Question
Since he never did this action, a speaker claims to know nothing of “harsh patronage” before declaring “Life is first boredom, then fear.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Philip Larkin poems like “Self’s the Man” reflect on his decision to not perform what action? The last lines of “This be the Verse” advises “get out as early as you can” and don’t perform this action.
ANSWER: having kids [or synonyms; prompt on answers like getting married or settling down]
[10m] “Dockery and Son” wonders “Why did he think adding meant [this concept]? / To me it was dilution.” Shakespeare’s first “procreation” sonnet opens by declaring “From fairest creatures we desire” this concept.
ANSWER: increase
[10h] Larkin wrote of realizing that “it was not people I disliked but children” in a review of this couple’s The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren. This couple, whose first names were Iona and Peter, compiled The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes.
ANSWER: the Opies [accept Iona Opie or Peter Opie]
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Summary
| 2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 15 | 14.00 | 100% | 33% | 7% |
Data
| A Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence | I’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Galvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer | Are You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| AMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH | Charlotte's Moderately Successful Team | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Les Missourables | when you look this good, you don’t have to know anything | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Lying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago | There are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Mindgoblin of Little Hobbes | genAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| First Cause, First Cause, make me young! | NJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| NJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess) | The Oldest Men in the World | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Punished "Venom" BHSU | BHSU B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Lisan al-Quib | Read slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| The Empire Bikes Back | We Need New Names | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| The Jeam Team | Berkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| it's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown | The Dyatlov Passement incident | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| sticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone | LMM's LLM MLM | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| var merchants | SAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |