Bonus
Coleman Barks’ rendering of this poet’s line “out beyond ideas of right and wrong, there is a field” removes its religious connotation. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this poet who wrote of an instrument that’s “played with fire, not with wind” in “The Song of the Reed Flute.”
ANSWER: Rumi [or Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Rumi; or Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Balkhi; accept Mowlana or Mevlana or Mevlevi]
[10e] Coleman Barks popularized Rumi in the West through “interpretations” of his Masnavi, a Sufi-inspired collection of these rhyming two-line stanzas.
ANSWER: couplets [accept Spiritual Couplets]
[10m] In Barks’ version of the Masnavi, a parable about one of these animals in the dark loses a seafoam metaphor and is framed as being shown by Hindus. A George Orwell essay recounts his experience shooting one of these animals.
ANSWER: elephants [accept “Shooting an Elephant”]
<Edinburgh D, World Literature>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 105 | 16.86 | 78% | 77% | 13% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | Cambridge A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cambridge B | Bristol | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Cambridge D | Warwick | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Cambridge E | Imperial B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cardiff | Imperial C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Imperial A | LSE | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Oxford | Imperial D | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | M |
| Southampton | Cambridge C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 10.00 | 80% | 20% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 16.25 | 88% | 75% | 0% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 25% | 50% | 25% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 10 | 21.00 | 60% | 100% | 50% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 75% | 50% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 10 | 16.00 | 70% | 90% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 89% | 78% | 11% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 78% | 89% | 11% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 10 | 17.00 | 70% | 90% | 10% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 11 | 20.00 | 91% | 91% | 18% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 14.17 | 75% | 50% | 17% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 80% | 20% |