Kurt Vonnegut - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

In a story by this author, the title character is shot by the Handicapper General Diana Moon Glampers. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this science fiction author who imagined a world in which “everyone was finally equal” in “Harrison Bergeron.” This author wrote the novel Slaughterhouse-Five.

ANSWER: Kurt Vonnegut [or Kurt Vonnegut Jr.]

[10h] “Harrison Bergeron” appears alongside “All the King’s Horses” in a collection titled for this short story. In this story, a “Nothinghead” named Billy the Poet kidnaps the suicide hostess Nancy McLuhan.

ANSWER: “Welcome to the Monkey House”

[10m] This recurring character is cited as the author of “Welcome to the Monkey House” in God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. In Slaughterhouse-Five, Billy Pilgrim is a fan of this fictional writer, whom Vonnegut based on Theodore Sturgeon.

ANSWER: Kilgore Trout [or Kilgore Trout]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	67%	17%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%
Florida	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	9	15.56	100%	44%	11%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	16.67	100%	44%	22%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
North	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	11	17.27	100%	55%	18%
Pacific	Main	Y	7	18.57	100%	57%	29%
South Central	Main	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	8	15.00	88%	63%	0%
UK (North)	UK	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%

Data


UCSC	Berkeley Archer Queen	10	0	0	10
Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Skeleton King	10	0	10	20
Stanford B	Stanford A	10	0	10	20
UCSD B	Claremont B	10	0	10	20
UCSD A	UC Irvine	10	0	0	10
UC Santa Barbara	Claremont C	10	10	10	30
UCLA C	UCLA A	10	0	10	20
UCLA E	Claremont A	10	0	10	20
USC A	UCLA D	10	0	0	10
Ottawa D	McGill A	10	0	10	20
Carleton A	Carleton B	10	10	0	20
Ottawa B	McGill B	10	0	0	10
McGill E	Ottawa C	10	0	0	10
UCF A	Florida A	10	0	10	20
McGill C	Ottawa A	10	0	10	20
CWRU B	Michigan State C	10	0	10	20
Ohio State B	CWRU C	10	0	10	20
Louisville A	Kentucky	10	0	10	20
Ohio State A	Louisville D	10	0	10	20
Michigan A	Louisville C	10	0	0	10
Michigan C	Pittsburgh	10	10	0	20
CWRU D	Michigan D	10	0	0	10
Michigan State A	CWRU A	10	0	0	10
Ohio State C	WVU A	10	0	0	10
UNC A	JMU A	10	10	10	30
Liberty A	William & Mary C	10	0	0	10
UNC D	Liberty B	10	0	10	20
Liberty C	NCSU A	10	0	0	10
UNC B	William & Mary A	10	0	10	20
Virginia Tech B	UNC C	10	0	10	20
NCSU B	VCU A	10	0	0	10
Virginia Tech C	William & Mary B	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech A	JMU B	10	0	0	10
George Mason C	NYU B	10	0	0	10
Johns Hopkins	Lehigh A	10	0	0	10
Maryland B	Vassar A	10	0	0	10
Rutgers D	Columbia B	10	0	10	20
Rutgers C	Stony Brook	10	0	0	10
Iowa State	Wisconsin A	10	0	10	20
Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	10	10	10	30
Tufts A	Brandeis Beethoven	10	0	10	20
Dartmouth B	Brown A	10	0	10	20
Vermont A	Dartmouth C	10	10	0	20
Harvard	Southern Connecticut State University A	10	0	0	10
MIT B	Amherst A	10	0	0	10
Tufts C	Williams C	10	0	0	10
Williams A	Tufts B	10	0	10	20
MIT A	UConn A	10	0	0	10
Vermont B	Brown B	10	0	10	20
Brandeis Mozart	Amherst B	10	0	10	20
Arizona State A	Alberta B	10	0	10	20
Washington Sockeye	Washington Chum	10	10	10	30
Washington Atlantic	Washington Coho	10	0	0	10
Washington Masu	Washington State	10	10	10	30
Washington Pink	Boise State	10	0	10	20
Texas	Washington Steelhead	10	0	0	10
Arizona State B	British Columbia A	10	0	0	10
Oklahoma	Murray State College B	10	0	10	20
Nebraska B	Harding	10	0	0	10
Murray State College A	Rose State	10	0	10	20
Chipola College	Auburn B	10	0	10	20
Alabama A	Auburn A	10	0	10	20
Emory A	Clemson B	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech A	Georgia A	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt B	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt C	10	0	0	10
South Carolina A	Clemson A	10	0	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Tennessee Tech	10	0	10	20
York	Durham C	10	10	10	30
Sheffield A	Edinburgh B	10	0	10	20
Cornell D	Cornell C	10	0	10	20
Binghamton A	Rochester	10	0	10	20
Sheffield B	Durham D	10	0	10	20
RIT A	Binghamton B	10	0	0	10