Packet 10: Bonus 18
While a “hot-shot” gives a speech in this school’s chapel, Edgar Marsalla loudly farts and is consequently expelled. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this school, the rival of Saxon Hall. A character who loses this school’s fencing equipment in the subway frequently complains about “phonies.”
ANSWER: Pencey Prep [or Pencey Preparatory School]
[10e] Holden Caulfield attends Pencey Prep in this novel by J.D. Salinger.
ANSWER: The Catcher in the Rye
[10h] In this other coming-of-age novel set at the Devon Prep School by John Knowles, Gene is subject to a trial by the debate club after he causes Finny to fall from a tree and break his leg.
ANSWER: A Separate Peace
<Long Fiction — Ganon Evans> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 10
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 14.12 | 71% | 47% | 24% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (not so) Evil Empire | ASCA (Ava, Sean, Chris, and Aiden) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Detroit Catholic Central A | Hillsdale Academy A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Detroit Catholic Central B | Detroit Catholic Central C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Detroit Country Day A | Troy B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Grand Ledge | Hillsdale Academy D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hillsdale Academy B | New Boston Huron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hillsdale Academy C | White Cloud B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Buffalo A | New Buffalo B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Okemos A | Utica Academy | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Okemos B | U of D Jesuit | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Rockford A | Chelsea | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Traverse City Central A | Williamston | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Traverse City Central B | Holt | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Troy A | DeWitt A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| USN A | USN B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| White Cloud A | DeWitt B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| ccny potato salad | Copilot, give me a witty team name for an online quizbowl tournament | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 14 | 12.86 | 64% | 43% | 21% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |