Packet H: Bonus 14
The Black teen Alfred Brooks takes up this activity under the mentorship of Mr. Donatelli in a novel by Robert Lipsyte. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this activity that the protagonist engages in while blindfolded in a novel’s opening chapter, before a scramble on an electrified rug for fake coins.
ANSWER: boxing [accept fighting or prizefighting; accept battle royale or brawling] (Lipsyte’s novel is The Contender, and the latter novel is Invisible Man.)
[10h] In this novel, the Black teen Griff is killed for failing to throw a boxing match. At the end of this novel, one of the two protagonists is killed during an attempted escape, after which the other adopts his name and identity.
ANSWER: The Nickel Boys (by Colson Whitehead)
[10e] The Black residents of Stamps, Arkansas all crowd around a radio in Momma’s store to listen to a Joe Louis boxing match in a scene from this author’s memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
ANSWER: Maya Angelou [or Marguerite Annie Johnson]
<Yale A, American Literature> | Packet H - Yale A, Ohio State C, Illinois C, Virginia Tech B, MIT A
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 18.81 | 100% | 49% | 39% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia A | NYU B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| Columbia B | Rutgers A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Columbia C | Maryland B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| Georgetown | Johns Hopkins B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| Maryland A | Swarthmore | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| NYU A | Vassar | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| NYU C | Johns Hopkins A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | HE |
| Rutgers B | Catholic | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California (North) | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| California (South) | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| Canada | Main Site | ✓ | 10 | 15.00 | 100% | 20% | 30% |
| Florida | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 26.67 | 100% | 67% | 100% |
| Great Lakes | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| Midwest | Main Site | ✓ | 8 | 21.25 | 100% | 63% | 50% |
| Overflow | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| South Central | Main Site | ✓ | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| Southeast | Main Site | ✓ | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| UK | Main Site | ✓ | 12 | 12.50 | 100% | 8% | 17% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 8 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| Upstate NY | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |