Packet A: Bonus 4
In a play by this author, a plate of sardines is involved in mishaps like sticking to a man’s hand and getting dumped over a woman’s head. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this author of the farce Noises Off. This author also wrote Copenhagen, in which the ghosts of Bohr and Heisenberg discuss a 1941 meeting in the title city.
ANSWER: Michael Frayn
[10e] Frayn’s Noises Off is centered on one of these literary devices directed by the character Lloyd Dallas. Another example of this literary device is Pyramus and Thisbe in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
ANSWER: play within a play [accept fictional play; accept descriptions of a performance in a play; accept nested play; prompt on play]
[10h] In this play, the playwright Henry writes the play-within-a-play House of Cards. In this play, Henry’s partner Anne asks him to ghostwrite a play for the soldier Brodie, who is imprisoned after setting fire to the Cenotaph.
ANSWER: The Real Thing (by Tom Stoppard)
<Purdue, British Literature> | Packet A - Brown A, Wisconsin A, Purdue, Maryland B
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | 13.70 | 85% | 43% | 9% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago A | Northwestern C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Chicago B | Notre Dame B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Chicago C | Indiana B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Chicago D | Illinois C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Illinois A | Indiana C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Illinois B | Northwestern D | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Indiana A | Chicago E | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Purdue B | Notre Dame A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California (North) | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| California (South) | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 25% | 0% |
| Canada | Main Site | ✓ | 12 | 13.33 | 83% | 42% | 8% |
| Florida | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 67% | 67% | 33% |
| Great Lakes | Main Site | ✓ | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 40% | 20% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 9 | 10.00 | 67% | 22% | 11% |
| Midwest | Main Site | ✓ | 8 | 16.25 | 88% | 63% | 13% |
| Overflow | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| South Central | Main Site | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Southeast | Main Site | ✓ | 7 | 14.29 | 100% | 43% | 0% |
| UK | Main Site | ✓ | 12 | 11.67 | 92% | 25% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 8 | 12.50 | 75% | 50% | 0% |
| Upstate NY | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 75% | 25% | 25% |