Question

The narrator is obsessed with a violinist with this name, who in turn is obsessed with a doll named Julio, in a story called “The Doll” that was rediscovered in 2011 after more than 70 years. Sally Beauman wrote an official sequel titled for the “tale” of a character with this first name, which deals with Colonel Julyan’s investigation into her death. Shortly (10[1])before her death, a character (10[1])with this first name wore a white dress inspired by a Henry Raeburn painting of an ancestor named (10[1])Caroline. (10[1])An inquest (10[1])reveals (10[1])that that character with this first (10[2])name had terminal cancer, (10[2])which is why (10[2])she manipulated her husband into killing her. A novel titled for (10[1])this name begins with the line “Last night (10[2])I (10[2])dreamt (10[1])I went to Manderley (10[4])again.” For 10 points, give this name of the first wife of Maxim de Winter in a novel by Daphne du Maurier. ■END■

ANSWER: Rebecca [accept Rebecca de Winter; accept Rebecca’s Tale]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y22100%0%0%104.50

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nathan ZhangCornell AJohns Hopkins A6210
Karsten RynearsonYale BSouth Carolina A6710
Chris RayOhio State AMcGill A8510
Amogh KulkarniChicago BUC Berkeley A8610
Justin ChenNYU AClaremont A8810
Charles HangWUSTL AToronto A8910
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AMinnesota B9510
Mateo Javier AcostaFlorida BChicago C9510
Guy IndoranteIowa State AVirginia A9910
Tim MorrisonStanford ABrown A9910
Leo LawFlorida AColumbia B10210
Grace LiuMIT ADuke A10210
Todd MaslykMichigan APenn State A11310
Joel MilesMinnesota AMaryland A12110
Michael MaysImperial ANorth Carolina A12110
Arjun NageswaranHarvard AChicago A12210
Daniel SheinbergYale ATexas A12210
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BRutgers B12310
Aiden DartleyRutgers AHouston A12710
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordPenn AVanderbilt A12710
Justin HawkinsIndiana APurdue A12710
Noah SheidlowerColumbia AWUSTL B12710