Packet 8: Bonus 4
This author was not amused by a Joshua Reynolds portrait of him squinting as he tries to read a folded piece of paper. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this critic and biographer who wrote Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. James Boswell’s biography of this author has led some modern scholars to believe he had Tourette’s syndrome.
ANSWER: Samuel Johnson [or Dr. Johnson]
[10m] Johnson’s odd writing habits included using a strange shorthand to create an imitation of Juvenal whose title begins with this word. In a novel whose title begins with this word, George Osborne hands a note to Becky Sharp before traveling to the Battle of Waterloo.
ANSWER: vanity [accept “The Vanity of Human Wishes” or Vanity Fair]
[10e] Jo drops a copy of Johnson’s only novella Rasselas while explaining Laurie’s fake letter prank in this Louisa May Alcott novel about the March sisters.
ANSWER: Little Women
<Long Fiction — Ganon Evans> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 8
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 14.78 | 87% | 35% | 26% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (not so) Evil Empire | Copilot, give me a witty team name for an online quizbowl tournament | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| ASCA (Ava, Sean, Chris, and Aiden) | ccny potato salad | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Chelsea | DeWitt B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Detroit Catholic Central A | Williamston | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Detroit Catholic Central B | Okemos A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Detroit Catholic Central C | Utica Academy | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Detroit Country Day A | Okemos B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Detroit Country Day B | Hillsdale Academy C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Franklin Road Academy | Merrol Hyde B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Fremd Larpers | Quaker Oats | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Grand Ledge | DeWitt A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Harpeth Hall | Athens Bible School | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Hillsdale Academy A | Traverse City Central A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Merrol Hyde A | USN A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| New Boston Huron | Traverse City Central B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Owensboro | Portland High | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| POA | Bombardino Rizzbaino and the Tung Tung Tung Trio | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Taylor | White Cloud B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Troy A | Hillsdale Academy D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| U of D Jesuit | Troy B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| USN C | USN B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| White Cloud A | Rockford A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| son toliver | washed and braindead!!! | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 13 | 14.62 | 77% | 39% | 31% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |