Packet 5: Bonus 1
A project by Andrew Weatherhead added the phrase “lol” to the end of every sentence in this novel’s 2,154 pages. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this novel, whose first line became “For a long time, I went to bed early lol.” This novel’s volumes include The Guermantes Way.
ANSWER: In Search of Lost Time [accept Remembrance of Things Past; accept À la recherche du temps perdu; accept The Search or La Recherche]
[10m] Weatherhead’s next project is making a collage version of this other massive novel by David Foster Wallace, in which the Incandenza family runs the Enfield Tennis Academy.
ANSWER: Infinite Jest
[10e] Long novels currently untouched by Weatherhead include this Miguel de Cervantes book about the title “Man of La Mancha” and his squire Sancho Panza.
ANSWER: Don Quixote
<Mixed/Other Literature — Ganon Evans> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 5
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 15.00 | 96% | 31% | 23% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASCA (Ava, Sean, Chris, and Aiden) | Quaker Oats | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Bombardino Rizzbaino and the Tung Tung Tung Trio | Fremd Larpers | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| POA | (not so) Evil Empire | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| ccny potato salad | son toliver | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| washed and braindead!!! | Copilot, give me a witty team name for an online quizbowl tournament | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 16 | 12.50 | 94% | 19% | 13% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 40% | 40% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 60% | 40% |