Packet 6: Bonus 7
In one story by this author, a farmer is revealed to have accidentally shot his secret son while driving over a pothole. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this author of “The Moment Before the Gun Went Off.” A yellow “bakkie” appears in one novel by this author, which ends with a woman running towards a helicopter.
ANSWER: Nadine Gordimer
[10e] Gordimer was from this country, and wrote many stories depicting its segregationist system of apartheid.
ANSWER: South Africa [or Republic of South Africa or RSA]
[10h] In this story by Gordimer, Frederick Morris hears the title statement on radio, prompting him to prove that he is mixed-race. This story also titles a 2007 collection by Gordimer.
ANSWER: “Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black”
<Literature - World, Hari Ananthakrishnan> | VAULT II Packet 06
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 20.47 | 100% | 72% | 33% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey Park | Martingrove | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cheese Sandwich | Bella Vista | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Glebe | Northern | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Renert | Burlington Trojans | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 21.67 | 100% | 83% | 33% |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 4 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 27.50 | 100% | 100% | 75% |