20th/21st Century Lit Packet [~Nats difficulty]

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20th/21st Century Lit Packet [~Nats difficulty]

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Hi all, I’m planning to read 30 tossups, roughly around ACF Nationals difficulty/length, on 20th/21st century literature this Sunday (3/6) at 5 PM ET in the main Quizbowl Discord. The questions were written by Caroline Mao, myself, Matthew Lehmann, and Vishwa Shanmugam for a side event that we eventually abandoned. Given that we didn’t finish the event, the questions aren’t particularly well-distributed, but expect a healthy amount of whimsy. If there’s sufficient interest in another reading next week, I’d be happy to do so.
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Reminder that this is happening later today! If you can't make it, fill out this form so we can find a good time for a second reading.
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This is starting shortly!
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We had a great turnout for this! Here were the final standings:

Jordan B - 110 (6/3/2)
Matt J - 60 (2/2/0)
Tim M - 45 (1/3/0)
Tejas R - 40 (2/1/0)
Tris C - 25 (2/0/1)
Henry G - 25 (2/0/1)
JinAh K - 25 (2/0/1)
Grant P - 10 (1/0/1)
Andrew W - 10 (1/0/1)
Kevin Y - 10 (0/1/0)
Benjamin M - 5 (0/1/1)

I’ll be doing another reading of the packet tomorrow night at 10 PM ET. If you couldn’t make it today, hopefully you can then!
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The second reading will start in an hour and a half - hope to see you there!
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Thanks everyone for attending the second reading on Monday! Here are the results:

Itamar N - 95 (6/1/1)
Matt B - 70 (2/4/0)
Young F - 25 (1/1/0)
Taylor H - 25 (2/0/1)
Laurence L - 25 (1/1/0)
Richard L - 20 (1/1/1)
Natan H - 15 (1/0/0)
Rachel - 15 (1/0/0)
Eli I - 10 (0/1/0)
Mike B - 10 (1/0/1)
Chandler - (1/0/1)

The packet is now posted on the archives here.
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rahulkeyal wrote: Wed Mar 09, 2022 12:42 pm Thanks everyone for attending the second reading on Monday! Here are the results:

Itamar N - 95 (6/1/1)
Matt B - 70 (2/4/0)
Young F - 25 (1/1/0)
Taylor H - 25 (2/0/1)
Laurence L - 25 (1/1/0)
Richard L - 20 (1/1/1)
Natan H - 15 (1/0/0)
Rachel - 15 (1/0/0)
Eli I - 10 (0/1/0)
Mike B - 10 (1/0/1)
Chandler - (1/0/1)

The packet is now posted on the archives here.
Robbing "Hari" of their rightful 3rd place finish smh (but also this packet was incredibly fun, thanks to all who worked on it!).
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Re: 20th/21st Century Lit Packet [~Nats difficulty]

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Zealots of Stockholm wrote: Thu Mar 10, 2022 12:12 am
rahulkeyal wrote: Wed Mar 09, 2022 12:42 pm Thanks everyone for attending the second reading on Monday! Here are the results:

Itamar N - 95 (6/1/1)
Matt B - 70 (2/4/0)
Young F - 25 (1/1/0)
Taylor H - 25 (2/0/1)
Laurence L - 25 (1/1/0)
Richard L - 20 (1/1/1)
Natan H - 15 (1/0/0)
Rachel - 15 (1/0/0)
Eli I - 10 (0/1/0)
Mike B - 10 (1/0/1)
Chandler - (1/0/1)

The packet is now posted on the archives here.
Robbing "Hari" of their rightful 3rd place finish smh (but also this packet was incredibly fun, thanks to all who worked on it!).
Note, this was not Hari from GT.
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