Question
In a novel in this genre, Abendsen uses the I Ching to write a subversive novel, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name the genre of that aforementioned novel, in which Frank Frink sells antiques. Characters theorize about the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh's son in another novel in this genre.
ANSWER: alternate history [or alternative history; accept althist; accept answers indicating works set in an alternate reality or alternative reality; accept uchronia; prompt on counterfactual; prompt on speculative fiction; prompt on historical fiction; prompt on science fiction or sci-fi or SF or speculative fiction; prompt on dystopia; prompt on fiction about a parallel universe or world or reality]
[10m] The Man in the High Castle and The Plot Against America are alternate history novels by authors with this first name, the latter of whom created the recurring character Nathan Zuckerman.
ANSWER: Philip [accept Philip K. Dick or Philip Roth; accept Phil]
[10e] Possibly the first English alternate history is a story by this author about a man who claims to know Napoleon, “P’s Correspondence.” Characters watch a meteor from a scaffold in this author’s The Scarlet Letter.
ANSWER: Nathaniel Hawthorne
<Literature - American Literature - Long Fiction>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Catholic Central A | Lexington | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Fremd | Alabama Cyber Tech | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Hinsdale Central A | Westwood | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Hunter A | Strake Jesuit A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Innovation Academy A | Belmont | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Montgomery Blair A | Lambert A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Northmont | Eastchester | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Northview | Audrain County AT | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Richard Montgomery | Johns Creek | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Strake Jesuit B | Thomas Jefferson A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Uni of Illinois Laboratory | Adlai E. Stevenson A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Walter Payton A | Lindbergh | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 12 | 24.17 | 100% | 100% | 42% |