Question
Because he became popular as a poet, this author chose to publish his novels anonymously, leading to his books being published as “by the author of Waverley.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this author of historical fiction novels like Rob Roy and Ivanhoe.
ANSWER: Walter Scott [or Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet]
[10m] According to the biographer J. G. Lockhart, Scott began a diary after reading this author’s journal. Scott’s popularity as a poet was eclipsed by this author’s four-canto poem dedicated to “Ianthe” that follows a young man’s travels around Europe.
ANSWER: Lord Byron [or George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron] (The poem is Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage.)
[10h] After Scott’s death, an unauthorized biography was written by this friend of his. The devilish Gil-Martin convinces Robert Wringhim to murder people in this author’s novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner.
ANSWER: James Hogg
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 6 | 10.00 | 83% | 17% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 8 | 16.25 | 88% | 63% | 13% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| Cambridge A | Edinburgh | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Oxford A | Durham A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Cambridge B | Imperial A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Oxford C | KCL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Durham B | Kiel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oxford B | Bristol | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Sheffield | Cambridge C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Warwick | Imperial B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |