Georges Simenon - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

This author wrote about Monsieur Hire’s death in the first of his romans durs that he wrote in an admitted attempt to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this author whose recurring character Jules Maigret tracks down Baltic Gang leader Peter the Lett.

ANSWER: Georges Simenon

[10m] Georges Simenon originally conceived of Jules Maigret wearing one of these articles of clothing. In another novel, Sabina wears one of these articles of clothing belonging to her grandfather while making love to Tomáš.

ANSWER: bowler hat [prompt on hat]

[10e] Jules Maigret encounters a yellow one of these animals while investigating the shooting of M. Monstaguen. Odysseus owns one of these animals named Argos who dies at the end of his long wait for Odysseus’s return.

ANSWER: dog [accept hound]

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Florida	Main Site	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	4	22.50	100%	100%	25%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	9	17.78	100%	67%	11%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	9	18.89	100%	78%	11%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	6	20.00	100%	83%	17%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	25.00	100%	100%	50%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	7	21.43	100%	86%	29%
UK	Main Site	Y	6	21.67	100%	67%	50%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	18.75	100%	75%	13%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	4	20.00	100%	100%	0%

Data


Berkeley A	Berkeley B	0	10	10	20
Berkeley C	Berkeley D	0	10	10	20
Stanford A	Stanford B	0	10	10	20
UCLA A	UCSD B	0	10	10	20
UCLA B	UC Santa Barbara	0	10	10	20
UCSD A	UC Irvine	0	10	10	20
Arizona State	UCSD C	0	0	10	10
Michigan A	Pittsburgh	10	10	10	30
Ohio State B	Michigan C	0	10	10	20
Michigan B	Ohio State A	0	10	10	20
Ohio State C	Michigan State	0	10	10	20
Central Florida B	Central Florida C	0	0	10	10
Florida B	Florida A	0	0	10	10
Florida C	Central Florida A	0	0	10	10
Virginia Tech B	Liberty A	0	10	10	20
North Carolina A	Liberty B	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech A	South Carolina B	0	10	10	20
VCU	North Carolina C	0	10	10	20
Northwestern B	Chicago B	0	0	10	10
Illinois A	Chicago C	0	10	10	20
Chicago D	Notre Dame A	0	10	10	20
Northwestern D	Chicago E	0	0	10	10
Chicago A	Illinois B	10	10	10	30
Indiana B	Indiana C	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame B	Northwestern C	0	10	10	20
Purdue A	Indiana A	0	10	10	20
Illinois C	Purdue B	0	10	10	20
James Madison B	Duke	0	10	10	20
NC State B	James Madison A	0	0	10	10
Virginia	North Carolina B	0	0	10	10
Liberty C	Wake Forest	0	0	10	10
William and Mary	NC State A	10	10	10	30
MIT	Bowdoin A	0	10	10	20
Southern Connecticut State	Brown	0	0	10	10
Harvard B	Dartmouth A	0	10	10	20
Dartmouth B	Yale	0	10	10	20
Iowa State	Carleton College	0	10	10	20
Missouri A	Claremont	10	10	10	30
Minnesota A	Washington A	10	10	10	30
Washington B	Missouri B	0	10	10	20
Texas A	Texas A&M A	10	10	10	30
Texas B	Murray State A	0	10	10	20
Harvard A	Bowdoin B	10	10	10	30
Brandeis A	Brandeis B	0	10	10	20
Alabama A	Mississipi State	10	10	10	30
WashU A	Sewanee	10	10	10	30
Tennessee A	Alabama B	0	10	10	20
Bruin	Tennessee B	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech C	Louisville B	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech B	0	0	10	10
Louisville A	WashU B	0	10	10	20
Oxford C	Birmingham	0	0	10	10
Cambridge A	Southampton B	10	10	10	30
Edinburgh A	Cardiff	10	10	10	30
Montpellier	Imperial B	10	10	10	30
Warwick A	Southampton A	0	10	10	20
Warwick B	Manchester	0	0	10	10
Columbia A	Catholic	0	10	10	20
John Jay	Columbia B	0	0	10	10
Johns Hopkins A	Rutgers A	0	10	10	20
Swarthmore	Maryland B	0	10	10	20
NYU A	NYU B	10	10	10	30
NYU C	Maryland A	0	0	10	10
Maryland C	Rutgers B	0	10	10	20
Georgetown	Vassar	0	10	10	20
Penn State	Binghamton B	0	10	10	20
Cornell B	Cornell C	0	10	10	20
RIT	Binghamton A	0	10	10	20
Cornell A	Rochester	0	10	10	20