Question

In a novel by this author, a corpse falls out of a casket onto a wreath, causing a wire to pull out a wax stopper filling a bullet hole in its head. Gene serves liquor during a funeral held at a dance hall in a novel by this author. This author described the gangster Red’s “jazz-style” funeral in a novel in which the (-5[1])bootlegger Lee Goodwin is represented at a (-5[1])murder trial by the lawyer Horace Benbow. In a novel (-5[1])by this author, a man buys a set of (*) false teeth and a (-5[1])gramophone, (10[1])and then marries a woman (-5[1])from whom he had borrowed (10[1]-5[1])some spades. (10[1])A dead woman created by this author is put into her wedding dress and (10[1])a mosquito-net veil before being placed backwards into a coffin (10[1])made “on the bevel” (10[1])by Cash. (10[6])For (10[1])10 points, what author (10[2])who created Temple Drake in Sanctuary wrote about the burial of Addie Bundren in As (10[1])I Lay Dying? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: William (Cuthbert) Faulkner
<KD>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023N6100%67%0%98.00
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%0%33%143.00
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%0%67%144.00
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%0%135.00
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%0%0%114.50
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y4100%0%50%126.50
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%0%33%126.67

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley B[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]62-5
Nathan ZhangHutto HipposRollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang69-5
Tim MorrisonStanford AStanford B79-5
Caleb KendrickMaryland ARutgers Diaspora92-5
OmerOxford HornetsBroken Imperial Nomads9310
Mattias EhatammThe Vulture's Guide to BuzzNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style98-5
Raymond WangHutto HipposCornell C++103-5
Richard NiuCornell B-The Enrique Trastamara Military Academy B10310
Maude-Sophie LockmanParth et al.Milan et al.10510
Mike CheyneRollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne GangHutto Hippos11910
Mike CheyneRollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne GangWhat is BH! And you are asking me? BHSU12910
Ryan SunBerkeley AIt's Joever13310
Jim FanFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find ThemGlass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery13510
Jonathan MaginMaryland B+The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs13510
Tony ChenThe Passion According to C.H.Cameron et al.13510
Halle Friedmanmeet the new weird, same as the old weirdColumbia B13510
Caroline Maonats is supposed to mean you all have gone softUG Championship Players (and Mazin)13510
Rahul KeyalWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People AgainOlmo (Bonus) Bagelry13510
BenBuzzers KaramazovMagisters Ludi13610
Stephen Liu[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]Berkeley B14010
Henry AtkinsNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleThe Vulture's Guide to Buzz14010
Andrew ZengCornell C++Hutto Hippos15510
Allan LeeStanford BStanford A15910
Collin AceRutgers DiasporaMaryland A15910