Bonus
Specific word required. A Penguin Book of “literature” about this action groups authors like Sam Selvon and Julie Otsuka into the sections “Departures,” “Arrivals,” “Generations,” and “Returns.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this process, a “season” of which titles a postcolonial novel by Sudanese author Tayeb Salih (“TYE-yib SAH-lih”).
ANSWER: migration [accept word forms such as migrating; accept The Penguin Book of Migration Literature or Season of Migration to the North or Mawsim al-Hijrah ilâ al-Shamâl]
[10h] An epigraph to Dohra Ahmad’s Penguin Book of Migration Literature is taken from Warsan Shire’s poem “Conversations About Home,” in which a refugee states, “no one leaves home / unless home is” like one of these animals.
ANSWER: a shark [or “the mouth of a shark”]
[10m] Ahmad’s book also excerpts a second-person novel by this author, who included the line “We are all migrants through time” in a novel in which magic doors begin teleporting refugees fleeing war-torn countries.
ANSWER: Mohsin Hamid (The novels are How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia and Exit West.)
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Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State | Georgia Tech | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Chicago A | British Columbia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Chicago B | NYU | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Columbia A | Toronto B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Columbia B | North Carolina B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cornell B | Indiana | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Johns Hopkins | UCF | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| LSE | Harvard | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | M |
| MIT | Iowa State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Michigan | Winona State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| North Carolina A | Cornell A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Northwestern | Virginia Tech | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Ottawa | Vanderbilt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| RIT | Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rutgers | Penn State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Texas | UC Berkeley A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Toronto A | Waterloo B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| WUSTL A | Yale | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| WUSTL B | Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Waterloo A | Maryland | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 21 | 13.33 | 86% | 48% | 0% |