Packet 4: Bonus 10
This author compared three corrupt officials holding “the Bible, the coin, and the gun” to the Holy Trinity in his novel Petals of Blood. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this author who wrote the novel Wizard of the Crow in the Gikuyu language. This Kenyan author of A Grain of Wheat died in 2025.
ANSWER: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o [or James Ngugi]
[10e] Ngũgĩ explained his decision to write in Gikuyu in an essay titled for reversing this process on the mind. A literary genre is named for being “post” this process, by which European powers settled and established control over foreign countries.
ANSWER: colonialism [or colonization; accept “Decolonising the Mind”; accept postcolonial novels]
[10m] Ngũgĩ was arrested in Kenya for a play titled “I Will [perform this action] When I Want.” After the Barber of Seville, the second play of a French trilogy that originated the character of Figaro is titled for him taking this action.
ANSWER: marriage [accept word forms such as being marry or to marry; accept I Will Marry When I Want; accept The Marriage of Figaro]
<Long Fiction — Ganon Evans> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 4
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 16.80 | 84% | 60% | 24% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Road Academy | USN C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Merrol Hyde B | Athens Bible School | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Owensboro | Merrol Hyde A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| USN A | Portland High | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| USN B | Harpeth Hall | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 15 | 13.33 | 80% | 47% | 7% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 24.00 | 80% | 100% | 60% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 60% | 40% |