Packet 7: Bonus 11
The title character of this play is unexpectedly arrested on the orders of Louis XIV. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Molière play in which Orgon overhears the title man seducing his wife, Elmire, while hiding under a table.
ANSWER: Tartuffe
[10e] Tartuffe’s sudden arrest is an example of this plot device known by a three-word Latin name, in which a solution to a seemingly-impossible problem emerges “from the machine.”
ANSWER: deus ex machina
[10h] Molière ironically had an eventually-fatal coughing fit on stage while playing the title role of Argan in this play of his.
ANSWER: The Imaginary Invalid [or Le Malade imaginaire or The Hypochondriac or The Would-Be Invalid]
<Drama — Sarah Benner> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 7
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 16.19 | 81% | 67% | 14% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Road Academy | Harpeth Hall | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Merrol Hyde A | Portland High | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Merrol Hyde B | USN C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Owensboro | Athens Bible School | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| USN A | USN B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 11 | 12.73 | 64% | 64% | 0% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 100% | 20% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 40% | 40% |