Packet 8: Bonus 15
A boy looks out his window as one of these places seems to rise out of the ground at the beginning of a 1970 made-for-TV documentary. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this type of place where the protagonist of a 1954 film meets a man who tells her that “everything has a purpose, even this pebble.” That man who works at these places is later killed by a brute while fixing a flat tire.
ANSWER: circuses [or circus tents; or traveling circuses; prompt on tents]
[10m] In this film’s final scene, a circus-like procession dances through an incomplete spaceship film set. That scene follows a press conference in this film in which a director imagines crawling under a table and shooting himself.
ANSWER: 8½ [or Otto e mezzo]
[10e] Circuses are a recurring motif in films like The Clowns, La Strada, and 8½ by this director.
ANSWER: Federico Fellini
<TM, Other Visual Fine Arts> | NAFTA-Packet-8
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 14.00 | 80% | 45% | 15% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ana Pauker? I hardly know her! | The Umayyad Caliphate be like REPEAL NAPHTHA | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Georgia Tech 𓂈𓆉𓃡 | Say It Ain't Zhou | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Tennessee A | Girls who Just Want to Have Fun + Liam | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 25% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 60% | 60% | 20% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 50% | 50% | 0% |