“The Crocodile” - Florida

Question

Animals frequently feature in the poetry of Lewis Carroll, including this creature who titles a poem that parodies Isaac Watts’s Against Idleness and Mischief. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this creature who titles a poem about “how cheerfully he seems to grin, how neatly spreads his claws, and welcomes little fishes in with gently smiling jaws.”

ANSWER: “The Crocodile” [or “How Doth the Little Crocodile”]

[10e] This “nonsense poem” by Carroll features the title fictional creature “with eyes of flame” who is slain when the protagonist’s “vorpal blade went snicker snack!”

ANSWER: “Jabberwocky” [or “The Jabberwock”]

[10m] “Jabberwocky” was included in this novel by Carroll in which Tweedledum and Tweedledee recite “The Walrus and the Carpenter” to Alice during a human-sized game of chess.

ANSWER: Through the Looking-Glass [or Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%
Southern California	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	67%	17%
Eastern Canada	Main	Y	12	15.83	100%	42%	17%
Florida	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	83%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	7	14.29	100%	43%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	16.25	100%	63%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic (1)	Main	Y	9	16.67	100%	56%	11%
Lower Midwest	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Upper Midwest	Main	Y	12	19.17	100%	83%	8%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	16.67	92%	67%	8%
Northwest	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
UK	Main	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%

Data


UCF A	ERAU B	10	0	10
FIU	UF A	10	10	20
UF B	Melbourne B	10	10	20
UCF B	ERAU A	10	10	20
UF E	UF D	10	10	20
UF C	USF	10	10	20