Question
Maria Dahvana Headley translated this poem's opening word as "Bro!" For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this work, which inspired Headley's novel The Mere Wife. J. R. R. Tolkien's lecture "The Monsters and the Critics" contrasts Grendel and the dragon in this Old English epic poem.
ANSWER: Beowulf [or "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics"]
[10m] This poet compared translating Beowulf to bringing down a megalith with a toy hammer. This Irish poet wrote "the squat pen rests" in "Digging."
ANSWER: Seamus Heaney [or Seamus Justin Heaney]
[10h] In "Hasped and Hooped and Hirpling," Terry Eagleton reviewed Heaneywulf in a London magazine of this title. Irina Dumitrescu reviewed Headley's Beowulf in a New York magazine of this title, known for its line of underappreciated "classics."
ANSWER: The London Review of Books [or LRB; or The New York Review of Books; or NYRB; or NYRB Classics]
<Literature - British Literature - Misc Literature>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinsdale Central A | Strake Jesuit B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Uni of Illinois Laboratory | Lambert A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |