Question

The narrator of a dramatic monologue about a “lazy laughing languid” character places gold coins into this substance. This substance was the “first gold” according to the sonnet “Body’s Beauty,” which describes it (15[1])surrounding Adam’s heart. An author trying to recover a manuscript supposedly found that this substance (-5[1])had filled Elizabeth Siddal’s coffin after her death, an event later linked to a poem that describes seven stars in this substance. Lacking money, (15[2])(*) Laura trades a “tear (10[1]-5[1])more rare (-5[1])than pearl” (10[1])and this substance for fruit (10[1])in “Goblin Market.” (10[1])This substance (10[1])is made into (10[1])a constellation (10[1])at the end (10[2])of a poem (-5[1])in which a Sylph is sliced in half trying to (10[1])protect it from the Baron. For 10 points, name this physical (10[1])feature that is cut to signify Belinda’s violation in Alexander Pope's “The Rape of the Lock.” (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: golden hair [or a lock of hair; or a woman’s hair; prompt on locks before “Lock”] (The first sentence refers to Dante Gabriel Rossetti's “Jenny.” Rossetti also opened Siddal's coffin, and wrote “the stars in her hair were seven” in “The Blessed Damozel.”)
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Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%17%17%96.50
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%33%0%89.00
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%33%0%69.33
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%33%109.33
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%0%67%122.67

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Stephen Liu[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]Berkeley A3215
Mitch McCullarIllinois A+Maryland B-47-5
Jim FanFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find ThemMaryland A7115
John LawrenceAmartya Senpai Notice MeChicago B+7115
Collin AceRutgers DiasporaMaryland B+7510
Mattias EhatammThe Vulture's Guide to BuzzParth et al.75-5
Milan FernandezMilan et al.Cameron et al.77-5
Kevin YeBerkeley BStanford B7910
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTLOSU8410
Taylor HarveyMojo ShojoNorthwestern8710
Matt JacksonChicago AEpic Games8910
Henry AtkinsNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleThe Passion According to C.H.9210
Caroline Maonats is supposed to mean you all have gone softOlmo (Bonus) Bagelry9410
Eric WolfsbergIt's JoeverStanford A9710
Forrest WeintraubColumbia BUG Championship Players (and Mazin)9710
Rahul KeyalWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Againmeet the new weird, same as the old weird100-5
Nolan JonesPurdueMaryland B-11010
Ashish SubramanianGlass Onyen: A Knives Out MysteryThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs12110
Halle Friedmanmeet the new weird, same as the old weirdWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again13710
JinAh KimMaryland B-Illinois A+13810
Cameron AminiCameron et al.Milan et al.13810
David SnoddonParth et al.The Vulture's Guide to Buzz13810