Packet 1: Tossup 6

Irene is horrified when one of these objects allows her to spy on her neighbors in a short story by John Cheever. (15[1])The Hitchhiker’s (15[1])Guide (15[1])to the Galaxy and Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood were created for a genre defined by these (15[1])objects. (15[1])Mario (15[1])and Pedro Camacho (-5[1])edit novelas meant to be enjoyed (15[1]-5[1])via these objects (15[1])in the novel (15[1])(*) Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter. (10[1])In 1938, a performance (10[1])through these objects about aliens in Grovers (10[2])Mill, (10[2])New Jersey (10[1])was put (-5[1])on by Orson Welles (10[2])as an adaptation (10[1])of (10[1])The War of the Worlds. (10[2])For 10 points, in the mid-20th century, people enjoyed listening to plays on what objects, (10[2])which were eclipsed by TVs? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: radios [accept radio dramas; accept “The Enormous Radio”]
<Mixed/Other Literature — Ganon Evans> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 1
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
Rube Goldberg XIX11/20/202516100%19%19%80.63
SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS11/20/20255100%80%0%38.40
SPOOKY IX11/20/20255100%40%0%69.00