Bonus
Ernest Hemingway’s novel mocking Sherwood Anderson takes its title from a novel by this author in which Sanin recollects his love for the Italian sweetmaker Gemma Roselli. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this author of the autobiographical novel Torrents of Spring. This author fictionalized his affair with his father’s mistress in the novella First Love.
ANSWER: Ivan Turgenev [or Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev]
[10h] Torrents of Spring begins as Sanin comes across one of these objects, prompting his memories of Gemma. In Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov receives one of these objects from Sonya before going to confess his murders.
ANSWER: crosses [or crucifixes; accept cross necklaces; prompt on necklaces or chains]
[10e] Turgenev’s affair with the Spanish-French opera singer Pauline Viardot inspired his interest in this character, whom he compared to Hamlet in a famous essay. This chivalry-obsessed knight titles a Miguel de Cervantes novel.
ANSWER: Don Quixote [or Don Quixote de la Mancha; or Alonso Quijano; or Alonso Quijano]
<McGill B, European Literature>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 63 | 14.76 | 98% | 22% | 27% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 0% | 33% |
| Great Lakes | 2025-02-01 | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 17% | 33% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | 6 | 10.00 | 83% | 17% | 0% |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 17% | 50% |
| North | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| Northeast | 2025-02-01 | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 0% | 20% |
| Overflow | 2025-02-01 | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 20% | 40% |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 0% | 50% |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 25% | 50% |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | 10 | 16.00 | 100% | 50% | 10% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 38% | 38% |
| Upstate NY | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |