Packet 3: Bonus 17
A character claims he must have confidence to be worthy of this person, “who does all things perfectly even with the pain of the bone spur in his heel.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this “great” person, the hero of a man who watches in failure as mako sharks gnaw at a skeleton in a 1952 novella.
ANSWER: Joe DiMaggio [accept The Great DiMaggio]
[10e] Santiago idolizes Joe DiMaggio in The Old Man and the Sea, a book by this author of For Whom the Bell Tolls.
ANSWER: Ernest Hemingway
[10m] Hemingway carried a ticket stub from a 14-inning Yankee game during his time in the Red Cross, which inspired this other novel in which Frederic Henry falls in love with the nurse Catherine Barkley.
ANSWER: A Farewell to Arms
<Long Fiction — Ganon Evans> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 3
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 16.52 | 91% | 61% | 13% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merrol Hyde A | Franklin Road Academy | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Portland High | Merrol Hyde B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| USN A | Harpeth Hall | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| USN B | Owensboro | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| USN C | Athens Bible School | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 13 | 16.92 | 85% | 69% | 15% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |