Packet 8: Bonus 15
An actor who helped codify these characters wrote about the difference between their “artificial” and “natural” types in a book about his craft called A Nest of Ninnies. For 10 points each:
[10e] Identify these characters which Robert Armin replaced Will Kempe as the go-to-performer of in the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. Armin likely originated one of these characters who disappears mid-way through King Lear, whose title character he calls “nuncle.”
ANSWER: Shakespearean fools [accept obvious alternatives, such as jesters, accept The Fool]
[10m] Replacing Kempe with Armin inspired Shakespeare to create Feste, a fool in this comedy who pretends to be a priest to torment Malvolio after he is tricked into wearing yellow stockings.
ANSWER: Twelfth Night [or Twelfth Night, or What You Will]
[10h] Another of Armin’s fools is this jester from As You Like It, who threatens a rival for the affections of his eventual wife Audrey that he will kill him “a hundred different ways.”
ANSWER: Touchstone
<Literature - British, Jamie Burchett> | VAULT II Packet 08
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 13.89 | 61% | 64% | 14% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath | Southampton | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Birmingham B | Cambridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Warperial | Oxford | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✕ | 6 | 13.33 | 50% | 67% | 17% |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 33% | 67% | 0% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 20% | 60% | 40% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 67% | 100% | 33% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 8.00 | 40% | 40% | 0% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 20.00 | 88% | 88% | 25% |