In this section of a novel, an Englishman appears from behind a secret panel with a phial marked “Poison,” prompting the exclamation, “which of us did not feel his flesh creep!” Hugh Kenner matched this section’s 40 paragraphs to the fact that its author wrote it with an illustration of embryonic development on his desk. This section begins with the trilingual incantation “Deshil Holles Eamus.” This section moves from calling a man’s bee sting “a spear wherewith a horrible and dreadful dragon was smitten him” to slang like “whatten tunket’s yon guy in the mackintosh?” Two protagonists first meet after (*) Mina Purefoy gives birth in this chapter, which consists of 32 writing styles from across English history. For 10 points, name this parodic chapter from Ulysses titled for an episode in which sailors eat livestock belonging to Helios. ■END■
| 2025 Chicago Open | 2025-08-09 | Y | 10 | 50% | 30% | 40% | 97.40 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Bollinger | BHSU B | Thamos, King of Egypt: The Sahara of the Mozart | 60 | 15 |
| Omkar Marathe | Halifax Shipping Services | Woke Michael Du be like "I'm a genders player" | 64 | 15 |
| Lou Leere | Big is moving to Evanston! | The True Dharma Eye of the Juan Soto School | 91 | 15 |
| Jordan Brownstein | I worship the Pyramid (abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard) | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2k5, RNBQKBNR b Q - 99 66 | 94 | -5 |
| Rahul Keyal | The RAND Coöperation | "Real quiz bowl" only consists of the ACF academic pyramidal scene and the late 2010s NAQT scene. | 132 | -5 |
| Stephen Liu | Will They Ever Finish Bruckner’s Ninth Boulevard? | One Microscopic Pog in His Chat-astrophic Plan | 134 | 10 |
| Eric Mukherjee | Floridovician | Enjoying the Hole Experience | 135 | -5 |
| William Golden | Mumbo Jumbo Will Labubu | "real numbers are uncountable" factoid actually just statistical error. diagonal georg | 135 | -5 |
| Jerry Vinokurov | The Met on Laserdisc. Bravo! | Do re mi fa serving negs | 138 | 0 |
| James Orefice | Enjoying the Hole Experience | Floridovician | 138 | 0 |
| Alexander Nero | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2k5, RNBQKBNR b Q - 99 66 | I worship the Pyramid (abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard) | 138 | 0 |
| Auroni Gupta | BHSU X | Li Bai Chocolate Mushussu Pacha Latte | 138 | 10 |
| Connor Mayers | "Real quiz bowl" only consists of the ACF academic pyramidal scene and the late 2010s NAQT scene. | The RAND Coöperation | 138 | 0 |
| Joel Miles | "real numbers are uncountable" factoid actually just statistical error. diagonal georg | Mumbo Jumbo Will Labubu | 138 | 0 |