detectives - 2024 ACF Fall

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”

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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


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
Columbia A (UG)	Columbia B	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)	Penn A (DII)	10	10	0	20
Fordham A	Penn A (DII)	10	10	0	20
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
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
Maryland B (DII)	Lehigh B (DII)	0	10	0	10
Maryland B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Maryland B (DII)	Lehigh B (DII)	0	10	0	10
Maryland B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Maryland A (DII)	NYU A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Penn B (DII)	Rutgers A (UG)	0	10	0	10
Penn B (DII)	NYU A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Penn B (DII)	Rutgers A (UG)	0	10	0	10
Penn B (DII)	NYU A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Princeton A (UG)	NYU B	0	10	0	10
Columbia A (UG)	Columbia B	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)	Penn A (DII)	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)	Rutgers A (UG)	0	0	0	0
Penn B (DII)	NYU A (UG)	10	0	0	10
Penn B (DII)	Rutgers A (UG)	0	0	0	0
Penn B (DII)	NYU A (UG)	10	0	0	10
Maryland B (DII)	Lehigh B (DII)	0	10	0	10
Maryland B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Maryland B (DII)	Lehigh B (DII)	0	10	0	10
Maryland B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Rutgers A (UG)	Columbia B	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Auburn B	10	10	10	30
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
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