific | Main | ✓ | 8 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| South Central | Main | ✓ | 6 | 11.67 | 100% | 17% | 0% |
| Southeast | Main | ✓ | 12 | 16.67 | 100% | 50% | 17% |
| Upstate NY | Main | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| UK (North) | UK | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | ✓ | 7 | 18.57 | 100% | 71% | 14% |