Packet 11: Bonus 7
This composer wrote the song “London Pride” during the Blitz. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this composer who also wrote a play about the divorced couple Elyot and Amanda reuniting in Private Lives. The title of this author’s most famous play comes from the poem “To a Skylark.”
ANSWER: Noël Coward [or Sir Noël Pierce Coward]
[10m] Coward collaborated on the musical On with the Dance with C. B. Cochran, an impresario who also worked with this playwright of The Plough and the Stars.
ANSWER: Sean O’Casey
[10e] A Coward song partially titled for a girl with this name ends with the refrain she is “at it again.” Lewis Carroll wrote a novel about a girl with this first name and her “Adventures in Wonderland”.
ANSWER: Alice [accept “Alice is at it Again”; accept Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland]
<Literature - European, Spencer Manning> | VAULT II Packet 11
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 20.83 | 100% | 42% | 67% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An even worse idea | Hoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish? | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Booz Allen Interns | Armand duplantis fan club | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Jeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu | I have no buzzer and I must neg | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Michael Touse-Squid | Virginia Tech | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | HE |
| PC Chris Master Race | Not Just Biking | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | HE |
| Ted Offensive | Ostia Orcas | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| The Young Jits | Mountain Dew is Better | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| They'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These Days | They fuck you up your buzz and neg | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✕ | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 50% | 17% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✕ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 25% | 75% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 25% | 50% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 22.50 | 100% | 50% | 75% |