Question

A parody of this poem containing the line “a typist is laid, a record is played” (10[1])was written by Wendy Cope. This poem uses “the rattle of bones, and chuckle spread from ear to ear” to modify a line from “To His Coy Mistress.” This (-5[1])poem quotes the Cumaean Sibyl’s line (-5[1])“I want to die” (10[1])in its (-5[1])epigraph. (10[1]-5[1])In this poem, Lil’s (10[1])conversation about her husband Albert (10[1])is interrupted (10[2])by the phrase “HURRY (10[1])UP (10[1])PLEASE (10[1])IT’S TIME.” (10[11]-5[1])This poem’s (10[1])sections (10[2])include “A Game of Chess,” (10[2])“What the (10[1])Thunder (10[1])Said,” and “The Fire Sermon,” (10[4])which ends with the prayer, “shantih, (10[3]-5[1])shantih, (10[2])shantih.” (10[2])For 10 points, “April is the cruelest (10[2])month” (10[5]-5[1])begins (10[1])what (10[1])long poem by (10[1]-5[1])T.S. (10[1])Eliot? (10[2])■END■ (10[9]0[5])

ANSWER: “The Waste Land
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Kevin Zheng (UG)Michigan A (UG) Michigan B (UG)1510
Rahul Jogadhenu (DII)UCLA CClaremont B44-5
Beckett Gilmore (DII)Jefferson County Scholars (DII)Michigan C 50-5
Jeffery XuGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech E5410
Jude Mejia-VazquezRIT CBinghamton C56-5
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Henry BylinowskiAuburn ATennessee A57-5
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Noa Schmueli (UG)Columbia BNYU A (UG)6610
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Josh SchmidtLiberty ADuke A7310
Pranav JohtiGeorgia Tech ASouth Carolina A7410
Alec WestSyracuseBinghamton A7610
Angelo Pan (UG)CWRU C (UG)Ohio State A (UG) 7610
Peter Zeng (DII)Ohio State B (DII) Miami B (UG) 7610
Beck FalettiUW GluttonyAlberta7610
Hayes BrownFurmanAlabama A76-5
Mac DixonEmory OxfordVanderbilt A7610
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Nick SmemoeUNC BVCU7610
Orion KellerVirginia Tech ATusculum7610
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (DII)Fordham A7610
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Colin VessVanderbilt BAuburn C10710
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Britton WebsterAlabama AFurman11610
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Towery McNeilMississippi State ASouth Carolina B11610
Justin HetrickBelmontSouthern11610
Max MorganTennessee BClemson A11610
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