Question

This word titles a poem in which the speaker proclaims that “living matter” has become a “block of granite” in the “hazy Sahara,” “omitted from the map.” In one poem titled for this word, the speaker compares himself to the “king of a rainy country;” (15[1])in another, “Anguish” plants a “black flag” on the speaker at a time when the “low, heavy sky weighs like a lid.” A collection that consists of fifty prose poems inspired by Gaspard de la Nuit, including (*) “Let’s Beat Up the Poor!”, is titled for (10[1])this (10[1])quality (10[1])“of (-5[1])Paris.” (10[3]-5[3])A sequence (10[1])of (10[1])four poems (10[1])titled for this word appears in an 1857 collection, in which it is the first word in the title of the section that follows an address to the “hypocrite reader.” (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[2])name this term derived from humoral theory (10[1])that (10[1])Charles (10[1])Baudelaire’s Flowers of (10[1])Evil (10[1])opposes to the “ideal.” (10[1]) (0[1])■END■

ANSWER: spleen [or “le spleen”; reject synonyms such as “boredom” or “dissatisfaction”]
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Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y683%17%50%101.80
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%0%67%126.00
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%0%0%110.67
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%0%119.33
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%0%0%113.00
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%0%0%107.00

Buzzes

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Ned TagtmeierChicago AChicago B+4415
Henry AtkinsNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleThe Vulture's Guide to Buzz8910
Rahul KeyalWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Againnats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft9010
Caleb KendrickMaryland AMaryland B+9110
Will AlstonAmartya Senpai Notice MeMojo Shojo92-5
Jonathan ShaufThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 NegsFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them93-5
Darren PetrosinoRutgers DiasporaGlass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery93-5
Taylor HarveyMojo ShojoAmartya Senpai Notice Me9310
Mitch McCullarIllinois A+Epic Games93-5
Chris RayOSUMaryland B-9310
Milan FernandezMilan et al.Parth et al.9310
KrolMagisters LudiOxford Hornets9510
Stephen Liu[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]It's Joever9610
Tim MorrisonStanford ABerkeley B9810
Andrew SalijNorthwesternMichigan128-5
Daniel SheinbergUG Championship Players (and Mazin)meet the new weird, same as the old weird12810
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTLPurdue13110
EoinBuzzers KaramazovBroken Imperial Nomads13110
Kyle HuStanford BBerkeley A13810
Tony ChenThe Passion According to C.H.Cameron et al.13910
Josh XiongOlmo (Bonus) BagelryColumbia B14010
Ashish SubramanianGlass Onyen: A Knives Out MysteryRutgers Diaspora14310
Jim FanFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find ThemThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs14410
Connor ThompsonMichiganNorthwestern14810
Jason AsherEpic GamesIllinois A+1490