Packet 9: Bonus 11
While living as a rancher in this country, Samuel Butler wrote several essays and novels about the idea of machines achieving sentience through natural selection. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this country, the home of the author of the short stories “Bliss” and “The Garden Party,” Katherine Mansfield.
ANSWER: New Zealand [or Aotearoa]
[10e] The “Butlerian Jihad” in this series refers to a revolt against sentient robots. Paul Atreides becomes a false messiah on the worm-infested planet of Arrakis in this series started by Frank Herbert.
ANSWER: Dune
[10h] In this novel, the aristocrat-turned-communist Mr. Ferguson enjoys books like Butler’s Erewhon. In this mystery novel, Simon fakes being shot so he can instead murder Linnet on a steamer leaving Abu Simbel.
ANSWER: Death on the Nile
<Long Fiction — Ganon Evans> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 9
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 14.78 | 91% | 26% | 30% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athens Bible School | Portland High | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Franklin Road Academy | USN A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Harpeth Hall | Merrol Hyde B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| USN B | Merrol Hyde A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| USN C | Owensboro | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 13 | 14.62 | 92% | 23% | 31% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 40% | 60% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 10.00 | 80% | 20% | 0% |