Packet 2: Bonus 18
Margaret Anderson founded a literary “review” named for this adjective that serialized James Joyce’s Ulysses. For 10 points each:
[10e] What adjective names an early-20th-century theater movement that rejected melodrama? In a Lillian Hellman play titled for this adjective, Regina Giddens blackmails her brothers for control of a cotton mill.
ANSWER: little [accept The Little Review or Little Theatre Movement or The Little Foxes]
[10m] A Little Theatre in this city co-founded by Ellen Van Volkenburg inspired the name of Anderson’s review. William H. Macy co-founded St. Nicholas Theater in this city, home to Steppenwolf Theater and Poetry magazine.
ANSWER: Chicago (St. Nicholas Theater was co-founded by David Mamet, Steven Schacter, and Patricia Cox.)
[10h] Laura Dainty Pelham inaugurated the American Little Theatre Movement by directing the “Players” at this place, who performed socially-conscious plays by Galsworthy, Ibsen, and Shaw.
ANSWER: Hull House [accept Hull-House Theatre or Hull-House Players]
<Editors, American Literature> | B. Prelims 2 - Northwestern A + Virginia Tech + Brown + Penn State
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 16.25 | 100% | 63% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | Virginia | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Chicago A | Ohio State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Harvard | Georgetown | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Illinois A | Vanderbilt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| MIT | Indiana | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Minnesota | Georgia Tech B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto A | Maryland B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| UC Berkeley A | Rutgers | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 8 | 16.25 | 100% | 63% | 0% |