Bonus
A novel by this author begins with the line: “Waking up begins with saying and and now.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this English-born novelist who wrote about the grieving gay professor George in A Single Man. This author’s novel Goodbye to Berlin inspired the musical Cabaret.
ANSWER: Christopher Isherwood [or Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood]
[10h] Isherwood created this wig-wearing communist agent who titles a novel often paired with Goodbye to Berlin. In that novel, the detached aesthete William Bradshaw meets this character on a train from Amsterdam.
ANSWER: Mr. Norris [or Arthur Norris; accept Mr. Norris Changes Trains]
[10e] Because he is “ugly, effeminate, and a masochist,” Joshua Glenn characterized Mr. Norris as the “anti-” this character. This staple of espionage fiction is the star of the novels The Spy Who Loved Me and Dr. No.
ANSWER: James Bond [accept Agent 007]
<Maryland A, British Literature>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 52 | 16.73 | 98% | 58% | 12% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | 2025-02-01 | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 50% | 17% |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| North | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| Overflow | 2025-02-01 | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | 8 | 21.25 | 100% | 88% | 25% |
| Upstate NY | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |