Packet 10: Bonus 4
In this play, a woman falls in love with a man who promises to put her image on a postage stamp using magazine photographs. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this play in which Lakunle’s refusal to pay a bride price eventually results in the marriage between Sidi and Baroka.
ANSWER: The Lion and the Jewel
[10e] The Lion and the Jewel was written by this Nigerian playwright, who also wrote Death and the King’s Horseman.
ANSWER: Wole Soyinka [or Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka]
[10h] In The Lion and the Jewel, a visit by a foreign photographer prompts the women in the village to enact this performance, in which they pretend to be the wheels of an imaginary car.
ANSWER: “Dance of the Lost Traveller”
<Literature - World, Daniel Merida> | VAULT II Packet 10
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 15.79 | 87% | 45% | 26% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian Rift in the Sky | With Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Always Set the Kurve | Big Brown Ballers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leif Eriksen's Striking Appearance | Taman's Nepo Babies | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Prat Pack | Heauton Timorumenos | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| whatever | Midnight Bus to Vista | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 18.33 | 83% | 50% | 50% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 75% | 25% | 25% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 60% | 60% | 0% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 7.50 | 75% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |