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In a poem addressed to this type of person, this person “must bear the scent of its corpses / salted & crusted a year in a jar” while preparing fish sauce. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this type of person that Little Dog writes letters to in a novel by Ocean Vuong. Vuong’s poetry collection titled Time is a [this type of person] was published in 2023.

ANSWER: mother [or mom; accept Time is a Mother; accept Ocean Vuong’s mother; prompt on family member; prompt on, but DO NOT REVEAL, Rose or “Dear Rose” by asking “how is she related to the narrator?”]

[10m] Vuong’s father chases his mother in “The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica,” which quotes the line “I myself am hell” from this other poem. In this Robert Lowell poem, the title animal “jabs her wedge-head in a cup / of sour cream.”

ANSWER: “Skunk Hour”

[10e] Vuong’s mother took as her English name this flower, described as “so / familiar it’s almost synthetic red / plastic petals dewed with glue.” Robert Burns wrote a poem titled for “A Red, Red” one of these flowers.

ANSWER: roses [accept “A Red, Red Rose”; accept “Dear Rose”]

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California	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	40%	60%
Canada	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	0%	83%
Florida	Main	Y	12	20.83	100%	33%	75%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	13.33	100%	17%	17%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	12.86	86%	14%	29%
Midwest	Main	Y	8	15.00	100%	0%	50%
North	Main	Y	11	17.27	100%	18%	55%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	20%	60%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	16.25	100%	38%	25%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	17.14	100%	14%	57%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%

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Berkeley A	Berkeley B	10	10	10	30
Berkeley D	Stanford B	0	10	10	20
Berkeley E	Stanford A	10	0	10	20
Berkeley C	Stanford C	0	0	10	10
UCSC	Berkeley F	10	0	10	20
UCSD Vices and Virtues	UCI	10	0	10	20
Claremont Scripps	UCLA A	10	0	10	20
UCSB	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	10	0	10	20
McGill B	Toronto A	0	0	10	10
Toronto E	McMaster C	10	0	10	20
McMaster A	Ottawa	10	10	10	30
Queen's A	Toronto I	0	0	10	10
Toronto G	Toronto J	10	0	10	20
UCLA C	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	10	0	10	20
USC	UCLA D	0	0	10	10
Guelph A	Western Ontario	10	0	10	20
Carleton	Guelph B	10	10	10	30
Queen's B	McGill C	10	0	10	20
Toronto C	Toronto H	10	10	10	30
Toronto B	Toronto K	10	10	10	30
Toronto Metropolitan	Toronto F	10	0	10	20
Toronto D	Waterloo	0	0	10	10
UF D	Melbourne A	0	0	10	10
UCF A	UF B	0	0	10	10
FIU	UF A	0	0	10	10
UCF B	UF E	10	10	10	30
USF	ERAU B	0	0	10	10
FSU	ERAU A	0	0	10	10
Claremont Pitzer	UCLA B	10	0	10	20
CWRU A	CWRU B	10	0	10	20
CWRU C	MSU B	0	0	10	10
OSU D	OSU C	0	0	10	10
Pitt C	CWRU D	0	0	10	10
MSU A	Pitt A	0	0	10	10
OSU B	OSU A	10	10	10	30
Liberty A	Liberty C	0	0	10	10
South Carolina B	Tusculum	10	0	10	20
South Carolina A	Tennessee A	10	0	10	20
Tennessee B	Virginia B	10	0	10	20
Clemson A	James Madison	10	0	10	20
Clemson B	Virginia A	0	0	10	10
Roanoke	Virginia Tech A	0	0	10	10
NC State	Virginia Tech B	0	0	10	10
Kenyon A	Kenyon B	0	0	0	0
Catholic University	George Mason A	0	0	10	10
George Washington B	George Mason C	0	0	10	10
George Washington A	Georgetown B	10	0	10	20
Johns Hopkins A	VCU A	0	0	10	10
Maryland A	George Mason B	0	10	10	20
Maryland D	NYU B	0	0	10	10
Johns Hopkins C	Penn B	10	0	10	20
UMBC A	Notre Dame E	10	0	10	20
Columbia A	Lehigh B	10	10	10	30
Johns Hopkins B	Maryland B	10	0	10	20
Maryland C	Georgetown A	10	0	10	20
NYU A	Penn A	10	10	10	30
Swarthmore A	Columbia B	10	0	10	20
Columbia C	Princeton A	0	0	10	10
Rowan A	Lehigh A	10	0	10	20
Rutgers B	Rutgers C	0	0	10	10
Missouri A	WashU B	10	10	10	30
WashU A	Missouri B	0	10	10	20
WashU C	William Woods	0	0	10	10
Truman State	WashU D	0	10	10	20
Alabama A	UAB A	0	10	10	20
Auburn A	Mississippi State A	0	10	10	20
Auburn B	Bruin A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt A	10	0	10	20
Huntsville B	Georgia Tech D	0	0	10	10
Sewanee A	Huntsville A	0	0	10	10
Vanderbilt B	Georgia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Imperial A	Birmingham A	0	0	10	10
Bristol A	Cambridge C	10	10	10	30
Imperial B	City St George's A	0	0	10	10
Cambridge B	Durham A	10	0	10	20
Southampton B	Durham B	10	0	10	20
Cambridge A	Edinburgh A	10	0	10	20
Cambridge D	Imperial C	0	0	10	10
LSE A	Manchester A	10	10	10	30
Manchester B	Bristol B	0	0	10	10
Oxford A	Southampton A	10	0	10	20
Sheffield B	Oxford B	10	0	10	20
Lancaster A	Sheffield C	0	0	10	10
Sheffield A	Warwick A	10	0	10	20
Warwick B	Edinburgh B	0	0	10	10
RIT A	Binghamton A	0	0	10	10
Cornell-DII	RIT B	10	0	10	20
Rochester	ESF	0	0	10	10
Syracuse	Binghamton B	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech B	Alabama B	10	0	10	20