Question

In the first decade of the 20th century, the poet Nikolay Gumiliev was drawn into an amorous correspondence with the Baroness Cherubina de Gabriak; unfortunately, Gabriak did not exist. For 10 points each:
[10e] Gumiliev was furious to discover that he had been catfished by Elizabeta Dimitrieva and Maximilian Voloshin. Gumiliev and Voloshin fought a duel on the site of the one lost by this Russian poet of “The Bronze Horseman.”
ANSWER: Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
[10m] Gumiliev’s second in the duel was this author, from a distinguished literary family. He wrote a novel in which Mstislav Sergeyevich Los leads a working-class revolt with the title princess of Mars, Aelita.
ANSWER: Alexei Nikolayevich Tolstoy [prompt on Tolstoy]
[10h] The poems of Cherubina de Gabriak were submitted to a journal of this name. A literary character of this name is a long-eared Senator whose study is destroyed by a bomb nicknamed “Pepp Peppovich Pepp.”
ANSWER: Apollon [or Apollon Apollonovich]
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Summary

2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y316.67100%67%0%
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y313.33100%33%0%
2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y615.00100%50%0%
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y210.00100%0%0%
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y310.00100%0%0%

Data

[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]Berkeley B1010020
Glass Onyen: A Knives Out MysteryFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them100010
Maryland ARutgers Diaspora1010020
The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 NegsMaryland B+100010
Senpai Notice MeChicago A1010020
Epic GamesOSU100010
Chicago BIllinois100010
Maryland B-Purdue1010020
Mojo ShojoMichigan100010
WUSTLNorthwestern1010020
Berkeley AIt's Joever100010
Stanford AStanford B1010020
Oxford HornetsBroken Imperial Nomads100010
Magisters LudiBuzzers Karamazov100010
Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleCameron et al.100010
The Passion According to C.H.Parth et al.100010
Milan et al.The Vulture's Guide to Buzz100010