Question

An author with this surname wrote about a countess who learns of Alfred Vargrave’s engagement to Miss Darcy in a verse novel that was accused of being a plagiarized version of George Sand’s Lavinia. Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan was dedicated to “the dear memory” of that author with this surname, who wrote Lucile under the pen name Owen Meredith. A Karl Bryullov painting inspired another author with this surname (10[1])to write a novel (10[1])about the love between Ione (“eye-OH-nee”) and Glaucus in the title city. In another novel by that author with this surname, the title gentleman is arrested for highway robbery, (-5[1])but finds out at the trial that Judge Brandon is his father. (10[1])That author with this surname inspired the Wagner (10[1])opera Rienzi (10[1])and wrote The Last Days of Pompeii. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])give this (10[1])surname (10[1])of the author who began his novel Paul Clifford (10[2])with (10[1])the (-5[1])phrase (10[3])“It was (10[1])a dark and (10[1])stormy night.” ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: Bulwer-Lytton [or Bulwer-Lytton; accept Robert Bulwer-Lytton; accept Lord Lytton; accept Edward Bulwer or Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer; prompt on Owen Meredith until read]
<British Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2195%0%10%132.90

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Arthur Delot-VilainYale AOhio State A6910
Mitch McCullarIllinois AMichigan A7310
Andrew HannaVanderbilt ARutgers A101-5
Amogh KulkarniChicago BJohns Hopkins A11310
Ethan AshbrookMinnesota AHouston A12110
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BTexas A12310
Matthew LehmannWUSTL ASouth Carolina A13010
Tracy MirkinFlorida AToronto A13010
Matt JacksonChicago APenn A13310
Stevie MillerMaryland AHarvard A13510
Enoch YuenImperial AUC Berkeley A13610
Hari ParameswaranGeorgia Tech AMIT A14510
Alex PijanowskiPurdue AYale B14510
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BColumbia A14610
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BMinnesota B147-5
Raymond WangCornell AVirginia A14810
Justin ChenNYU ACornell B14810
Anson BernsBrown ANorthwestern A14810
Guy IndoranteIowa State ANorth Carolina A15010
Ashish SubramanianDuke AChicago C15310
Alex AkridgeIndiana AColumbia B15610
Benjamin WeinerMinnesota BGeorgia Tech B1560
Aiden DartleyRutgers AVanderbilt A15610