Packet 6: Bonus 21
This zhìguài story’s many adaptations include King Hu’s last film, as well as a 1970s movie that apocryphally was so scary that audience members died of fright. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this story from Pú Sōnglíng’s Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio in which a demon uses a highly realistic mask to seduce Wáng and rip out his heart.
ANSWER: “The Painted Skin” [or “Huàpí”]
[10e] Pú’s stories were introduced to English audiences by this Victorian translator, who excised most of the sexual or gory content. This sinologist also completed a romanization system begun by Thomas Francis Wade.
ANSWER: Herbert Giles [or Herbert Allen Giles; accept Wade-Giles]
[10m] In Borges’ favorite of Pú’s stories, Mr. Miáo transforms into one of these animals when fellow picnickers improvise bad verse. Wǔ Sōng drinks 18 bowls of wine before encountering one of these animals in Water Margin.
ANSWER: tigers [or lǎohǔ; or Panthera tigris; accept a tiger spirit; prompt on cats or felines]
<HA, World Literature> | NAFTA-Packet-6
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 18.33 | 100% | 78% | 6% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BHSU | Invective Against Swans | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| In the Mood for Transportation Equipment | Indiana | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Northwestern | 1000000 Delinquents | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Quebecois Olga Tokarczuk be like 'freins de jacob interdits' | Muscle Mass Extinction Event | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |