Question

In a novel by an author with this last name, the villagers think that the main character will grow up to be a great man because his birth coincided with a drought ending and a Red Cross airdrop. In another novel by an author with this last name, a retired judge shows his disdain for his native country by eating (15[1])chapatis with a knife (15[1])and a fork. (15[1])That novel by an author with this last name juxtaposes the converging experiences of the mountain-dwelling (*) Sai and the Manhattan resident Biju. (10[1])Another novel by an author (-5[1])with this last name centers on Sampath Chawla climbing up a tree in the title location (10[1])and acting as a clairvoyant “holy man.” This is the last name of the author of the Booker Award-winning novel The Inheritance of Loss and (10[1])Hullabaloo (10[2])in the Guava Orchard. (10[1])For 10 points, name this last name of an Indian author with first name (10[1]-5[1])Kiran who is the daughter of (10[1])Anita (10[1])who (10[1])also has this last name. (10[1])■END■ (0[3])

ANSWER: Desai [accept Kiran Desai or Anita Desai]
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2023 ARCADIA at UC BerkeleyPremiereY250%0%50%88.00
2023 ARCADIA at Carleton UniversityPremiereY3100%33%0%110.67
2023 ARCADIA at Claremont CollegesPremiereY1100%0%0%135.00
2023 ARCADIA at IndianaPremiereY580%20%20%136.25
2023 ARCADIA at RITPremiereY2100%0%0%134.00
2023 ARCADIA at WUSTLPremiereY3100%33%0%119.67

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Neal JoshiWUSTL XYZSIUE5915
Mattias EhatammWaterlooOttawa C6315
Shardul ParthasarathyIllinois BIllinois A6615
Tim MorrisonStanford ABerkeley A8810
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BBerkeley C93-5
Raymond WangCornell RCornell MATLAB10910
Raymond ChenTorontoOttawa A13410
Ian ChowMcDouble West-CarletonOttawa B13510
Anderson WangI will play anything with a buzzer in front of meAuxiliary Lofthouse Cookie University13510
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeMissouri B13910
Nermeen RahmanChicago BIndiana153-5
Stan MelkumianPurdue ANotre Dame B15310
Sanjeev UppaluriSyracuse+RochesterRIT15910
Robert CondronChicago AVanderbilt16010
Braden BoothMissouri AWUSTL H2O16110
Tanuj ChandekarIndianaChicago B16610
Kevin YeBerkeley CBerkeley B1670
Gowthamm MandalaPurdue BNotre Dame A1670
Maya KvaratskheliaNotre Dame APurdue B1670