Packet 8: Bonus 16
A poem in this form “doubt[s] not God is good,” but wonders “What awful brain compels His awful hand.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this form of the poems “Yet Do I Marvel” by Countee Cullen and “If We Must Die” by Claude McKay.
ANSWER: sonnet
[10e] Cullen and McKay were poets of this African-American cultural movement centered in a New York City neighborhood.
ANSWER: Harlem Renaissance [accept New Negro Movement]
[10m] The “curious thing” at which Cullen marvels in “Yet I Do Marvel” is that God “make[s] a poet black, and bid him [perform this action].” Langston Hughes wrote “I, too” perform this action to “America.”
ANSWER: sing [accept verb forms; accept “I, too, sing America.”]
<Poetry — Sarah Benner> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 8
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 16.80 | 88% | 44% | 36% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bombardino Rizzbaino and the Tung Tung Tung Trio | POA | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | HE |
| Copilot, give me a witty team name for an online quizbowl tournament | (not so) Evil Empire | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Fremd Larpers | Quaker Oats | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| ccny potato salad | ASCA (Ava, Sean, Chris, and Aiden) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| son toliver | washed and braindead!!! | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 16 | 14.38 | 81% | 25% | 38% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 80% | 20% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |