Bonus
The speaker kills cockroaches by taking “a broom to their country” and creating “a holocaust of roaches” in this author’s poem “cruelty. don’t talk to me about cruelty.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this poet who described in one poem how the title body parts “have never been enslaved” and “don’t like to be held back.”
ANSWER: Lucille Clifton [or Thelma Lucille Sayles] (That poem is “homage to my hips.”)
[10e] The roaches “bow their sad heads / for us not at us” in Clifton’s poem on “the beginning of [this event].” T. S. Eliot claimed this event would happen “not with a bang but a whimper.”
ANSWER: the end of the world [or synonyms like the apocalypse or armageddon; accept “This is the way the world ends”]
[10m] This writer’s poem dedicated to “the Survival of Roaches” and Clifton’s poem on roaches were included in the anthology Black Nature. This author wrote “Poetry Is Not a Luxury” and a “biomythography.”
ANSWER: Audre Lorde [or Audrey Geraldine Lorde] (The poem is “The Brown Menace or Poem to the Survival of Roaches.”)
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Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago A | Stanford | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Georgia Tech | Waterloo A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Illinois A | Toronto A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
Summary
| Tournament | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |