Bonus
In this story, the phrase “Red… Red…” describes the stupefaction of a group of four “idiots” by the title object. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this story in which Mazzini and Berta’s youngest child is killed by her mentally impaired brothers.
ANSWER: “The Decapitated Chicken” [or “La gallina degollada”]
[10m] The author of “The Decapitated Chicken,” Horacio Quiroga (“oh-RAH-see-yo kee-RO-ga”), was born in this country. This country’s author Eduardo Galeano wrote The Memory of Fire trilogy and The Open Veins of Latin America.
ANSWER: Uruguay [or Oriental Republic of Uruguay; or República Oriental del Uruguay]
[10e] A section of Galeano’s Memory of Fire records a “song of the shield” written by a person from this empire. This empire’s Indigenous poets included Nezahualcoyotl and the Nahuatl-speaking authors of Texcoco School codices.
ANSWER: Aztec Empire [or Mexicas; accept Triple Alliance]
<Brown, World Literature>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 | 17.93 | 97% | 66% | 17% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASU | Texas A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Alabama A | Tennessee A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Bruin A | Georgia Tech D | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Cambridge B | Bristol | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Chicago A | Illinois B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Chicago B | WashU A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Chicago C | WashU B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Florida A | UCF B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Florida B | Florida State A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech B | Louisville A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Illinois A | Illinois C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Imperial B | Cambridge D | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Indiana A | Missouri S&T | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Indiana B | Missouri | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | M |
| Iowa | Georgetown B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| LSE | Oxford A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Northwestern B | Northwestern A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Notre Dame A | Purdue | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Notre Dame C | Georgetown A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Oxford C | Sheffield | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Stanford B | Notre Dame B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Texas B | TAMU | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| UC Berkeley A | Claremont B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| UC Berkeley B | UCSD | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| UCLA | Claremont A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| UW A | Alberta | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| UW B | UBC | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Valencia A | UCF C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Warwick B | Southampton A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Florida | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | 6 | 21.67 | 83% | 83% | 50% |
| Overflow | 2025-02-01 | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 80% | 0% |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 40% | 20% |