Question
A novel in this language includes the recurring image of a mysterious hadji dressed in white. A novel in this language describes a house by dividing it into 21 squares and listing the squares corresponding to each room; that novel’s narrator writes a line-by-line refutation of some “trash by Heine” to prove that no one who recites poetry can have a “love of truth.” In 2020, a country that uses this language overhauled its official “Canon” to include the author of We Slaves of [one of its colonies]. In a novel in this language, a (*) buffalo gores a tiger’s stomach to save Saijah’s life; that novel’s protagonist is incensed by colonial bureaucrats’ collusion with the Adhipatti. A novel in this language, which has been called “the novel that killed colonialism,” begins with Scarfman giving some manuscripts to an employee of Last & Co. coffee brokers. For 10 points, name this language used by Multatuli, the author of Max Havelaar. ■END■
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Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Milan Fernandez | The Canadians | Team Name Think Detail | 39 | -5 |
Charles Hang | Hang et al., Robert Browning | BHSU | 111 | 10 |
Jordan Brownstein | The Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club | Quasicrystal Silence | 111 | 10 |
Chris Ray | Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness | Saint Peter Andre 3000 | 113 | 10 |
John Lawrence | Curse you, Periplus the Platypus! | [moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled? | 115 | 10 |
Dylan Minarik | Romanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill | Don't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too | 129 | 10 |
Kenji Shimizu | remembrance of lost time | I prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble | 129 | 10 |
Ned Tagtmeier | In Search of Things Past | Evans Hall destruction awaiters | 144 | 10 |
Rahul Keyal | The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.) | wave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp | 144 | 10 |
Matt Lafer | Team Name Think Detail | The Canadians | 158 | 10 |