Packet 10: Bonus 14

A holder of this position tells the Praise-Singer and Iyaloja the story of a bird which informs people of their deaths in advance. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this position held by a Yoruba man whose son Olunde dies by suicide in his place, leading that holder of this position to himself die by suicide.
ANSWER: king’s horseman [prompt on Death and the King’s Horseman; reject “king”]
[10m] The king’s horseman Elesin struggles with his obligations in this Nigerian author’s play Death and the King’s Horseman.
ANSWER: Wole Soyinka [or Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka]
[10e] Elesin dies by suicide while being imprisoned in a cellar where these people “were stored before being taken down to the coast.” Frederick Douglass wrote a narrative of his time as one of these people.
ANSWER: enslaved people [or slaves]
<Drama — Sam Macchi> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 10

HeardPPBE %M %H %
1813.8994%44%0%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
(not so) Evil EmpireASCA (Ava, Sean, Chris, and Aiden)0101020ME
ChelseaRockford A0101020ME
ColdwaterRockford B001010E
Copilot, give me a witty team name for an online quizbowl tournamentccny potato salad0101020ME
Detroit Catholic Central AHillsdale Academy A0101020ME
Detroit Catholic Central CDetroit Catholic Central B001010E
Hillsdale Academy BNew Boston Huron001010E
Hillsdale Academy DGrand Ledge0000
New Buffalo BNew Buffalo A001010E
Okemos BU of D Jesuit0101020ME
Traverse City Central AWilliamston001010E
Traverse City Central BHolt001010E
Troy ADeWitt A001010E
Troy BDetroit Country Day A0101020ME
USN BUSN A0101020ME
Utica AcademyOkemos A0101020ME
White Cloud ADeWitt B001010E
White Cloud BHillsdale Academy C001010E

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Rube Goldberg XIX11/20/2025✓1512.6793%33%0%
SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS11/20/2025✓220.00100%100%0%
SPOOKY IX11/20/2025✓120.00100%100%0%