Question
An anonymous commentator on this novel often used the word “maimed,” leading to their nickname “Elderly Maimed Tablet.” Practitioners of a field called this novel’s “-ology,” which include translator David Hawkes, dispute the provenance of its last 40 chapters. In this novel, an elegy to some flower petals is written by the protagonist’s sickly cousin, who is also his main love interest. Late in this novel, the (*) Prospect Garden is seized after the central family becomes disfavored by the Emperor. This novel’s protagonist, who falls in love with Lín Dàiyù, is born with a talking piece of jade in his mouth. For 10 points, Cáo Xuěqín (“tsao shweh-chin”) wrote what classic Chinese novel about the downfall of the Jiā (“j’yah”) family, often titled for a room? ■END■
Summary
2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 35 | 71% | 20% | 0% | 90.16 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Pete Wasser | Norris | Midtown | 31 | 0 |
Luca Balescu | Mercer County | Mira Loma | 47 | 0 |
Nathan Wu | Plymouth | Innovation Academy B | 47 | 0 |
Rohan Kher | Barrington A | West Point | 52 | 20 |
Monit Karmaker | Stevenson A | Solon | 52 | 20 |
Aditya Shivaswamy | St. Mark's | Belvidere | 57 | 0 |
Aeres Zhou | Detroit Country Day | Winnebago | 58 | 0 |
Grace Liu | Thomas Jefferson B | Barrington B | 61 | 20 |
Omkar Marathe | William Fremd | Chattahoochee B | 61 | 0 |
Camden Williams | Mexico | Detroit Catholic Central B | 61 | 0 |
Yashwanth Bajji | Troy | Hinsdale Central | 61 | 0 |
Evan Lin | Woodland | John Adams B | 61 | 0 |
Aiden Dombrosky | Hoover B | Johns Creek A | 61 | 0 |
Stella Broome | Maggie Walker B | Kinkaid | 61 | 0 |
Vincent Wang | Irvington A | Norman | 61 | 0 |
Braden Booth | Dallas County | Rockford Auburn B | 61 | 20 |
Elliott Lee | Thomas Jefferson A | Lincoln-Way East | 61 | 0 |
Samuel Li | Thomas Jefferson D | University Lab | 61 | 20 |
Evan Schleck | Hunter A | Washington | 61 | 20 |
Bridget Scranton | Northmont B | Innovation Academy A | 65 | 0 |
Omar Hamid | Dunbar | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 65 | 20 |
Rachel Ezrielev | Richard Montgomery | Hunter B | 66 | 0 |
Nick Murray | Detroit Catholic Central A | Walter Payton | 70 | 10 |
Tanay Bodducherla | Mira Loma | Mercer County | 76 | 10 |
Dominic Apap | Detroit Catholic Central B | Mexico | 78 | 10 |
Alvin Guo | Winston Churchill A | New Brighton | 79 | 10 |
Rohan Dalal | Johns Creek B | Elkhorn North | 89 | 0 |
Sam McNamee | Maggie Walker A | John Adams A | 90 | 0 |
Coby Thammavong | Rockford Auburn A | Carbondale | 94 | 10 |
Joy An | Choate Rosemary Hall | Moberly | 96 | 10 |
Kyunghwan Lim | Chattahoochee A | Winston Churchill B | 97 | 10 |
Owen Arneson | Parkway West | Saint Joseph | 97 | 10 |
Pablo Hu | Belmont | Lake Highland | 99 | 10 |
Yaj Jhajhria | Canyon Crest | Maggie Walker C | 99 | 0 |
Bryce Cruise | Heights | Stevenson B | 100 | 10 |
Ali Hamzeh | Kinkaid | Maggie Walker B | 105 | 10 |
Sam Asplund | Winnebago | Detroit Country Day | 117 | 10 |
Charles Heydt | Midtown | Norris | 118 | 10 |
Ren Giusti | Norman | Irvington A | 122 | 0 |
Fahian Joy | Hunter B | Richard Montgomery | 122 | 0 |
Keefer Lin | Chattahoochee B | William Fremd | 123 | 0 |
Nate Stewart | Maggie Walker C | Canyon Crest | 123 | 0 |
David Bertolasi | Belvidere | St. Mark's | 123 | 10 |
Miles Sierra | Waukee | Thomas Jefferson C | 123 | 10 |
Sam Konkel | Johns Creek A | Hoover B | 123 | 10 |
Eden Blakemore | John Adams A | Maggie Walker A | 123 | 0 |
Anila Moparthi | Lincoln-Way East | Thomas Jefferson A | 123 | 10 |
Jeffrey Liu | Hinsdale Central | Troy | 123 | 0 |
Adam Williams | Northmont A | Detroit Catholic Central C | 123 | 10 |