Question

The protagonist of a novel by this author has the alter ego Abbé Dalla Piccola (“AH-bay DAHL-la PICK-oh-la”) and compiles The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. In another novel by this author, an editor employed by Mr. Garamond uses the password “No” to log on to a computer called “Abulafia.” In a different novel by this author of The Prague Cemetery, a series of murders mirroring the Seven Trumpets include an herbalist whose head is crushed with a globe and a body found in a vat of blood. Those deaths, orchestrated by the blind monk Jorge of Burgos, are investigated by Adso of Melk and William of Baskerville in a novel (10[1])by this author. (10[1])For 10 points, name this Italian author of Foucault’s Pendulum and The Name of the Rose. ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: Umberto Eco
<Literature - European Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ivy Chen (DII)PrincetonPenn10810
Frank Paz (DII)Swarthmore AColumbia A11110
Rio Lucenet (UG)NYU CNYU B12810
Mukhil Krishnan (DII)LehighUniversity of Delaware B12810
Wade Rogers (DII)FordhamSwarthmore B1280

Summary

2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers)10/14/2023Y580%0%0%118.75