Regarding the two examples given: 1) Holly Golightly. Sorry, Stan, but that one was simply absurd. Here are the two questions, first as used in ACF Regionals, and second the NAQT ICT one -- nothing further need be said about that example: (ACF) She ran away from home when she was 12 and was taken in by Doc, the man she would later marry. Eventually, she ran away to L.A. and then to New York, though she split with O.J. Berman after skipping her tryout for "The Story of Dr. Wassail." She remains an associate of Bermans though, constantly trying to interest him in the work of the writer who lives downstairs, the nameless narrator whom she always calls "Fred," after her brother, until her brother is killed in the war. For 10 pointsname this character whose real name is Lulamae Barnes, the central character of Truman Capotes Breakfast at Tiffanys. Answer: Holly Golightly (accept Lulamae Barnes on early buzz) (NAQT) She changed her name from Lula Mae Barnes when she came to New (*) York City, but gets in trouble by unknowingly helping a Mafioso run his drug ring from prison. In the film, she falls in love with Paul Varjak. For 10 points--name this fictional character in Truman Capote's novel ~Breakfast at Tiffany's~. answer: _Holly_ _Golightly_ (accept either name) 2) Regarding the more serious example, the Roman Architecture bonus that was said to be EXACTLY the same as one used at the 1999 ACF Regionals -- I need you to recheck where you think you'd heard it before, because that question is not in my electronic copy of the 1999 ACF Regionals. (I'm not flatly saying that there isn't somehow the same question out there somewhere; I don't know, and if there is, then I may be able to form an opinion about what might have happened if not coincidence. But, unless Stan's got a copy of ACF Regionals that differs from the electronic version I have, nothing like that question is there: I searched on "Pantheon," "Titus," and "Caracalla" and found zip.) Here is the NAQT question (written, by the way, according to the internal ID number, quite a long time ago without having been used till now): For 10 points each--identify these landmarks of Rome: A. Set up by Domitian to commemorate the conquest of Jerusalem, this structure features a relief showing Roman soldiers carrying off a menorah. answer: The _Arch of Titus_ B. Originally a rectangular building erected during the reign of Augustus, it was turned into a round temple by Hadrian, who generously preserved the previous inscription attributing it to Marcus Agrippa. answer: The _Pantheon_ C. Fully one-twelfth of the water supply of Rome in the early 3rd century went to the monumental baths constructed by this Severan emperor. answer: _Caracalla_ Intentional plagiarism of quizbowl questions would be monumentally stupid, since all sets are retained forever by someone or other, are being replayed over and over in countless team practices, and would sooner or later be noticed. If anyone does id this question as being found in some other set as well as the 2001 NAQT ICT, let us know and we'll try to figure out what happened. But it apparently is not in the 1999 ACF Regionals. Eric Hillemann NAQT Chief Editor
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