Packet 10: Bonus 15
The appearance of ghosts called onryō as women with long, white kimonos and disheveled black hair originated from costumes in this genre. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this genre whose performers wear red paint over pale makeup in a style called kumadori. This Japanese theatre genre originated after noh and bunraku.
ANSWER: kabuki [accept word forms such as kabuki theater or kabuki plays]
[10h] Yukio Mishima created a kabuki adaptation of a story by this author in which an artist paints his daughter burning in a carriage. A ghost claims he stabbed himself in a bamboo forest while speaking through a medium at the end of another story by this author.
ANSWER: Ryunosuke Akutagawa [or Akutagawa Ryunosuke] (The stories are “Hell Screen” and “In a Grove” respectively.)
[10e] The 11-act kabuki play Kanadehon Chushingura depicts 47 of these Japanese warriors fighting with katanas to avenge their dead master.
ANSWER: samurais [accept ronin]
<Mixed/Other Literature — Ganon Evans> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 10
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 17.37 | 100% | 37% | 37% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (not so) Evil Empire | ASCA (Ava, Sean, Chris, and Aiden) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| Chelsea | Rockford A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Coldwater | Rockford B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| DeWitt A | Troy A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Detroit Catholic Central A | Hillsdale Academy A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| Detroit Catholic Central C | Detroit Catholic Central B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Detroit Country Day A | Troy B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Detroit Country Day B | Taylor | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Grand Ledge | Hillsdale Academy D | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Hillsdale Academy B | New Boston Huron | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Holt | Traverse City Central B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| New Buffalo B | New Buffalo A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Okemos B | U of D Jesuit | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | HE |
| Traverse City Central A | Williamston | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| USN A | USN B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| Utica Academy | Okemos A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| White Cloud A | DeWitt B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| White Cloud B | Hillsdale Academy C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| ccny potato salad | Copilot, give me a witty team name for an online quizbowl tournament | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 16 | 15.00 | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |