Question
An outbreak of this disease began when Hinckle von Vampton brought an untranslated copy of the Book of Thoth to America. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this disease whose name was inspired by James Weldon Johnson’s writings on ragtime. The Knights Templar try to eradicate this disease on behalf of the Wallflower Order, whose progress is opposed by Papa Labas.
ANSWER: Jes Grew
[10m] The houngan Papa Labas promotes the spread of Jes Grew in Mumbo Jumbo, a novel by this African-American author of Flight to Canada.
ANSWER: Ishmael Reed [or Ishmael Scott Reed]
[10e] In 2019, Reed released the play The Haunting of [this man], in which this man learns that he whitewashed history in his musical Hamilton.
ANSWER: Lin-Manuel Miranda
<Literature - American Literature - Long Fiction>
Summary
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
A is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs | Berkeley | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Cry of the Common Loon | Where are the ACF Nationals recordings? | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Stanford+ | number of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |