Packet 6: Bonus 20
This phenomenon is called “restless” and “roving” in the third translation of an Ojibwe chant in Sanders and Peek’s anthology Literature of the American Indian. For 10 points each:
[10m] An anthology of “Poetries of the Americas from Origins to Present” is titled “The Serpent and” what phenomenon? The “memories” of this phenomenon title Eduardo Galeano’s history of Latin America.
ANSWER: fire [or flames; accept The Serpent and the Fire; accept “Fire-Fly Song” or “Fire-Fly Chant” or “Chant to the Fire-Fly”; accept Memories of Fire Trilogy or Memoria del fuego]
[10h] An Otomí poem from this set of 91 cuīcatl (“kwee-KAH-tull”) recalls when the god “would order / The fire and flood of war.” This set of ritual songs were compiled in a Nahuatl codex in 16th-century New Spain.
ANSWER: Cantares Mexicanos [prompt on Mexican Songs or Mexican Poems]
[10e] The Serpent and the Fire collects a chant by a Nahua author with this surname for censing a sick child. A Mexican nun, or “Sor,” with this first name echoed the tocotín drum notation of the Cantares in her Loa to Divine Narcissus.
ANSWER: Juana [accept Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz or Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana; accept Francisca Juana]
<Editors, World Literature> | O. Playoffs 6 (Editors 6)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago A | NYU A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Georgia Tech A | Johns Hopkins | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech C | UCLA | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Stanford A | Indiana | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley A | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |