Truman Capote - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

In a novel by this author, the protagonist runs away to a carnival with Idabel Thompkins where he rejects the advances of a woman with dwarfism on a ferris wheel. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this author who wrote a true crime novel about the Clutter family’s murder in Kansas, In Cold Blood. This author also wrote a novella depicting the socialite Holly Golightly.

ANSWER: Truman Capote (The novella is Breakfast at Tiffany’s.)

[10h] In this other Truman Capote novel, Joel Knox travels from New Orleans to Skully’s Landing where he meets his quadriplegic father who abandoned him at birth.

ANSWER: Other Voices, Other Rooms

[10e] This author used Truman Capote as the inspiration for the character Dill in her novel To Kill A Mockingbird.

ANSWER: Harper Lee [or Nelle Harper Lee]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	15.56	100%	56%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	17.50	100%	75%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	12	18.33	100%	83%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	15.56	89%	67%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	18.89	100%	89%	0%

Data


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