Packet 4: Bonus 1
While dreaming in a “green garden,” the speaker of a poem by this author meets a young maid who he identifies as the title object that sometimes gives this poet their name. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this unknown author, who also wrote a bob and wheel verse romance in which a nephew of King Arthur beheads the Green Knight.
ANSWER: the Pearl Poet [accept the Gawain Poet]
[10e] Sir Gawain and the Green Knight also uses a type of verse named for this literary device. This literary device is the repetition of initial consonant sounds, such as in the name “Pearl Poet.”
ANSWER: alliteration [accept alliterative verse]
[10m] The Pearl Poet wrote in this language also used by Geoffrey Chaucer. It displaced the language used to write Beowulf.
ANSWER: Middle English [prompt on English]
<Poetry — Andrew Gao> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 4
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 18.75 | 100% | 58% | 29% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Road Academy | USN C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Merrol Hyde A | Owensboro | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Merrol Hyde B | Athens Bible School | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| USN A | Portland High | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| USN B | Harpeth Hall | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 14 | 19.29 | 100% | 57% | 36% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |