Question
A person from this place says "time is tied to the wrist" and "rain is when the earth is television" in a poem by Craig Raine. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this place where Ylla ("ILL-uh") dreams of the poem "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes." A story collection named for this place's Chronicles includes "Usher II" and "There Will Come Soft Rains."
ANSWER: Mars [accept The Martian Chronicles; accept "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home"]
[10e] The Martian Chronicles were written by this author. A man recites "Consider the lilies of the field" to drown out subway advertising in this author's novel Fahrenheit 451.
ANSWER: Ray Bradbury [or Ray Douglas Bradbury]
[10h] This U. S. poet laureate from 2017 to 2019 wrote the collection Life on Mars. This author of Ordinary Light wrote "A pair of eyes. The most remarkable lies" in "My God, It's Full of Stars."
ANSWER: Tracy K. Smith
<Literature - American Literature - Poetry>
Data
Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adlai E. Stevenson A | Innovation Academy A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Alabama Cyber Tech | Strake Jesuit B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Belmont | Uni of Illinois Laboratory | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Eastchester | Johns Creek | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Fremd | Thomas Jefferson A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Hunter A | Lexington | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Lambert A | Northview | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Lindbergh | Hinsdale Central A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Montgomery Blair A | Audrain County AT | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Northmont | Richard Montgomery | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Strake Jesuit A | Detroit Catholic Central A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Westwood | Walter Payton A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Summary
Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
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2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 12 | 21.67 | 100% | 83% | 33% |