Question
In a novel by this author, a “ball of fire” magnetizes a set of tools and causes a nearby compass to begin pointing south rather than north. A character created by this author described as the “archangel of hatred” is revealed to be Prince Dakkar in The Mysterious Island. The narrator of a novel by this author encounters a giant humanoid herding mastodons and crosses an underground ocean on a raft of petrified wood. In another novel by this author, Pierre Aronnax sees the lost city of Atlantis while voyaging on the Nautilus, a submarine built by Captain Nemo. For 10 points, name this French author of Journey to the Center of the Earth and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. ■END■
ANSWER: Jules Verne [or Jules Gabriel Verne]
<Literature - European Literature>
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Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Frank Paz (DII) | Swarthmore A | Penn | 56 | 10 |
Rio Lucenet (UG) | NYU C | University of Delaware A | 87 | 10 |
Wade Rogers (DII) | Fordham | Columbia A | 92 | 10 |
Ben Rotko (UG) | Swarthmore B | Columbia B | 92 | 10 |
Ashish Kumbhardare | Rowan | NYU B | 94 | 10 |
Zaid Asif (DII) | NYU A | Lehigh | 98 | 10 |