Question
George Henry Lewes ("Lewis") claimed that one character's death in this manner was "giving currency to a vulgar error," though a novel’s preface argues it had been observed "beyond all rational doubt." For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this manner of death that Mr. Guppy and Mr. Jobling find has killed the alcoholic rag and bone man Krook in an 1853 novel.
ANSWER: spontaneous combustion [or spontaneous human combustion; or SHC; prompt on combustion; prompt on fire or burning or bursting into flames or immolation or alcoholism or drinking]
[10m] After Krook spontaneously combusts in this novel, a will found among his papers complicates the Chancery court case Jarndyce and Jarndyce. Esther Summerson narrates this novel.
ANSWER: Bleak House
[10e] Bleak House is the only novel with a female narrator by this author. This author depicted Miss Havisham dying from her burns after her dress catches fire in Great Expectations.
ANSWER: Charles Dickens [or Charles John Huffam Dickens]
<Literature - British Literature - Long Fiction>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adlai E. Stevenson B | Uni of Illinois Laboratory | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Centennial B | Uni School of Nashville A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Northside College Prep | Russell | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Thomas Jefferson B | Northmont | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |