Question
In one of this character’s nightmares, Alex the Parrot says, “the blue triangle,” before it disappears in a rush of wind. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this character frequently interrogated for the whereabouts of his mother until he sees a video of her being executed in prison. This character later watches his friend slit the throat of the woman he loves in a facility’s airlock, prompting him to shoot the friend.
ANSWER: Snowman [or Jimmy]
[10e] Snowman witnesses the deaths of everyone he loves in Oryx and Crake, the first novel in a trilogy by this author.
ANSWER: Margaret Atwood [or Margaret Eleanor Atwood]
[10m] Crake gets his nickname from Extinctathon, a game led by this mysterious game master. This figure with a palindromic name titles both the third novel in the trilogy and the trilogy itself.
ANSWER: MaddAddam
<Literature - British Literature - Long Fiction>
Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 83% | 83% | 33% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 80% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| CLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU! | I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| UBC | Thompson et al. | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms | throw away your cards, rally in the streets | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |