Question

The clergyman Clarence Wilmot leaves his family and takes solace in performing this action in the first part of John Updike’s novel In the Beauty of the Lilies. After losing his family in a plane crash, a professor takes extensive notes while doing this action in order to write a book on Hector Mann in The Book of Illusions by Paul (-5[1])Auster. (15[1])After returning from this action, the protagonist of a novel declares an end to his “vertical search.” In that novel titled (15[1])for a person who does this action, he finds meaning after the death of the pious, paraplegic character (*) Lonnie and his marriage to a manic-depressive he proposed (10[1])to during Mardi Gras. (10[3])A character who flirts with secretaries (10[1])and does this action on the weekends quits his job at a New Orleans brokerage firm to marry his cousin, Kate Cutrer. For 10 points, name this (10[1])action performed by Binx Bolling (10[1])according to the title of a book by Walker Percy. ■END■

ANSWER: watching movies [accept any answers relating to seeing films or going to the movie theater or cinema; accept The Moviegoer]
<William Golden, American Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ned TagtmeierIn Search of Things PastTeach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness60-5
John LawrenceCurse you, Periplus the Platypus!BHSU6115
Shahar SchwartzSaint Peter Andre 3000The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)8215
Jordan BrownsteinThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Clubremembrance of lost time10910
Mitch McCullarDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid TooI would prefer not to11310
Milan FernandezThe CanadiansQuasicrystal Silence11310
Vedul PalavajjhalaI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big troubleThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub11310
Charles HangHang et al., Robert Browning[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?11910
Steven YuanEvans Hall destruction awaiterswave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp14610
Chris RayTeach Us to Outgrow Our LadnessIn Search of Things Past15110

Summary

2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y9100%22%11%111.89