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Question

In response to the desertion of his wife Emelda, this character becomes a belligerent drunk, which ironically earns him the respect of his peers. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this carpenter who gives up on making the “thing without a name” after he is imprisoned for theft. This carpenter appears in a collection that also features the prophet Man-Man and the poet B. Wordsworth.

ANSWER: Mr. Popo (from Miguel Street by V.S. Naipaul)

[10e] Although there is no Mr. Popo, this classic novel by Wu Cheng’en about Xuanzang’s pilgrimage to India does have characters named the Ox King and Son Goku.

ANSWER: Journey to the West [or Xi You Ji; accept Monkey]

[10m] The protagonist of this Natsume Soseki novel takes a job as a math teacher on Shikoku, where he works alongside “Radish” and “Squash.” This novel depicts the title character’s struggle with the teacher “Red Shirt.”

ANSWER: Botchan

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Summary


2023 BHSU @ Berkeley	03/18/2023	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2023 BHSU @ Maryland	03/11/2023	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
2023 BHSU Online	04/15/2023	Y	3	16.67	67%	100%	0%
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield	04/15/2023	Y	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo	04/15/2023	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2023 BHSU @ Yale	04/08/2023	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2023 BHSU @ Yale	04/08/2023	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2023 BHSU @ Yale	04/08/2023	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2023 BHSU @ Northwestern	02/25/2023	N	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%

Data


Berkeley B	It's Joever	0	10	10	20
Stanford A	Berkeley A	0	10	10	20
Rutgers Diaspora	The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs	10	10	10	30
Cornell C++	Houston and friends	0	0	10	10
Dr. Christopher Manners, MD – Samarra, Iraq	Hutto Hippos	0	10	10	20
Rollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang	The Enrique Trastamara Military Academy B	0	10	10	20
Magisters Ludi	Oxford Hornets	10	10	10	30
Parth et al.	Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style	0	10	10	20
The Passion According to C.H.	Milan et al.	0	10	10	20
nats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft	Columbia B	0	10	10	20
nats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft	Columbia B	0	10	10	20
nats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft	meet the new weird, same as the old weird	0	10	10	20
nats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft	meet the new weird, same as the old weird	0	10	10	20
UG Championship Players (and Mazin)	Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again	0	10	10	20
UG Championship Players (and Mazin)	Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again	0	10	0	10
UG Championship Players (and Mazin)	Olmo (Bonus) Bagelry	0	10	10	20
UG Championship Players (and Mazin)	Olmo (Bonus) Bagelry	0	10	0	10
nats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft	Columbia B	0	10	10	20
nats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft	Columbia B	0	10	10	20
nats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft	meet the new weird, same as the old weird	0	10	10	20
nats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft	meet the new weird, same as the old weird	0	10	10	20
Olmo (Bonus) Bagelry	meet the new weird, same as the old weird	0	10	0	10
UG Championship Players (and Mazin)	Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again	0	10	10	20
UG Championship Players (and Mazin)	Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again	0	10	0	10
UG Championship Players (and Mazin)	Olmo (Bonus) Bagelry	0	10	10	20
UG Championship Players (and Mazin)	Olmo (Bonus) Bagelry	0	10	0	10
Columbia B	meet the new weird, same as the old weird	0	10	10	20