Round 1: Tossup 6
Irene is horrified when one of these objects allows her to spy on her neighbors in a short story by John Cheever. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood were created for a genre defined by these objects. Mario and Pedro Camacho edit novelas meant to be enjoyed via these objects in the novel (*) Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter. In 1938, a performance through these objects about aliens in Grovers Mill, New Jersey was put on by Orson Welles as an adaptation of The War of the Worlds. For 10 points, in the mid-20th century, people enjoyed listening to plays on what objects, which were eclipsed by TVs? ■END■
ANSWER: radios [accept radio dramas; accept “The Enormous Radio”]
<Mixed/Other Literature — Ganon Evans> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 1
= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzzpoint | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucia Gellert | USN B | Portland High | 43 | 15 |
| Jasmine Horwitz | USN A | Merrol Hyde B | 58 | 15 |
| Carson Tidwell | Merrol Hyde A | Athens Bible School | 74 | 10 |
| Oren Shwartz | USN C | Harpeth Hall | 83 | 10 |
| Randy Cooper | Franklin Road Academy | Owensboro | 87 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 16 | 100% | 19% | 19% | 80.63 |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 80% | 0% | 38.40 |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 40% | 0% | 69.00 |