Question
G. Gregory Smith theorized that this country’s literature features a contradictory, hard-to-define “antisyzygy.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this country where suppers on January 25th, often held by namesake “clubs,” honor its national poet by reciting his poems like “A Man’s a Man for A’ That” and an “address” to a meat dish.
ANSWER: Scotland [or Alba; prompt on United Kingdom or UK or Great Britain; prompt on Caledonia or Caledonian antisyzygy; reject “England”] (Those suppers honor Robert Burns, the author of “Address to a Haggis.”)
[10m] Analyses of Caledonian antisyzygy often highlight the Calvinist Robert Wringhim and his shadowy, devilish double Gil-Martin, the main characters of this author’s 1823 novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner.
ANSWER: James Hogg
[10h] Hugh MacDiarmid picked up Smith’s “antisyzygy” and his rejection of the “sentimental trash” of this so-called “school” of poets like Ian Maclaren and J. M. Barrie. It takes its name from the Scots word for cabbage patches.
ANSWER: Kailyard School [accept kailyards]
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 15 | 14.67 | 100% | 40% | 7% |