Packet 1: Bonus 1
This person went to see a play version of the serialized novel The White Guard over 15 times. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this person, who inspired the character of “Number One” in Arthur Koestler’s novel Darkness at Noon. Actions taken by this person inspired a novel about an author trying to write about Jesus Christ and Pontius Pilate.
ANSWER: Joseph Stalin [or Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin; or Ioseb Dzhugashvili]
[10m] Stalin frequently censored and uncensored plays by this author, who depicted the devilish cat Behemoth setting fire to a literary circle’s building in his novel The Master and Margarita.
ANSWER: Mikhail Bulgakov [or Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov]
[10e] Behemoth’s name is taken from the Book of Job (“joeb”), like this other monster that titles a treatise by Thomas Hobbes about the social contract.
ANSWER: Leviathan
<Long Fiction — Ganon Evans> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 1
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 14.80 | 88% | 40% | 20% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea | U of D Jesuit | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Copilot, give me a witty team name for an online quizbowl tournament | son toliver | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Detroit Catholic Central A | New Boston Huron | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | HE |
| Detroit Catholic Central B | Detroit Country Day B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Franklin Road Academy | Owensboro | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Fremd Larpers | washed and braindead!!! | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Harpeth Hall | USN C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Hillsdale Academy A | DeWitt B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Hillsdale Academy D | Coldwater | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Holt | Traverse City Central A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Merrol Hyde A | Athens Bible School | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Merrol Hyde B | USN A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| New Buffalo A | Hillsdale Academy C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Okemos A | Taylor | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Okemos B | Hillsdale Academy B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Quaker Oats | Bombardino Rizzbaino and the Tung Tung Tung Trio | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Rockford A | New Buffalo B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rockford B | Traverse City Central B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Troy A | Detroit Catholic Central C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| USN B | Portland High | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Utica Academy | White Cloud B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| White Cloud A | Detroit Country Day A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Williamston | DeWitt A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| ccny potato salad | POA | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| not so evil empire | ASCA | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 15 | 13.33 | 80% | 33% | 20% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 24.00 | 100% | 100% | 40% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |