Bonus
In this play, the tutor Septimus Hodge defines “carnal embrace” as “the practice of throwing one’s arms around a side of beef.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this play, whose two narratives alternate between 1809 and the present. In this play, Thomasina Cloverly uses the example of rice pudding to illustrate the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
ANSWER: Arcadia
[10m] Arcadia is a play by this British playwright. A coin lands on heads ninety-two times in a row in this playwright’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
ANSWER: Tom Stoppard [or Tomas Straussler]
[10e] The title characters from Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead originally appeared in this Shakespeare play. In this play, the title “Prince of Denmark” delivers the soliloquy “To be, or not to be.”
ANSWER: Hamlet [or The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark]
<Editors, British Literature>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 113 | 19.47 | 100% | 72% | 23% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge A | Cambridge E | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Cambridge B | LSE | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Cambridge D | Cardiff | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Imperial A | Bristol | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Imperial B | Birmingham | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Imperial D | Cambridge C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Oxford | Southampton | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Warwick | Imperial C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 21.25 | 100% | 75% | 38% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 18.57 | 100% | 86% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 5 | 24.00 | 100% | 100% | 40% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 21.11 | 100% | 78% | 33% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 11 | 22.73 | 100% | 91% | 36% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 56% | 22% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 23.33 | 100% | 89% | 44% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 21.11 | 100% | 89% | 22% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 20.83 | 100% | 67% | 42% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |