Question

After a car accident in a novel set in this city, a character “whom no man will ever possess” has her breast implants removed and settles down with Mary-Ann. A garage in this city is invaded by the cowboy Earle Shoop and used for cockfights. (20[3])This (20[1])setting of (20[1])Gore Vidal’s Myra Breckinridge is also the setting of a novel (20[1])in which (0[1])the child Adore Loomis torments (*) Homer Simpson. (10[3])In that novel, a stampeding (10[2])crowd (10[1])overwhelms the illustrator (0[1])Tod Hackett, (10[1])who (10[1])seeks to paint a picture of this city burning. (0[1])A detective from this city, (0[1])Philip Marlowe, features in (10[1])novels (0[3])like The Big (10[1])Sleep by Raymond Chandler. For 10 points, Nathanael West’s novel The Day of the Locust (10[2])criticizes which (10[1])city’s Hollywood culture? (10[5])■END■ (10[11])

ANSWER: Los Angeles [or L.A.; prompt on Hollywood before read]
<Yingzhi Nyang, Literature - American - Long Fiction&gt; ~25364~ &lt;Editor: Chandler West>
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Summary

2023 PACE NSC06/10/2023Y35100%17%0%95.77

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kyunghwan LimChattahoochee AWinston Churchill B4420
Arjun KalaUniversity LabThomas Jefferson D4420
Sam AsplundWinnebagoDetroit Country Day4420
Elliott LeeThomas Jefferson ALincoln-Way East4520
Dominic ApapDetroit Catholic Central BMexico4720
Nick MurrayDetroit Catholic Central AWalter Payton5820
Rohan NavaneethaSolonStevenson A600
Alvin GuoWinston Churchill ANew Brighton6710
Rachel EzrielevRichard MontgomeryHunter B6710
Braden BoothDallas CountyRockford Auburn B6710
Aditya ShivaswamySt. Mark'sBelvidere7210
Monit KarmakerStevenson ASolon7210
Nathan WuPlymouthInnovation Academy B7310
Ethan KralNorthmont ADetroit Catholic Central C760
Charles YoungBarrington AWest Point7810
Chris YooThomas Jefferson BBarrington B7910
Dillon RobertsonCarbondaleRockford Auburn A880
Tanay BodducherlaMira LomaMercer County930
Evan SchleckHunter AWashington9710
Omkar MaratheWilliam FremdChattahoochee B980
Abigail LeeThomas Jefferson CWaukee980
Alex JiangHinsdale CentralTroy980
Owen ArnesonParkway WestSaint Joseph10110
Cole HartungKinkaidMaggie Walker B11610
Cindy GaoBelmontLake Highland11610
Evan LinWoodlandJohn Adams B11810
Joy AnChoate Rosemary HallMoberly12110
Yashwanth BajjiTroyHinsdale Central12110
Bryce CruiseHeightsStevenson B12110
Michael ZhengIrvington ANorman12110
Clete ReinbergerCincinnati Hills ChristianDunbar12110
Keefer LinChattahoochee BWilliam Fremd12210
Coby ThammavongRockford Auburn ACarbondale12210
Charles HeydtMidtownNorris12210
Sam McNameeMaggie Walker AJohn Adams A12210
Safal SapkotaElkhorn NorthJohns Creek B12210
Miles SierraWaukeeThomas Jefferson C12210
Sam KonkelJohns Creek AHoover B12210
Chris GoolsbyDetroit Catholic Central CNorthmont A12210
Krish ChintaInnovation Academy ANorthmont B12210
Luca BalescuMercer CountyMira Loma12210
Yaj JhajhriaCanyon CrestMaggie Walker C12210