Question

A dialogue-only short story by an author with this surname begins and ends with Cornelia addressing her mirror. In a story by an author with this surname, an old woman’s dreams manifest mundane objects like pebbles and feathers before the ending reveals the narrator is her dog. (10[1])A story by an author with this surname ends with the narrator’s realization his wife has stolen the characteristics of the dead Violeta, (10[1])who preceded them in living in the title “House Made of Sugar.” (10[3])Rabindranath Tagore’s (10[1])friendship with a writer (10[1])with this surname inspired her to write an essay about him “on the Banks of the River Plate.” (10[1])This is the surname of the only female editor of the anthology (10[2])The Book of Fantasy, (10[1])which she edited with (10[1])Jorge Luis Borges (10[3])and her husband, Adolfo (10[1])Bioy Casares (10[1])(“bee-OY cah-SAH-race”). For 10 points, the founder of the (10[1])journal Sur had what surname shared by the Argentine sisters Silvina and Victoria? ■END■ (10[3]0[2])

ANSWER: Ocampo [accept Victoria Ocampo or Ramona Victoria Epifanía Rufina Ocampo; accept Silvina Ocampo] (The first two stories are “Cornelia Before the Mirror” and “Leopoldina’s Dream.”)
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2295%0%0%112.81

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Raymond WangCornell AFlorida A4610
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech AWUSTL A6910
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AIndiana A8110
Andrew HannaVanderbilt AMinnesota B8110
Khushi UmarwadiaSouth Carolina AIowa State A8110
Mitch McCullarIllinois AYale B8310
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BFlorida B8710
Matt JacksonChicago ABrown A10510
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BRutgers A11710
Ani PerumallaPenn State AWUSTL B11710
Clark SmithOhio State ADuke A12110
Jim FanNorth Carolina ANorthwestern A12510
Tim MorrisonStanford AChicago B12810
Daniel SheinbergYale AMaryland A12810
Ethan AshbrookMinnesota ATexas A12810
Ricky LiMIT AToronto A13210
Rosa XiaCornell BHarvard A13410
Halle FriedmanNYU AJohns Hopkins A14110
Collin AceRutgers BHouston A1550
Dean Ah NowClaremont AVirginia A15510
Enoch YuenImperial AColumbia B15510
Sean DoyleHouston ARutgers B1550
James StevensonMichigan APurdue A15510