Packet 8: Bonus 4
This author was not amused by a Joshua Reynolds portrait of him squinting as he tries to read a folded piece of paper. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this critic and biographer who wrote Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. James Boswell’s biography of this author has led some modern scholars to believe he had Tourette’s syndrome.
ANSWER: Samuel Johnson [or Dr. Johnson]
[10m] Johnson’s odd writing habits included using a strange shorthand to create an imitation of Juvenal whose title begins with this word. In a novel whose title begins with this word, George Osborne hands a note to Becky Sharp before traveling to the Battle of Waterloo.
ANSWER: vanity [accept “The Vanity of Human Wishes” or Vanity Fair]
[10e] Jo drops a copy of Johnson’s only novella Rasselas while explaining Laurie’s fake letter prank in this Louisa May Alcott novel about the March sisters.
ANSWER: Little Women
<Long Fiction — Ganon Evans> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 8
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 14.78 | 87% | 35% | 26% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Road Academy | Merrol Hyde B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Harpeth Hall | Athens Bible School | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Merrol Hyde A | USN A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Owensboro | Portland High | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| USN C | USN B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 13 | 14.62 | 77% | 39% | 31% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |