Bonus
These people title an early Todd Haynes short film about Arthur Rimbaud (“ram-BOH”) with text by Louis-Ferdinand Céline and André Gide (“zheed”). For 10 points each:
[10h] Identify these people. John Ashbery’s translation of Rimbaud’s poem “Morning of Drunkenness” ends by announcing, “Behold the time of” these people, which Henry Miller used to title his study of Rimbaud.
ANSWER: assassins [accept Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud or The Time of the Assassins]
[10m] In the novel The Poet Assassinated, the birth of Croniamantal aligns with the “beautiful erection” of this object. This object calls itself an “elegant tongue” in a shaped poem from the collection Calligrammes (“kah-lee-GRAHM”).
ANSWER: Eiffel Tower [or Tour Eiffel]
[10e] A poet from this movement who fabricated a legend about his “Last Poem” wrote “assassins bless me” in “The Voice of Robert Desnos” (“dess-NOHSS”). André Breton praised Desnos in this movement’s manifesto.
ANSWER: surrealism [or surréalisme; accept Surrealist Manifesto] (The Poet Assassinated and Calligrammes are by Guillaume Apollinaire.)
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Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | Chicago A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| MIT | Iowa State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Northwestern | Virginia Tech | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| RIT | Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stanford | UC Berkeley B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 5 | 12.00 | 80% | 40% | 0% |