Question
In a story by this author, a woman who names herself after the words “beauty” and “twilight” sells people unique words. That story, “Two Words,” is narrated by the protagonist of a novel by this author, who moves in with the transgender woman Mimí and relates how guerrillas led by Huberto Naranjo (“na-RAN-hoh”) are filmed by the journalist Rolf Carlé (“car-LAY”). In this author’s debut novel, the French count (*) Jean de Satigny (“zhahn duh SAT-in-yee”) reveals a covert relationship between Pedro Tercero (“tur-SAIR-oh”) and Blanca. After rebuilding the hacienda Las Tres Marías in that novel by this author, Esteban marries the clairvoyant woman Clara del Valle (“VIE-ay”). For 10 points, what author of Eva Luna wrote about the Trueba (“troo-AY-ba”) family in The House of the Spirits? ■END■
Summary
2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 35 | 91% | 46% | 0% | 67.75 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Joy An | Choate Rosemary Hall | Solon | 21 | 20 |
Arthur Gayden | Detroit Country Day | Saint Joseph | 22 | 20 |
Jiming Chen | Hinsdale Central | Innovation Academy B | 22 | 20 |
Brenden Stremler | Maggie Walker C | Belmont | 23 | 20 |
Eden Blakemore | John Adams A | Rockford Auburn A | 28 | 20 |
Cole Hartung | Kinkaid | Moberly | 47 | 0 |
Sohum Sukhatankar | St. Mark's | Northmont B | 47 | 20 |
Rachel Ezrielev | Richard Montgomery | Detroit Catholic Central C | 47 | 20 |
Elliott Lee | Thomas Jefferson A | John Adams B | 49 | 20 |
Tanay Bodducherla | Mira Loma | Heights | 51 | 20 |
Kyan van Beek | Lake Highland | Carl Sandburg | 51 | 20 |
Braden Booth | Dallas County | Elkhorn North | 53 | 20 |
Krish Chinta | Innovation Academy A | Detroit Catholic Central A | 58 | 20 |
Chris Yoo | Thomas Jefferson B | Irvington A | 58 | 20 |
Yashwanth Bajji | Troy | Thomas Jefferson C | 58 | 20 |
Kyunghwan Lim | Chattahoochee A | Dunbar | 58 | 20 |
Charles Young | Barrington A | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 58 | 20 |
Evan Lin | Woodland | Mexico | 69 | 10 |
Dwij Bhatt | William Fremd | Northmont A | 69 | 10 |
Dominic Apap | Detroit Catholic Central B | Lincoln-Way East | 74 | 10 |
Brodie Henry | West Point | Winston Churchill B | 75 | 0 |
Kevin Yang | Stevenson A | Maggie Walker B | 78 | 10 |
Arjun Kala | University Lab | Stevenson B | 82 | 10 |
Charles Heydt | Midtown | Maggie Walker A | 88 | 10 |
Kaitlyn Leonard | Barrington B | Washington | 92 | 0 |
Arnou Thammarak | New Brighton | Rockford Auburn B | 93 | 10 |
Keefer Lin | Chattahoochee B | Hunter B | 95 | 10 |
Sam Asplund | Winnebago | Hoover B | 95 | 10 |
David Bertolasi | Belvidere | Walter Payton | 95 | 10 |
Rohan Dalal | Johns Creek B | Winston Churchill A | 95 | 10 |
Owen Arneson | Parkway West | Johns Creek A | 97 | 10 |
Nathan Wu | Plymouth | Waukee | 98 | 10 |
Ella Sheffield | Mercer County | Thomas Jefferson D | 99 | 10 |
Ryan Dai | Carbondale | Norris | 112 | 0 |
Ren Giusti | Norman | Hunter A | 118 | 10 |
Hayden Ley | Washington | Barrington B | 119 | 0 |
Colette Kendrick | Winston Churchill B | West Point | 119 | 10 |