Question
Answer these questions about literary nonsense, For 10 points each:
[10h] This Victorian-era poet invented the nonsense word “runcible” to describe a spoon used to dine in his 1871 poem, “Owl and the Pussycat."
ANSWER: Edward Lear
[10m] This form of poetry was popularized in Lear’s Book of Nonsense. This form contains a A-A-B-B-A rhyme scheme.
ANSWER: limerick
[10e] Nonsensical words like “chortle” and “galumphing” were introduced by this man in his poem “Jabberwocky” . This English writer wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
ANSWER: Lewis Carroll [or Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]
<Literature - British Literature - Poetry>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Boone Academy | East Brunswick B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Downingtown STEM | moving finger A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| East Brunswick A | Hunter A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Eastchester | Hastings A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Great Valley | Hunter B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Mather B | North Babylon A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Mather C | Hastings B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Stuyvesant A | Mather A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Stuyvesant B | moving finger B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Trinity A | moving finger C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Trinity B | BASIS-Independent Brooklyn | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball Fight 2 | 1/11/2025 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 FARSI @ Columbia | 12/08/2024 | Y | 11 | 16.36 | 91% | 73% | 0% |