Packet 5: Bonus 10
Milton Obote starred in a Makerere University production of this play, which was translated into Krio by Thomas Decker. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Shakespeare play, the first to be translated into Swahili by Julius Nyerere. B. B. Mdledle’s Xhosa translation of this play preserves the names of its characters Cassius and Brutus.
ANSWER: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar [accept uJulius Caesar; accept Juliasi Kaizari]
[10m] This author claimed Mdledle’s translation of Julius Caesar better captures Mark Antony’s pain in his essay “Apartheid and Othello.” He starred opposite Winston Ntshona in the premiere of The Island.
ANSWER: John Kani [or Bonisile John Kani]
[10h] This author translated Julius Caesar and The Comedy of Errors into his native Setswana. The first English novel by a black South African, Mhudi, was written by this co-founder of the ANC.
ANSWER: Sol Plaatje [or Solomon Thekisho Plaatje]
<TC, World Literature> | NAFTA-Packet-5
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 17.21 | 98% | 70% | 5% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley A | Berkeley B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Constans Constantius and Constantine Jr. | Not Old! (Old) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Stanford A | Stanford B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Team 8 | Team 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 80% | 60% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 67% | 17% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |