Packet 9: Bonus 13
Answer the following about Abraham Lincoln and burial monuments. For 10 points each:
[10m] Lincoln, his wife, and sons Edward, William, and Thomas are buried in this city’s Oak Ridge Cemetery. Though he was not born in this city, Lincoln’s Presidential Library and Museum are in this state capital.
ANSWER: Springfield, Illinois
[10h] Before William Lincoln was buried, he was temporarily interred in a crypt which his father frequently visited, inspiring this author’s novel Lincoln in the Bardo. This contemporary American author of CivilWarLand in Bad Decline wrote the short story collection Tenth of December.
ANSWER: George Saunders
[10e] In an attempt to give Lincoln the last word, visitors frequently leave pennies on the headstone of this assassin’s grave in Baltimore’s Green Mount Cemetery.
ANSWER: John Wilkes Booth
<Other Academic — Andrew Gao> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 9
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 18.46 | 100% | 73% | 12% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athens Bible School | Portland High | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Merrol Hyde B | Harpeth Hall | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| USN A | Franklin Road Academy | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| USN B | Merrol Hyde A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| USN C | Owensboro | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 16 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 26.00 | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |