Question
In the opening of a novel, this character’s eyes are filled with “treacherous tears” after a man mentions his “education and brilliant promise.” This character overhears Nathaniel use a parable about a tortoise to criticize him for failing to attend his mother’s funeral, but after sleeping he feels peace at her passing rather than guilt. This character is haunted by the memory of a (*) razorblade which cut his mother’s hand after he left it in his pocket. This character arranges an abortion for his girlfriend, Clara, after his family forbids their marriage because she is an osu. This character is convicted of taking bribes despite the support of the Umuofia Progressive Union. For 10 points, name this protagonist of Chinua Achebe’s No Longer at Ease, the grandson of Okonkwo. ■END■
Summary
2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 89.83 |
2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 111.00 |
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 67% | 0% | 33% | 92.00 |
2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 91.00 |
2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 67% | 0% | 33% | 107.50 |
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 67% | 0% | 67% | 110.50 |
2023 BHSU Online | 04/15/2023 | Y | 4 | 100% | 0% | 25% | 101.75 |
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 106.50 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Forrest Weintraub | Columbia B | Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again | 41 | -5 |
Ned Tagtmeier | Chicago A | Illinois | 66 | -5 |
Omer | Oxford Hornets | Broken Imperial Nomads | 66 | -5 |
Charles Hang | WUSTL | Mojo Shojo | 67 | 10 |
Raymond Wang | Hutto Hippos | What is BH! And you are asking me? BHSU | 76 | 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 | 76 | -5 |
Caroline Mao | nats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft | Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again | 77 | 10 |
Jordan Brownstein | Brownstein et al. | Northwestern | 79 | 10 |
Shourjo Ganguli | OSU | Chicago B+ | 85 | 10 |
Drew Jensen | Purdue | Epic | 86 | -5 |
Stephen Liu | [Insert Lawyer Joke Here] | It's Joever | 88 | 10 |
Mitch McCullar | Illinois | Chicago A | 89 | 10 |
Eric Mukherjee | Amartya Senpai Notice Me | Michigan | 91 | 10 |
Ben | Buzzers Karamazov | Magisters Ludi | 91 | 10 |
Mattias Ehatamm | The Vulture's Guide to Buzz | Parth et al. | 92 | 10 |
Anuttam Ramji | Berkeley B | Stanford A | 96 | 10 |
Jonathan Magin | Maryland B+ | Maryland A | 96 | 10 |
Sheena Li | Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style | The Passion According to C.H. | 96 | -5 |
Walter Zhang | UG Championship Players (and Mazin) | meet the new weird, same as the old weird | 96 | 10 |
Arya Karthik | The Enrique Trastamara Military Academy B | Houston and friends | 99 | 10 |
Noah Sheidlower | Columbia B | Olmo (Bonus) Bagelry | 100 | 10 |
Andrew Zeng | Cornell C++ | Rollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang | 103 | 10 |
Adam Silverman | nats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft | meet the new weird, same as the old weird | 107 | 10 |
Michal Gerasimiuk | UG Championship Players (and Mazin) | Olmo (Bonus) Bagelry | 108 | 10 |
Jim Fan | Fan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them | The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs | 109 | 10 |
Shahar Schwartz | Berkeley A | Stanford B | 111 | -5 |
Collin Ace | Rutgers Diaspora | Glass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery | 111 | -5 |
Chris Manners | Dr. Christopher Manners, MD - Samarra, Iraq | Cornell B- | 111 | -5 |
Milan Fernandez | Milan et al. | Cameron et al. | 114 | -5 |
Evan | Broken Imperial Nomads | Oxford Hornets | 122 | 10 |
Hasna Karim | Glass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery | Rutgers Diaspora | 128 | 10 |
Jason Asher | Epic | Purdue | 128 | 10 |
Kyle Hu | Stanford B | Berkeley A | 129 | 0 |
Richard Niu | Cornell B- | Dr. Christopher Manners, MD - Samarra, Iraq | 129 | 10 |
Cameron Amini | Cameron et al. | Milan et al. | 129 | 0 |
Tony Chen | The Passion According to C.H. | Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style | 129 | 10 |
Rahul Keyal | Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again | Columbia B | 129 | 0 |