The Death of Ivan Ilyich - 2024 PLAYTIME

Question

This novella’s title character ponders the syllogism “Caius is a man, men are mortal, therefore Caius is mortal.” For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this novella, which opens with men playing bridge at a funeral. In this novella, a servant stands for hours holding up the title judge’s legs after he falls while hanging curtains.

ANSWER: The Death of Ivan Ilyich [or Smert’ Ivána Ilyichá]

[10h] This character from another novel fears death after watching his brother Nikolai succumb to tuberculosis, which also killed the author’s real-life brother. This character, who mirrors his author’s returns to faith, realizes that he loves his son after watching lightning strike an oak tree.

ANSWER: Konstantin Levin [or Konstantin Levin or Konstantin Dmitrich “Kostya” Levin; accept “Dmitrievich” in place of “Dmitrich”]

[10e] This author of The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Anna Karenina himself died of pneumonia at a train station.

ANSWER: Leo Tolstoy [or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy]

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Summary


2025 PLAYTIME @ CWRU	12/10/2024	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Claremont	12/10/2024	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida	12/10/2024	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Harvard	04/26/2025	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
2024 PLAYTIME @ JHU	10/26/2024	Y	8	11.25	88%	25%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Northwest	12/10/2024	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
2025 PLAYTIME Online	04/26/2025	Y	9	20.00	100%	89%	11%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Sheffield	12/10/2024	Y	6	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ UBC	10/05/2024	Y	8	18.75	100%	88%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Virginia Tech	07/11/2025	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
2024 PLAYTIME @ WashU	10/12/2024	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%

Data


Michigan A	Michigan D	10	10	10	30
Michigan B	Pittsburgh	10	0	10	20
Ohio State A	Oberlin	10	0	10	20
Ohio State D	Ohio State B	10	0	10	20
Ohio State C	Michigan C	0	0	10	10
Art of Premature Signaling	Claremont B	10	0	10	20
UCSD	Caltech	0	0	10	10
Claremont A	UCLA B	0	0	10	10
Edwin Laundrorat's Long-Lost Man Unclothès Rat Degrosses	Keeping Up With the Cardassians	10	10	10	30
Billy's Bastion	Project2025BC: Make Assyria Great Again	10	0	10	20
Too much from you lately	Qin Shi Huang's Immortality Poison	10	0	10	20
RIT	Belmont	0	0	10	10
Brandeis	Brown	0	10	10	20
Lexington	Harvard	10	0	10	20
BU	MIT	0	0	10	10
UCLA A	girl 15 whale i mean they	0	0	10	10
George Mason B	George Washington	0	0	10	10
George Mason C	Haverford A	0	0	0	0
Haverford B	Catholic University of America	0	0	10	10
Johns Hopkins A	NYU A	10	0	10	20
Johns Hopkins B	NYU B	0	0	10	10
Maryland A	Georgetown	10	0	10	20
NYU C	George Mason A	0	0	10	10
Rutgers	Maryland B	0	0	10	10
UCSB	P.C.‚ Daniel‚ Michel‚ and Jason B	0	0	10	10
Alberta	Washington Connections	10	0	10	20
Arizona State University A	UW A	10	10	10	30
Carleton	SD Mines	0	0	10	10
UW B	Arizona State University B	10	0	10	20
we need new names	Egypt Airlines Haters	10	10	10	30
Four Generalists in Search of a Power	2 Italians, 2 Poles, All Noles	10	0	10	20
Gruh	MSJ	0	0	10	10
Illinois Orange	Free Agents 1	10	0	10	20
Auburn 2026	Mahjonng Masters	10	0	10	20
Mike Dukakis Tank Battalion	mongeese	10	0	10	20
Notre Dame + Epic Games	Monsieur Hulot's Academic Team	10	0	10	20
Quatumvirate	Trip-Hop Quizzer Tricky	10	0	10	20
evil women enjoyers	Goober Gang	10	0	10	20
Sheffield A	Warwick C	10	0	10	20
Cambridge	Warwick A	0	0	10	10
Edinburgh	Manchester	0	0	10	10
Lancaster	Imperial A	0	0	10	10
Sheffield C	Imperial B	0	0	10	10
Sheffield B	Warwick B	10	0	10	20
Toronto C	Ottawa A	10	0	10	20
Waterloo A	UBC	10	0	10	20
Waterloo B	Toronto E	10	0	10	20
Toronto Metropolitan	Waterloo C	10	0	10	20
Ashurbanipal’s Drag Race	Somehow Paula Deen Returned	10	0	10	20
4 quizbowl pros go Virginia on North Carolina	Even in Blacksburg There I Am	10	0	10	20
Master and Margaritaville	Adrianne Lenker 4 Nobel Lit Prize 2K65	10	10	10	30
Simon Fraser	Mac A	10	0	10	20
McGill B	McGill A	10	0	10	20
Guelph	Toronto A	0	0	10	10
Toronto B	Toronto D	10	0	10	20
Iowa State	Chicago B	0	10	10	20
Missouri	WashU Bulbasaur	10	0	10	20
WashU Charmander	Chicago A	10	0	10	20