Packet 1: Bonus 9
This novella’s narrator is perturbed when she notices a man atop a tower who turns away from her without breaking eye contact. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Gothic novella by Henry James, in which the young boy Miles dies in the arms of its unnamed narrator after seeing the ghost of Peter Quint at Bly Manor.
ANSWER: The Turn of the Screw
[10e] In life, Peter Quint worked in this job at Bly Manor. P. G. Wodehouse created Jeeves, who works as one of these servants for Bertie Wooster.
ANSWER: valets [accept butlers]
[10h] Peter Quint is identified in The Turn of the Screw through this distinguishing physical trait. A group of people with this physical trait are implicated in a bank robbery in a Sherlock Holmes short story.
ANSWER: red hair [or being ginger; accept “The Red-Headed League”]
<Briticisers, British Literature> | Packet A
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | 17.69 | 100% | 39% | 39% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge A | Cambridge C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Cambridge B | Warwick | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cardiff | Imperial A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Imperial B | Oxford | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Imperial C | Bristol | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Imperial D | Birmingham | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| LSE | Cambridge D | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Southampton | Cambridge E | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 20% | 40% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 18.75 | 100% | 50% | 38% |