Question
After interrupting a figure at prayer, a character in a story by this author smiles at a slim girl before bursting into tears. The godparents of a protagonist created by this author read off names from a calendar until his mother settles on naming him after his father. A character created by this author is caught with a false passport trying to escape to Riga in a stagecoach. In a story by this author, a “prominent personage” refuses to help the protagonist track down a stolen item he paid Petrovich 150 rubles for. The title feature of a story by this author is found by the barber Yakovlevitch in a loaf of bread after it detaches from Kovalyov’s face. For 10 points, name this author of “The Nose” and “The Overcoat.” ■END■
ANSWER: Nikolai Gogol [or Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol]
<Literature - European Literature>
= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Ivy Chen (DII) | Princeton | University of Delaware B | 81 | 10 |
Shadmehr Khan (UG) | Rutgers | Maryland | 95 | -5 |
Emily Bussa (UG) | Maryland | Rutgers | 117 | 10 |
Frank Paz (DII) | Swarthmore A | NYU C | 127 | 10 |
Ashish Kumbhardare | Rowan | Fordham | 128 | 10 |
Will Hollister (DII) | Lehigh | NYU B | 131 | 10 |
Udbhav Bodapati (DII) | University of Delaware A | Swarthmore B | 131 | 0 |
Ben Rotko (UG) | Swarthmore B | University of Delaware A | 131 | 0 |
Luke McCrory (DII) | NYU B | Lehigh | 131 | 0 |
Edward | Columbia B | NYU A | 131 | 0 |