In a novel by this author, an unnamed saxophone teacher attempts to vicariously play matchmaker for her students Julia and Isolde, while the drama student Stanley puts on a play about the affair between Isolde's older sister Victoria and her teacher Mr. Saladin. In another novel by this author, the protagonist claims to have seen the ghost of Emery Staines aboard the Godspeed after learning that Staines disappeared the same night Anna Wetherell was found unconscious and Crosbie Wells was found murdered. That novel by this author begins with aspiring gold (*) prospector Walter Moody arriving in Hokitika, where he encounters a council of twelve men who each correspond to a zodiac sign. The Rehearsal is by, for 10 points, what New Zealand-based author, who became the youngest-ever Booker winner for 2013's The Luminaries? ■END■
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 4 | 100% | 25% | 25% | 85.25 |
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 102.00 |
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 100% | 67% | 33% | 80.33 |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 67% | 110.33 |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 50% | 0% | 100% | 118.00 |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 106.33 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ned Tagtmeier | Chicago A | Chicago B+ | 20 | 15 |
| Natan Holtzman | Stanford A | Berkeley B | 53 | 15 |
| Kyle Hu | Stanford B | Berkeley A | 66 | 15 |
| Mitch McCullar | Illinois A+ | Epic Games | 67 | -5 |
| Liam Kusalik | The Vulture's Guide to Buzz | Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style | 82 | 10 |
| Evan | Broken Imperial Nomads | Buzzers Karamazov | 87 | -5 |
| Forrest Weintraub | Columbia B | Olmo Bagelry | 87 | 10 |
| Joey Montoya | [Insert Lawyer Joke Here] | It's Joever | 90 | -5 |
| Kevin Wang | meet the new weird, same as the old weird | UG Championship Players (and Mazin) | 90 | -5 |
| Adam Silverman | nats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft | Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again | 92 | -5 |
| Jordan Brownstein | Maryland B- | OSU | 93 | 10 |
| Jacob | Oxford Hornets | Magisters Ludi | 94 | -5 |
| Benjamin Chapman | The Passion According to C.H. | Cameron et al. | 94 | -5 |
| John Lawrence | Amartya Senpai Notice Me | Mojo Shojo | 95 | 10 |
| Emmett Laurie | Rutgers Diaspora | Glass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery | 100 | 10 |
| Caleb Kendrick | Maryland A | Maryland B+ | 101 | 10 |
| Jonathan Shauf | The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs | Fan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them | 105 | 10 |
| Ian Chow | Milan et al. | Parth et al. | 115 | 10 |
| Ben | Buzzers Karamazov | Broken Imperial Nomads | 118 | 10 |
| Eric Wolfsberg | It's Joever | [Insert Lawyer Joke Here] | 122 | 10 |
| Freddy | Magisters Ludi | Oxford Hornets | 122 | 0 |
| Andrej Vukovic | Cameron et al. | The Passion According to C.H. | 122 | 10 |
| Jason Hong | UG Championship Players (and Mazin) | meet the new weird, same as the old weird | 122 | 10 |
| Rahul Keyal | Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again | nats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft | 122 | 10 |
| Andrew Nadig | Epic Games | Illinois A+ | 133 | 10 |