Question
This practice avoided the need for an expensive private Act of Parliament and usually required the person conducting it to pay a market toll. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this common-law practice that the drunk title character engages in to separate himself from Susan and her child Elizabeth-Jane in the novel The Mayor of Casterbridge.
ANSWER: wife selling [or spouse selling; accept answers such as selling his wife and daughter at auction; prompt on selling a person with “who?”]
[10e] The Mayor of Casterbridge was written by this author of Tess of the d’Urbervilles.
ANSWER: Thomas Hardy
[10h] A French cartoon lampooning the British depicted this stock character selling his wife at the market. This beef-loving yeoman (“YOH-mun”), often called Britain’s version of Uncle Sam, was created by Dr. Arbuthnot.
ANSWER: John Bull [prompt on John or Bull]
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 13.89 | 89% | 19% | 31% |