Packet J: Bonus 7
This poet describes, “Naked truth, busy ransacking/the earth’s wardrobe” and the dissatisfaction of the “Ideal Being” in “Plato, or Why.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this poet, who in one poem described the work that “someone” has to do after “all the cameras have left for another war.”
ANSWER: Wisława Szymborska (“vee-SWAH-vah shim-BOR-skah”)
[10e] Szymborska was a poet in this language, whose Three Bards are Zygmunt Krasiński (“ZIG-moont kra-SHIN-skee”), Juliusz Słowacki (“YOOL-yoosh swo-VAHT-skee”) and Adam Mickiewicz (“meets-K’YEH-veech”).
ANSWER: Polish
[10m] In memory of this event, Szymborska wrote a poem about a photograph that “halted” people “in life” and kept them “above the earth toward the earth.” A controversial poem written about this event asks a sequence of accusatory “who” statements.
ANSWER: September 11th attacks [accept 9/11]
<Illinois B, European Literature> | Packet J - Southampton A, Indiana A, Illinois B, Edinburgh A
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | 12.84 | 85% | 27% | 16% |
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California (North) | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 33% | 67% |
| California (South) | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Canada | Main Site | ✓ | 12 | 14.17 | 83% | 42% | 17% |
| Florida | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | Main Site | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 20% | 20% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 33% | 44% |
| Midwest | Main Site | ✓ | 8 | 13.75 | 88% | 38% | 13% |
| Northeast | Main Site | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 20% | 20% |
| Overflow | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 0% | 33% |
| South Central | Main Site | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Southeast | Main Site | ✓ | 8 | 11.25 | 75% | 38% | 0% |
| UK | Main Site | ✓ | 6 | 11.67 | 100% | 17% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 9 | 8.89 | 78% | 11% | 0% |
| Upstate NY | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 7.50 | 25% | 25% | 25% |