Question
Caregiver Charity Byrne falls off a balcony in front of Dee-Dee at the beginning of The Frangipani Tree Mystery, a novel set in this city. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this city. In a 2013 novel primarily set in this city, Astrid finds the text ‘MISS U NSIDE ME’ on Michael’s phone, and Peik Lin gives Rachel an emergency makeover in order to prepare for a wedding.
ANSWER: Singapore
[10e] Nicholas Young brings Rachel Chu to visit his extremely wealthy Singaporean family in this Kevin Kwan novel. This book was adapted into a 2018 film starring Michelle Yeoh.
ANSWER: Crazy Rich Asians
[10h] Singapore is also the primary setting of this author’s novel King Rat, the first in his Asian Saga. John Blackthorne’s ship the Erasmus crashes during 1600s Japan in another novel by this author.
ANSWER: James Clavell (the novel is Shogun)
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 HONK! @ Waterloo | 2024-08-03 | Y | 8 | 12.50 | 100% | 13% | 13% |
| 2024 HONK! @ Carleton | 2024-10-20 | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| 2024 HONK! @ Syracuse | 2024-12-07 | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 HONK! @ Online | 2025-03-09 | Y | 10 | 21.00 | 100% | 40% | 70% |