Bonus
Answer the following about the appearance of guavas in literature, for 10 points each.
[10e] The first sentence of Esmeralda Santiago’s memoir of growing up on this island mentions “guavas at the Shop & Save.” Spanish-speaking authors from this American island territory include Giannina Braschi and José Rivera.
ANSWER: Puerto Rico [or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico] (Santiago’s memoir is When I Was Puerto Rican.)
[10h] In this novel, Yolanda pretends not to speak Spanish after getting a flat tire in a guava field. This novel uses reverse chronology to detail the lives of four sisters in America after they flee the Trujillo (“troo-HEE-yo”) regime.
ANSWER: How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (by Julia Alvarez)
[10m] This author wrote about Sampath, who lives in a guava tree after getting fired from the post office, in her novel Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. This author also wrote The Inheritance of Loss.
ANSWER: Kiran Desai [reject “Anita Desai”]
<Toronto A, World Literature>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 49 | 16.33 | 98% | 43% | 22% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol | Oxford C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Cambridge A | NYU C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Cambridge C | Manchester | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Imperial A | Cambridge E | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Imperial B | Warwick B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| LSE | Cambridge D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
| Oxford A | Cambridge B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Oxford B | Southampton B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Sheffield | Southampton A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Warwick A | Durham | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| Florida | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 5.00 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| North | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 0% | 50% |
| Northeast | 2025-02-01 | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | 10 | 16.00 | 100% | 50% | 10% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| Upstate NY | 2025-02-01 | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |