Question
Dame Ngaio (“NYE-oh”) Marsh was renowned for creating characters with this occupation as seen in her novel A Man Lay Dead. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this occupation of Roderick Alleyn (“AL-len”). Other characters with this occupation include Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot.
ANSWER: detectives [or private investigator; prompt on policeman or police officer]
[10m] Like Marsh, this New Zealander was influenced by the Māori people in her literature. This author detailed the wealthy Sheridan family in the short story “The Garden Party.”
ANSWER: Katherine Mansfield [or Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp; or Kathleen Mansfield Murray]
[10h] This short story by Mansfield ends with Bertha Young looking at her “lovely” pear tree upon the realization that her husband Harry is cheating on her with Pearl Fulton.
ANSWER: “Bliss”
<World Literature>
Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 8 | 21.25 | 88% | 88% | 38% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 50% | 17% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 50% | 100% | 17% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 8 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
Data
| RIT B | Binghamton A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Syracuse | Cornell D | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Cornell B | Penn State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Jefferson County Scholars (DII) | Michigan State B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Michigan B (UG) | Miami A (UG) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Michigan State A | West Virginia A (UG) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Ohio State A (UG) | Michigan A (UG) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| UBC B | Arizona State A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| UW Envy | UW Gluttony | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| UW Wrath | Alberta | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech D | Auburn B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Mississippi State A | Clemson A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech E | Georgia A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech A | Auburn C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Auburn A | Georgia Tech C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Belmont | South Carolina A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Tennessee A | Vanderbilt A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Vanderbilt B | Southern | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| UNC A | Appalachian State A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Virginia Tech A | Appalachian State B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| UNC C | Liberty B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Tusculum | UNC B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| VCU | William & Mary | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Liberty A | Virginia | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Claremont A | UCLA E | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| UCLA C | UCLA A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| UCLA D | UCLA B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| USC | UCSD | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Columbia A (UG) | Penn A (DII) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Columbia A (UG) | Penn A (DII) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Columbia A (UG) | Columbia B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Columbia A (UG) | Columbia B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Fordham A | Penn A (DII) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Maryland B (DII) | Princeton A (UG) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Maryland B (DII) | Princeton A (UG) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Maryland B (DII) | Lehigh B (DII) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Maryland B (DII) | Lehigh B (DII) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Maryland A (DII) | NYU A (UG) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Penn B (DII) | NYU A (UG) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Penn B (DII) | NYU A (UG) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Penn B (DII) | Rutgers A (UG) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Penn B (DII) | Rutgers A (UG) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Princeton A (UG) | NYU B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Columbia A (UG) | Penn A (DII) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Columbia A (UG) | Penn A (DII) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Columbia A (UG) | Columbia B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Columbia A (UG) | Columbia B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Columbia J (DII) | Fordham A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Rowan A (DII) | Lehigh A (UG) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Penn B (DII) | NYU A (UG) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Penn B (DII) | NYU A (UG) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Penn B (DII) | Rutgers A (UG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Penn B (DII) | Rutgers A (UG) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maryland B (DII) | Princeton A (UG) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Maryland B (DII) | Princeton A (UG) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Maryland B (DII) | Lehigh B (DII) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Maryland B (DII) | Lehigh B (DII) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Rutgers A (UG) | Columbia B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Illinois B | Chicago B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Illinois A | WashU B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| WashU A | Illinois C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Illinois D | Northwestern B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Notre Dame A | Purdue B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Notre Dame B | Chicago A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Purdue C | Purdue A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Iowa A | SIUE | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |