Question
In a novel by this author, a student creates the fictional author Dermot Trellis, who is put on trial and tortured by characters he created. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Irish author of the metafictional novels At Swim-Two-Birds and The Third Policeman.
ANSWER: Flann O’Brien [or Brian O'Nolan]
[10h] In The Third Policeman, the narrator is trying to publish a book about this fictional thinker. This character attempts to destroy the world by removing the air’s oxygen in O’Brien’s novel The Dalkey Archive.
ANSWER: De Selby
[10e] In The Dalkey Archive, De Selby uses this technology to improve the quality of his whiskey. The narrator of an H.G. Wells’ novella meets Morlocks and Eloi after using this technology.
ANSWER: time travel [accept answers relating that they use a time machine]
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 11.25 | 100% | 13% | 0% |
Data
| Chicago D | Chicago A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Missouri | Chicago B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Ohio State B | Chicago C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Purdue A | Michigan A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Ohio State A | SIUE A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Ohio State C | Purdue B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Purdue C | Michigan B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| SIUE B | WUSTL | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |