Packet 3: Bonus 1
This character was based on the real-life playwright Laura Kieler, who paid for a trip to Italy to cure her husband’s tuberculosis with a forged check. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this character, who is heard slamming the door as her shallow husband Torvald exclaims “the most wonderful thing of all—?”
ANSWER: Nora Helmer [prompt on Helmer]
[10e] Nora Helmer is the protagonist of A Doll’s House by this Norwegian playwright.
ANSWER: Henrik Ibsen [or Henrik Johan Ibsen]
[10h] Ibsen befriended Laura Kieler after her response to his play Brand, which ends with one of these natural disasters. One of these disasters kills Arnold and Irena in Ibsen’s play When We Dead Awaken.
ANSWER: avalanche
<Drama — Sarah Benner> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 3
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 17.20 | 88% | 60% | 24% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea | DeWitt A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Detroit Catholic Central A | New Buffalo A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Detroit Catholic Central B | Traverse City Central B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Detroit Catholic Central C | White Cloud B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Detroit Country Day A | Coldwater | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Detroit Country Day B | Grand Ledge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hillsdale Academy A | Rockford B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| New Boston Huron | U of D Jesuit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Okemos A | Hillsdale Academy D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Okemos B | Rockford A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| Traverse City Central A | Taylor | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Troy B | DeWitt B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Utica Academy | New Buffalo B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| White Cloud A | Holt | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Williamston | Hillsdale Academy C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 15 | 17.33 | 87% | 60% | 27% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 80% | 60% | 0% |