Question
In a novel by this author, a teenager overhears her father saying that she looks ugly because she resembles Vittoria. For 10 points each:
[10h] Give this pseudonym for the author of The Lying Life of Adults. In another series by this author of Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, the protagonist tries to keep up with Lila at school.
ANSWER: Elena Ferrante [prompt on Anita Raja or Domenico Starnone with “those were identities suggested for an author using what pseudonym?”] (The series is the Neapolitan Novels.)
[10m] In The Lying Life of Adults, Vittoria has this relationship to Giovanna. In another novel, Mario works for Pedro Camacho at Radio Panamericana and goes to the cinema with a divorcée who has this relationship to him.
ANSWER: aunt [or zia; or tía; accept Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter or La tía Julia y el escribidor; accept answers clearly describing that Giovanna is Vittoria’s niece or Mario is Julia’s nephew]
[10e] Ann Goldstein translated The Lying Life of Adults to English from this language used by Giovanni Boccaccio (“bo-KAH-chee-oh”).
ANSWER: Italian [or Italiano]
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Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beavercreek | McLean B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Canyon Crest | Northmont A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Carbondale | Bloomington | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Cincinnati Hills | Fairfield County AT | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Detroit Catholic Central B | St. Thomas | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Great Valley | McLean A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Hastings | Livingston A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Heights | Belmont | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Hoover A | Lambert | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Hunter A | University Lab | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Johns Creek A | Richard Montgomery A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Lightridge | Thomas Jefferson C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Maggie Walker A | Livingston B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Mexico | Northmont B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Saint Joseph | Maggie Walker C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Seven Lakes | Walter Payton A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Solon | Winston Churchill B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| St. Mark's | Barrington | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Strake Jesuit | Johns Creek B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Thomas Jefferson A | Kinkaid | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Thomas Jefferson B | Downingtown STEM | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Thomas Jefferson D | Georgetown Day | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Walter Payton B | Owensboro | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| William Fremd | Alabama Cyber Tech | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Winston Churchill A | Innovation Academy A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 25 | 18.80 | 100% | 72% | 16% |