Question
In a Haruki Murakami short story, one of these animals from Shinagawa steals the names of women he is attracted to. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these animals. In a short story by another author, a painter's daughter burns to death with one of these animals after her father creates the title artwork.
ANSWER: monkeys [accept "Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey"; accept "Shinagawa Saru no Kokuhaku"]
[10m] The narrator of Murakami's story "With the Beatles" reads this other author's story "Cogwheels". Murakami was twice nominated for an award named for this author of the aforementioned "Hell Screen".
ANSWER: Ryunosuke Akutagawa [accept names in either order]
[10e] The Akutagawa prize is awarded annually in this home country of Murakami, where he often set his stories in Tokyo.
ANSWER: Japan [or Nihon-koku or Nippon-koku]
<Literature - World Literature - Short Fiction>
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 33 | 21.21 | 100% | 82% | 30% |