Question
In a story set in this town, a reporter hears about “X-ray spectrogoniometers” before he heads to the bleachers of a softball field, where he finally sees the title deer. In a novel set in this town, a doctor has all of his degrees revoked when an audit reveals that he failed to meet his undergrad fitness requirements. Parodying Caesar’s Commentaries, a novel opens by claiming that this town “is divided into three parts,” the third of which is called Homestead. The Shah of (*) Bratpuhr visits this town in a novel whose protagonist joins the anti-industrial Ghost Shirt Society. After spending time in a VA hospital in Lake Placid, a character starts a career as an optometrist in this town years before he becomes “unstuck in time.” For 10 points, Player Piano is set in what New York town where Billy Pilgrim lives in Slaughterhouse-Five? ■END■
Summary
2023 Chicago Open | 08/05/2023 | Y | 10 | 70% | 20% | 60% | 120.14 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Stephen Liu | Curse you, Periplus the Platypus! | Team Name Think Detail | 68 | 15 |
Jordan Brownstein | The Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club | The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.) | 73 | -5 |
James Orefice | Hang et al., Robert Browning | I prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble | 77 | 15 |
Vishwa Shanmugam | In Search of Things Past | Quasicrystal Silence | 98 | -5 |
Taylor Harvey | Saint Peter Andre 3000 | The Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub | 107 | -5 |
Dylan Minarik | Romanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill | BHSU | 120 | -5 |
Ethan Ashbrook | [moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled? | remembrance of lost time | 123 | 10 |
Mitch McCullar | Don't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too | wave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp | 129 | -5 |
Jerry Vinokurov | Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness | I would prefer not to | 133 | -5 |
Kevin Ye | Evans Hall destruction awaiters | The Canadians | 138 | 10 |
Nick Jensen | The Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub | Saint Peter Andre 3000 | 145 | 10 |
Jim Fan | Quasicrystal Silence | In Search of Things Past | 145 | 0 |
Seth Ebner | wave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp | Don't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too | 145 | 0 |
Tejas Raje | BHSU | Romanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill | 145 | 10 |
Rahul Keyal | The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.) | The Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club | 145 | 10 |
Corry Wang | I would prefer not to | Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness | 145 | 0 |