Question
The last word of this first line of a poem titled for this region has been disputed between being “blow” or “grow.” For 10 points each:
[10e] The lines “the poppies blow / between the crosses, row on row” appear in a World War I poem often used at Remembrance ceremonies titled for what region’s “fields”?
ANSWER: Flanders [or Vlaanderen; accept “In Flanders Fields”]
[10m] This Canadian soldier and physician wrote the poem “In Flanders Fields” in 1915 after the death of his friend Alexis Helmer.
ANSWER: John McCrae
[10h] The collection Lundy’s Lane and Other Poems was written in 1916 by a Canadian war poet with this surname. In a short story, the death of a man with this surname inspires the protagonist to ask “Isn’t life…”
ANSWER: Scott [accept Duncan Campbell Scott or Mr Scott] (The latter story is “The Garden Party” by Katherine Mansfield.)
Summary
| 2023 UMN COOT | 08/19/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
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| Palestrina Sawayama | doubleplusnegfive | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| BHSU | Weird Klaus Barbie | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |