Question
This author wrote an essay about “the only time in my life that I had been important enough” to be “hated by large numbers of people.” This author writes about a dead body “grinning with an expression of unendurable agony” in an essay that parenthetically says to “never tell me, by the way, that the dead look peaceful.” The use of “operators” or “verbal false limbs” is condemned by this author in an essay that also rails against “pretentious diction” and “meaningless words.” This author describes how it is “always unnerving to have a crowd following you” in an essay where, despite resolving not to, he performs the title action “solely to avoid looking a fool” while stationed in Burma. For 10 points, name this author of “Politics and the English Language” and “Shooting an Elephant.” ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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William Groger | Columbia A | Yale A | 25 | 10 |
Eshan Pant | NYU A | Columbia B | 49 | 10 |
Aiden Dartley | Rutgers A | Bard A | 53 | 10 |
Austin Guo | Princeton A | Yale B | 78 | 10 |
Nathan Zhang | Cornell C | Yale C | 79 | 10 |
Omar Mahmood | NYU B | Columbia C | 81 | 10 |
Alex Moon | Penn A | Vassar | 84 | 10 |
Arjun Bothra | Haverford | Rutgers B | 86 | 10 |
Jupiter Ding | Princeton B | Penn B | 127 | 10 |