Packet 3: Bonus 16
In a story by this author, a girl learning the piano is humiliated when she gets a haircut that makes her look like Peter Pan. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Chinese-American author who wrote a series of stories about Jing-Mei Woo, who plays mahjong at the title place in The Joy Luck Club.
ANSWER: Amy Tan
[10h] In “Two Kinds,” Jing-mei desires to be like an actress with this first name. An author with this first name wrote a novella in which Mr. Montague investigates ghosts and Eleanor drives into a tree.
ANSWER: Shirley [accept Shirley Temple or Shirley Jackson] (The unmentioned Jackson book is The Haunting of Hill House.)
[10e] In another Tan story, Meimei and her brother Vincent learn to play this game using lifesavers as pieces. In Stefan Zweig’s novella The Royal Game, Mirko sees checkmates in this game that don’t exist.
ANSWER: chess
<Mixed/Other Literature — Ganon Evans> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 3
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 18.57 | 100% | 62% | 24% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merrol Hyde A | Franklin Road Academy | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| Portland High | Merrol Hyde B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| USN A | Harpeth Hall | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| USN B | Owensboro | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| USN C | Athens Bible School | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 11 | 14.55 | 100% | 36% | 9% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 24.00 | 100% | 100% | 40% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 80% | 40% |