Packet 1: Bonus 2
The narrator of a novel by this author recalls riding in the fancy baby carriage gifted by her rich German aunt and encountering a pet pygmy hippopotamus on the aunt’s estate. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this author of Mina’s Matchbox. This author wrote about a mathematician with a memory that only lasts 80 minutes who is cared for by a housekeeper and her young son.
ANSWER: Yōko Ogawa [or Ogawa Yōko] (The novel is The Housekeeper and the Professor.)
[10e] Ogawa’s novella collection The Diving Pool is usually described as belonging to this type of genre fiction. Koji Suzuki’s Ring and most of the manga of Junji Ito belong to this broad genre.
ANSWER: horror fiction [accept psychological horror; accept ghost stories; prompt on mystery]
[10m] In Mina’s Matchbox, Tomoko begins to use the local library after hearing about the apparent suicide of this man via gas. This person delivered the Zen-inspired lecture “Japan, The Beautiful and Myself.”
ANSWER: Yasunari Kawabata [or Kawabata Yasunari]
<Editors, World Literature> | U. Finals 1 (Editors 11)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
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| 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago A | Stanford A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |