Question
In 2016, the International Booker Prize was limited to authors whose works were [emphasize] not originally written in this language. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this language used for works by Nobel winners V.S. Naipaul and William Golding.
ANSWER: English
[10m] Before the 2016 change, this author won an International Booker for “immersive” stories like “The Turkey Season.” Janet visits a planetarium the day before her father has surgery in this Canadian author’s story “The Moons of Jupiter.”
ANSWER: Alice Munro [or Alice Ann Munro or Alice Ann Laidlaw]
[10h] An author from this country, Ismail Kadare (“ee-sma-EEL ka-da-RAY”), beat out Phillip Roth and John Updike to win the first International Booker for a novel about a general collecting remains from this country.
ANSWER: Albania [or Shqipëria; or Republic of Albania or Republika e Shqipërisë]
<Ethan Ashbrook, Literature - World and Miscellaneous> ~23833~ <Editor: Jim Fan>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 16.67 | 100% | 50% | 17% |