Packet 7: Bonus 15
In this novel, a patch of grass promises to cry every day for its gardner once the two are reincarnated in different lives. For 10 points each:
[10m] Lín Dàiyù is born with a piece of jade in his mouth in what Chinese novel about the Jiā family?
ANSWER: Dream of the Red Chamber [or Story of the Stone; or A Dream of Red Mansions; or Hóng Lóu Mèng; or Shitou ji]
[10e] The protagonist of this other novel once passed out in the “red room,” where she believes she saw a ghost. The “madwoman in the attic” is discovered by the title governess of Thornfield Hall in this Charlotte Brontë novel.
ANSWER: Jane Eyre
[10h] A bitter journalist is the protagonist of this author’s novella The Red Room. The title character of a play by this author offers a canary in a cage as a gift to a man who she later hallucinates on a chopping block.
ANSWER: August Strindberg (The play is Miss Julie.)
<Long Fiction — Ganon Evans> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 7
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 14.00 | 72% | 56% | 12% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (not so) Evil Empire | Quaker Oats | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | M |
| ASCA (Ava, Sean, Chris, and Aiden) | Fremd Larpers | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Copilot, give me a witty team name for an online quizbowl tournament | Bombardino Rizzbaino and the Tung Tung Tung Trio | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| ccny potato salad | washed and braindead!!! | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| son toliver | POA | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 15 | 12.67 | 73% | 47% | 7% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 22.00 | 80% | 100% | 40% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 10.00 | 60% | 40% | 0% |