Packet 6: Bonus 12
In this author’s story “Chac Mool,” Filiberto purchases a stone figurine which torments him while gradually turning into a human. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this author of a novel in which Harriet Winslow has an affair with a character inspired by an author who disappeared in 1913.
ANSWER: Carlos Fuentes (The unnamed novel is The Old Gringo, based on the disappearance of Ambrose Bierce)
[10m] Filiberto’s diary in “Chac Mool” mentions being struck by the memory of this poet when thinking about his youth. This poet wrote “Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angelic orders?” in his Duino Elegies.
ANSWER: Rainer Maria Rilke
[10e] One of the first signs that the stone Chac Mool is turning into a human is the presence of this stuff on its arms. In Alexander Pope’s The Rape of the Lock, some of this stuff is stolen from Belinda’s head.
ANSWER: hair
<Mixed/Other Literature — Sam Macchi> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 6
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 18.46 | 100% | 50% | 35% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (not so) Evil Empire | Fremd Larpers | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Copilot, give me a witty team name for an online quizbowl tournament | ASCA (Ava, Sean, Chris, and Aiden) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| ccny potato salad | Bombardino Rizzbaino and the Tung Tung Tung Trio | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| son toliver | Quaker Oats | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| washed and braindead!!! | POA | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 16 | 16.25 | 100% | 38% | 25% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 28.00 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 40% | 20% |