Packet 8: Bonus 13
The audience is addressed as “noble and illustrious” performers of this activity before a digression on Silenus boxes in the prologue of a book translated by Thomas Urquhart. For 10 points each:
[10m] Gargamelle gives birth to the title character immediately after a chapter consisting of a ribald “dialogue” about what activity? At the end of a five-book sequence, an oracle uses a single word to compel Panurge to do this action.
ANSWER: drinking alcohol [accept guzzling or boozing]
[10e] Many paeans to the joys of drinking appear in François Rabelais’s novels titled for this gluttonous giant and his son, Pantagruel.
ANSWER: Gargantua
[10h] Most of Chapter 22 of Gargantua consists of a list of these things enjoyed by Gargantua, which include nivinivinack, the twirly whirlytrill, bumdockdousse, Marseilles figs, and torture.
ANSWER: games [or jeux]
<Editors, European Literature> | H. Prelims 8 - Stanford A + Georgia Tech C + Columbia A + Columbia B
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 11.00 | 100% | 10% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | UC Berkeley B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Bruin | Michigan | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cambridge | British Columbia | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Chicago A | WashU | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgetown | Swarthmore | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech A | Texas | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech B | Toronto A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Harvard | Ohio State | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Illinois A | Stanford B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Illinois B | Chicago B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Indiana | Waterloo | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| MIT | Pittsburgh | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Minnesota | Purdue | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| NYU B | Maryland A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| North Carolina | Rutgers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Northwestern B | Vanderbilt | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto B | Northwestern A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UCLA | Maryland B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Virginia | UC Berkeley A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Virginia Tech | Penn State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 20 | 11.00 | 100% | 10% | 0% |