South Pacific Islands - Upstate NY

Question

An author from this region wrote a picaresque novel in which the protagonist desperately searches for a cure for his butt pain called Kisses in the Nederends. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this transnational region whose most acclaimed author, Albert Wendt, wrote The Leaves of the Banyan Tree and Black Rainbow.

ANSWER: South Pacific Islands [accept Polynesia; accept Samoa; accept Tonga; prompt on Oceania] (Kisses in the Nederends is by Tongan author Epeli Hau’ofa. Albert Wendt is from Samoa.)

[10m] A University Press based in this country has published Pacific literature like Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl’s (“NEW-bull’s”) Island Plays and the poems of Wayne Kaumualii Westlake. Asian-Pacific writers Cathy Song and Hanya Yanagihara were born in this country.

ANSWER: United States [or United States of America; or USA; accept America]

[10e] The University of Hawaii’s Talanoa literature series has also published fiction by Witi Ihimaera (“WIT-ee ee-hee-MY-ruh”) and Patricia Grace, two members of this Indigenous ethnic group of New Zealand.

ANSWER: Māori

<TH, World Literature>

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Summary


California	2025-02-01	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Florida	2025-02-01	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	2025-02-01	Y	6	10.00	100%	0%	0%
North	2025-02-01	Y	3	13.33	100%	0%	33%
Overflow	2025-02-01	Y	5	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Pacific Northwest	2025-02-01	Y	2	15.00	100%	0%	50%
South Central	2025-02-01	Y	2	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Southeast	2025-02-01	Y	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%
UK	2025-02-01	Y	10	13.00	100%	30%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	8	16.25	100%	50%	13%
Upstate NY	2025-02-01	Y	3	13.33	100%	0%	33%
2025 Chicago Open	2025-08-09	N	11	13.64	91%	46%	0%

Data


Cornell D	Binghamton A	0	10	10
RIT B	Cornell C	0	10	10
RIT A	ESF A	10	10	20