Packet 2: Bonus 18
In a story, Catherine obsesses over paint names and her failing marriage as her new house is overrun by these animals. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these animals central to Kelly Link’s “Stone Animals.” One of these animals appears on the cover of a Jeff Vandermeer novel in which Control becomes the new director of the Southern Reach.
ANSWER: a rabbit [or bunny] (The Vandermeer novel is Authority.)
[10e] In Mona Awad’s Bunny, a student in one of these programs meets a clique of rich girls who conduct ritual sacrifices. Iowa hosts one of these programs that have been criticized for flattening literature.
ANSWER: writers’ workshops [or MFA programs; or programs for a Master of Fine Arts; accept the Iowa Writers’ Workshop]
[10m] A thousand baby rabbits pour out of the title object in this author’s “The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis.” This author of “Vampires in the Lemon Grove” was one of three finalists refused the Pulitzer Prize in 2012, along with Denis Johnson and David Foster Wallace.
ANSWER: Karen Russell (The Pulitzer-nominated novel is Swamplandia!)
<Editors, American Literature> | K. Playoffs 2 (Editors 2)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 10.91 | 91% | 14% | 5% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | Texas | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Brown | Purdue | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Chicago A | Maryland A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Columbia A | Harvard | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgetown | Cornell | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Georgia Tech C | Cambridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Illinois A | UCLA | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Indiana | Toronto A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Johns Hopkins | Penn State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| MIT | Minnesota | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Maryland B | Waterloo | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Michigan | Virginia | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| North Carolina | Illinois B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Northwestern B | Chicago B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Rutgers | Ohio State | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford A | UC Berkeley B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford B | Bruin | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Swarthmore | UCF | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley A | Northwestern A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Vanderbilt | Toronto B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Virginia Tech | NYU A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| WashU | Pittsburgh | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 22 | 10.91 | 91% | 14% | 5% |