Question
Valentine Michael Smith appears in a novel by this man which won him the 1962 Hugo Award. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this science-fiction author of Stranger in a Strange Land. He wrote about the Filipino Johnny Rico in Starship Troopers.
ANSWER: Robert Heinlein
[10e] Robert Heinlein’s short story “All You Zombies” explores the paradoxes behind this concept. In that story, a bartender uses a machine for this action to go from the year 1945 to 1963.
ANSWER: time travel [accept obvious equivalents]
[10m] A revolt of people from this location is the subject of a Heinlein novel whose title says that this place “Is a Harsh Mistress.” In a novel by Jules Verne, the Baltimore Gun Club attempts to reach this location.
ANSWER: the moon
<Literature - World Literature - Misc Literature>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastchester | Hastings A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Great Valley | Hunter B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Hastings B | Mather C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Hunter A | East Brunswick A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Merrol-Hyde | USN A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| North Babylon A | Mather B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Stuyvesant A | Mather A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Trinity A | moving finger C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Trinity B | BASIS-Independent Brooklyn | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| USN B | USN MS | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Vanderbilt | USN C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| moving finger A | Downingtown STEM | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| moving finger B | Stuyvesant B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball Fight 2 | 1/11/2025 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 FARSI @ Columbia | 12/08/2024 | Y | 10 | 19.00 | 100% | 50% | 40% |