Question
Many scholars have argued that Arthur Rimbaud’s “The Drunken Boat” contains many allusions to this author, whom Roland Barthes directly compared to Rimbaud in Mythologies. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this European science fiction author who inspired the title of Julio Cortázar’s Around the Day in Eighty Worlds.
ANSWER: Jules (Gabriel) Verne
[10h] In an homage to Verne, Halldor Laxness set this novel around the volcano from Journey to the Centre of the Earth. In this novel, the business mogul “Godman” founds a religion based on intergalactic resurrection.
ANSWER: Under the Glacier [or Christianity at the Glacier; or Kristnihald undir Jŏkli]
[10m] The Jules Verne quote “Look with all your eyes! Look!” serves as the epigraph to this postmodern novel, in which Gaspard Winckler is employed to create jigsaw puzzles for the eccentric Percival Bartlebooth.
ANSWER: Life: A User’s Manual [or Vie Mode d’Emploi; prompt on Life] (by Georges Perec)
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Summary
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 83% | 17% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 6.67 | 67% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| Epic Games | Michigan | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Maryland B- | WUSTL | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Chicago B+ | Mojo Shojo | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Chicago A | Northwestern | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Team 2 | Purdue | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Amartya Senpai Notice Me | Maryland B- | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |