Question
In a late letter, this man told his nephew’s wife that it “beats old age, disease, or falling down the cellar stairs” to be “shot to rags” against a stone wall. This man, alongside William Benton, was the main inspiration for a character who is nicknamed the “Indiana General” after using his Colt .44 to shoot out the dead center of a silver coin. This man’s mysterious 1913 (*) disappearance in Mexico, which Carlos Fuentes fictionalized in his novel The Old Gringo, occurred seven years after the publication of his work originally called The Cynic’s Word Book. For 10 points, name this American author who included many satiric definitions in his Devil’s Dictionary. ■END■
ANSWER: Ambrose Bierce [or Ambrose Gwinett Bierce; prompt on “The Old Gringo” or “Gringo Viejo” before “Gringo”]
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Summary
2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 31 | 84% | 23% | 0% | 76.54 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Yashwanth Bajji | Troy | Solon | 53 | 20 |
Braden Booth | Dallas County | Plymouth | 53 | 20 |
Arthur Gayden | Detroit Country Day | Thomas Jefferson A | 55 | 0 |
Dominic Apap | Detroit Catholic Central B | Detroit Catholic Central C | 58 | 0 |
Brodie Henry | West Point | Northmont B | 61 | 0 |
Bryce Cruise | Heights | Irvington A | 63 | 20 |
Arjun Kala | University Lab | Kinkaid | 63 | 20 |
Rohan Kher | Barrington A | Rockford Auburn A | 63 | 20 |
Kritanu Saha | Mercer County | Hoover B | 65 | 0 |
Sam Asplund | Winnebago | Johns Creek B | 66 | 20 |
Kevin Yang | Stevenson A | Winston Churchill B | 67 | 20 |
Cindy Gao | Belmont | Hunter A | 70 | 10 |
Camden Williams | Mexico | Parkway West | 70 | 0 |
Will Carstens | Detroit Catholic Central A | Richard Montgomery | 70 | 10 |
Elliott Lee | Thomas Jefferson A | Detroit Country Day | 70 | 10 |
Joy An | Choate Rosemary Hall | Chattahoochee A | 73 | 10 |
Vien Nguyen | Maggie Walker A | William Fremd | 74 | 10 |
Evan Lin | Woodland | Canyon Crest | 74 | 10 |
Arnou Thammarak | New Brighton | Hinsdale Central | 74 | 10 |
Alvin Guo | Winston Churchill A | St. Mark's | 74 | 10 |
Adam Williams | Northmont A | Thomas Jefferson C | 74 | 10 |
Chris Yoo | Thomas Jefferson B | Mira Loma | 74 | 10 |
Sam Konkel | Johns Creek A | Dunbar | 74 | 10 |
Alan Fan | Thomas Jefferson D | Walter Payton | 74 | 0 |
Keefer Lin | Chattahoochee B | Carbondale | 77 | 10 |
Charles Heydt | Midtown | Lincoln-Way East | 77 | 10 |
Krish Chinta | Innovation Academy A | Carl Sandburg | 80 | 10 |
Owen Arneson | Parkway West | Mexico | 95 | 10 |
Kaushik Gollamudi | Barrington B | Maggie Walker C | 101 | 10 |
Miles Sierra | Waukee | Moberly | 107 | 0 |
David Bertolasi | Belvidere | Washington | 107 | 10 |
Joseph Harrison | Detroit Catholic Central C | Detroit Catholic Central B | 111 | 0 |
Joslyn Smith | Elkhorn North | Hunter B | 112 | 0 |
Clete Reinberger | Cincinnati Hills Christian | Lake Highland | 112 | 10 |
Moxie Strom | Hunter B | Elkhorn North | 112 | 0 |
Addison Baker | Walter Payton | Thomas Jefferson D | 112 | 10 |
Isaac McCollum | Hoover B | Mercer County | 112 | 0 |