Packet 5: Bonus 9
Notable works of travel literature that debuted in this literary magazine include Bruce Chatwin’s “A Coup” and Bill Bryson’s “Fat Girls in Des Moines.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this British literary magazine that frequently publishes the travel essays of Colin Thubron and Jan Morris. This “Magazine of New Writing” is known for its “Best of Young Novelists” issues.
ANSWER: Granta
[10m] The volume Best of Granta Travel collects this author’s essay “Stiff.” This Polish journalist chronicled Haile Selassie’s downfall in The Emperor and traced the geography of The Histories in Travels with Herodotus.
ANSWER: Ryszard Kapuściński (“RISH-art kah-poosh-CHIN-skee”)
[10e] This author’s essay “Watching the Rain in Galicia” appeared in Granta’s travel-themed issue 10. This author’s career in journalism influenced his novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold.
ANSWER: Gabriel García Márquez [accept GGM; prompt on García or Márquez; prompt on Gabo or Gabito]
<Editors, World Literature> | N. Playoffs 5 (Editors 5)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 12.92 | 92% | 21% | 17% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | UCLA | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | HE |
| Bruin | Georgia Tech B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Chicago A | Indiana | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Columbia B | Georgia Tech A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Cornell | Illinois B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Georgetown | Waterloo | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech C | Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Illinois A | Cambridge | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Maryland B | Chicago B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Minnesota | Toronto B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| NYU B | Michigan | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | M |
| North Carolina | Brown | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Northwestern A | Maryland A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Ohio State | Stanford B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Penn State | Rutgers | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Purdue | UCF | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Swarthmore | Northwestern B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Texas | Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Toronto A | Stanford A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| UC Berkeley A | NYU A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| UC Berkeley B | Harvard | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Virginia | Johns Hopkins | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | HE |
| Virginia Tech | Columbia A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| WashU | MIT | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 24 | 12.92 | 92% | 21% | 17% |