Question

According to Suetonius, Augustus issued orders to be done “quicker than you can cook” this food as his way of saying “and make it snappy.” A still life by Manet depicting this food was once owned by the (15[1])Nazi collaborator Hermann Josef Abs, according to a series of panels by Hans Haacke tracing its provenance. Melanippus was conceived after Theseus coaxed Perigune (15[2])out of hiding from a bed of this (15[2]-5[1])vegetable. (-5[1])Allied gliders in Normandy were only somewhat (*) deterred by (10[1])the wooden (10[1])poles nicknamed for this food (0[1])which were set by Erwin Rommel’s men. A carboxamide (-5[1])side (10[1])chain is found in the amino acid that takes its name from this vegetable, (10[5])whose (10[1])single-letter symbol is N. (10[1])For 10 points, name this (10[1])vegetable that comes in stalks and alters the smell of urine. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: garden asparagus [or sparrow grass; or Asparagus officinalis]
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Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%67%0%77.67
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%0%0%113.33
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%0%67%107.00
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y367%33%33%73.50
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%0%0%102.33

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Rahul KeyalWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Againmeet the new weird, same as the old weird3715
Jordan BrownsteinMaryland B-Illinois A+6115
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTLOSU6115
Stephen Liu[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]Berkeley A69-5
Eric MukherjeeAmartya Senpai Notice MeChicago B+6915
Adam FineChicago AEpic Games6915
Michael Kearneynats is supposed to mean you all have gone softOlmo (Bonus) Bagelry70-5
Ryan SunBerkeley A[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]7910
Tony ChenThe Passion According to C.H.Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style8110
Daniel MaOlmo (Bonus) Bagelrynats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft860
Ankit AggarwalIt's JoeverStanford A95-5
Sean HigginsMaryland B-Purdue9610
Allan LeeStanford BBerkeley B11010
Ashish SubramanianGlass Onyen: A Knives Out MysteryThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs11010
Collin AceRutgers DiasporaMaryland B+11010
Nick JensenMojo ShojoNorthwestern11010
John John GrogerColumbia BUG Championship Players (and Mazin)11010
Martin ProfantParth et al.The Vulture's Guide to Buzz11110
Russell NipMilan et al.Cameron et al.11510
Jacob EgolFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find ThemMaryland A12010
Tim MorrisonStanford AIt's Joever13210