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Question

An author from this country wrote a novel in which the title photographer is given a week to solve the mystery of his own death. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this setting of The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. A Canadian author born in this country portrayed the title character found severely burned after retrieving Katharine Clifton’s body from the Cave of Swimmers.

ANSWER: Sri Lanka [accept Ceylon]

[10e] In the Michael Ondaatje (“on-DAH-chee”) novel The English Patient, David Caravaggio works in this profession. Ian Fleming depicted a member of this profession in novels like Casino Royale and Goldfinger.

ANSWER: spy [or secret agent; accept intelligence operative; accept British Secret Service agent]

[10m] The English Patient and The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida have both previously won this award. This annual prize is given to a work of English-language long fiction.

ANSWER: Booker Prize [accept Booker Prize for Fiction or Man Booker Prize; reject “International Booker Prize” or “Man Booker International Prize”]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	9	15.56	100%	56%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	7	18.57	100%	57%	29%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	12	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	15.56	100%	56%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	7	18.57	100%	57%	29%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	10	19.00	100%	60%	30%

Data


Miami A (UG)	CWRU A (UG)	0	10	10	20
Miami B (UG)	CWRU B (DII)	0	10	0	10
Michigan State B	CWRU C (UG)	0	10	10	20
Michigan State A	Michigan A (UG)	0	10	10	20
Michigan D (UG)	Jefferson County Scholars (DII)	0	10	10	20
Ohio State C (DII)	West Virginia A (UG)	0	10	0	10
West Virginia B (UG)	Miami C (DII)	0	10	0	10
Alberta	UW Chastity	10	10	10	30
Arizona State A	Arizona State B	0	10	0	10
UBC B	UBC A	0	10	10	20
UW Greed	UW Gluttony	0	10	0	10
UW Lust	UW Envy	10	10	10	30
UW Wrath	UW Pride	0	10	10	20
UW Sloth	Boise State	0	10	0	10
Alabama A	Georgia A	0	10	10	20
Auburn B	Clemson B	0	10	0	10
Auburn C	Belmont	0	10	0	10
Emory A	Vanderbilt A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Furman	Georgia Tech C	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech E	Auburn A	0	10	10	20
Mississippi State A	Emory Oxford	0	10	10	20
South Carolina A	Tennessee A	0	10	0	10
South Carolina B	Georgia Tech B	0	10	10	20
Tennessee B	Southern	0	10	0	10
Clemson A	Vanderbilt B	0	10	0	10
James Madison A	Appalachian State B	0	10	0	10
James Madison B	Duke A	0	10	0	10
Liberty B	Tusculum	0	10	10	20
Liberty C	Duke B	0	10	0	10
William & Mary	NC State	0	10	10	20
Liberty A	UNC A	0	10	10	20
UNC C	Virginia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Virginia	UNC D	0	10	0	10
VCU	Virginia Tech B	0	10	10	20
Bard A (UG)	Rowan A (DII)	0	10	0	10
Columbia A (UG)	Rutgers A (UG)	0	10	10	20
Maryland B (DII)	Lehigh A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Lehigh B (DII)	NYU B	0	10	0	10
Maryland A (DII)	Columbia J (DII)	10	10	10	30
Columbia B	Penn B (DII)	0	10	10	20
Princeton A (UG)	Rutgers B	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame A	Chicago A	10	10	10	30
Chicago B	Illinois C	0	10	0	10
Illinois D	Illinois A	0	10	0	10
Illinois B	WashU A	10	10	0	20
Northwestern A	Iowa A	0	10	10	20
Indiana	Northwestern B	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame B	WashU B	0	10	10	20
Purdue A	Purdue B	10	10	10	30
Purdue C	Notre Dame C	0	10	10	20
SIUE	Iowa B	0	10	10	20
Ohio State A (UG)	Michigan C	0	10	10	20
Michigan B (UG)	Ohio State B (DII)	0	10	0	10