Question
A riddle about a fish glued to a dish is told at one of these events that ends with the narrator waking up while shaking her cat Kitty. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this type of event where one character relates how he was accused of murdering Time after posing the riddle "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"
ANSWER: party [accept the Mad Tea-Party; accept a dinner or a supper or a tea]
[10e] This Lewis Carroll character attends a mad tea party in Wonderland and hosts a party for the Red Queen in Through the Looking-Glass.
ANSWER: Alice [or Alice Liddell; accept Alice in Wonderland or Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There; prompt on Liddell]
[10h] After Alice wakes up, Through the Looking Glass ends with an acrostic about one of these events. Wonderland was inspired by a "golden afternoon" when Lewis Carroll and the Liddell sisters did this type of activity, which is chronicled in Jerome K. Jerome’s most famous novel.
ANSWER: boating trip [or a rowing trip; accept descriptions of a trip on the Thames or a trip on a river; accept Three Men in a Boat; prompt on trip; prompt on picnic]
<Literature - British Literature - Long Fiction>
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 31 | 16.45 | 97% | 39% | 29% |