Bonus
When the protagonist says that she doesn’t want to “go among mad people,” this character insists that the protagonist must be mad too or she wouldn’t have come to Wonderland. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Lewis Carroll character. When he gradually disappears, the last part of him to vanish is his grin.
ANSWER: Cheshire Cat [or Cheshire Puss; prompt on cat or puss]
[10h] In a story by this author, a talking cat marries Tabby and helps a man woo the wife of Panteleone (“PAN-tay-lay-OH-nay”). This author referenced Lewis Carroll in a story in which a girl in a wedding dress scares away a mob of townspeople who shoot her foster father in the shoulder.
ANSWER: Angela Carter (Those stories are “Puss-in-Boots” and “Wolf-Alice.”)
[10m] In this story by a different author, guests at the Blemleys’ house panic when Cornelius Appin teaches the title cat to talk, and he turns out to be a malicious gossip.
ANSWER: “Tobermory” (by Saki)
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Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State | NYU | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| British Columbia | Florida | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Columbia B | Vanderbilt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cornell A | Virginia Tech | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Cornell B | Virginia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Indiana | Columbia A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Iowa State | Chicago B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Maryland | UCF | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Minnesota | Johns Hopkins | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EH |
| North Carolina A | UC Berkeley A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Northwestern | Waterloo A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Ohio State | Michigan | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Ottawa | Georgia State | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| RIT | North Carolina B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford | Chicago A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Texas | Harvard | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto A | Illinois A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
| Toronto B | MIT | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EH |
| Toronto C | Georgia Tech | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley B | WUSTL B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| WUSTL A | Rutgers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Waterloo B | LSE | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Winona State | Illinois B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Yale | Penn State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 24 | 14.17 | 100% | 29% | 13% |