Question
One novel by this author features a man who reflects how “living fire begets cold, impotent ash” after his son runs away. In another novel by this author, the UPU debates whether they should continue paying for the legal services of a man caught taking a bribe. The portrayal of cannibals in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness led this author to label Conrad a “thoroughgoing racist.” This author of No Longer at Ease wrote about Umuofia’s oracle decreeing the death of the child Ikemefuna, which results in the boy’s adoptive father striking the killing blow. For 10 points, name this Nigerian author who described Okonkwo’s downfall in the novel Things Fall Apart. ■END■
ANSWER: Chinua Achebe
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= Average correct buzz position
Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 89% | 0% | 11% | 82.50 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 59.75 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 67.50 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 100% | 0% | 8% | 75.75 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 62.89 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 68.80 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 13% | 79.88 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 68.00 |
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinn Vaughen | RIT B | Penn State | 16 | -5 |
| Orion Keller | Virginia Tech A | Liberty C | 16 | 10 |
| Monish Jampala | Georgia Tech B | Georgia Tech E | 27 | 10 |
| Andrea Owusu | Duke A | William & Mary | 29 | 10 |
| Matthew Lam (DII) | Ohio State A (UG) | Michigan D (UG) | 54 | 10 |
| Peter Zeng (DII) | Ohio State B (DII) | Michigan State A | 56 | 10 |
| Henry Bylinowski | Auburn A | Tennessee B | 56 | 10 |
| Meredith Wiper (DII) | CWRU B (DII) | Michigan B (UG) | 57 | 10 |
| Bianca Van Zile | Binghamton B | Syracuse | 59 | 10 |
| Evan Davies (UG) | Miami A (UG) | CWRU C (UG) | 59 | 10 |
| Gavin Morrow | UW Envy | UW Wrath | 59 | 10 |
| Cameron Wiliams | Appalachian State A | NC State | 59 | 10 |
| Karthik Krishnamurthy (DII) | USC | UCLA E | 59 | 10 |
| Karl Wang (DII) | UCLA A | UCLA D | 59 | 10 |
| Brady Hagan (DII) | Ohio State C (DII) | West Virginia B (UG) | 61 | 10 |
| Jeffery Xu | Georgia Tech D | South Carolina B | 61 | 10 |
| Ethan Furman (DII) | Penn A (DII) | Maryland A (DII) | 61 | 10 |
| Stephen Heritage | Notre Dame A | WashU B | 61 | 10 |
| Ethan Maddox | U of Rochester A | RIT A | 62 | 10 |
| Kara Braun (DII) | Michigan State B | West Virginia A (UG) | 62 | 10 |
| Tianyu Xu | Georgia Tech A | Clemson A | 62 | -5 |
| Mac Dixon | Emory Oxford | Belmont | 62 | 10 |
| Rahul Jogadhenu (DII) | UCLA C | Claremont A | 62 | 10 |
| Alex Wong (DII) | Rutgers A (UG) | Rowan A (DII) | 62 | 10 |
| Olin Bose (DII) | Columbia A (UG) | Penn B (DII) | 62 | 10 |
| Noah McRedmond | Notre Dame B | SIUE | 62 | 10 |
| Anna Kuang | Cornell E | Cornell B | 63 | 10 |
| Luke Strole | UW Pride | Arizona State A | 63 | 10 |
| Sebastian Pujet | WashU A | Northwestern B | 63 | 10 |
| Cara Monroe (DII) | Miami B (UG) | Michigan C | 64 | 10 |
| Tai Belke | UBC A | Arizona State B | 64 | 10 |
| Varun Venkatagiri | Georgia A | Auburn C | 64 | 10 |
| Bailey Steed (DII) | Miami C (DII) | Jefferson County Scholars (DII) | 65 | 10 |
| Kamil Swiatek | Alberta | Boise State | 65 | 10 |
| Towery McNeil | Mississippi State A | Furman | 65 | 10 |
| Towery McNeil | Mississippi State A | Furman | 65 | 10 |
| Soren Heydari | UNC C | Duke B | 65 | 10 |
| Zoe Brennan | Virginia Tech B | UNC D | 65 | 10 |
| Sophia Madrazo | Purdue B | Illinois B | 65 | 10 |
| Grace Early | Iowa A | Illinois D | 65 | 10 |
| Summer Solis | James Madison A | James Madison B | 68 | 10 |
| Sriram Koritala | Illinois A | Chicago B | 72 | 10 |
| Malachi Ledford | Tusculum | Appalachian State B | 73 | 10 |
| Jack Piros | Illinois C | Purdue C | 74 | 10 |
| Andrea Yu | UW Chastity | UW Lust | 75 | 10 |
| Daniel Kim (DII) | Maryland B (DII) | Bard A (UG) | 75 | -5 |
| Jason Qin (DII) | Columbia J (DII) | NYU A (UG) | 75 | 10 |
| Waverly O'Malley | Iowa B | Northwestern A | 75 | 10 |
| Elizabeth Bowling | Indiana | Notre Dame C | 75 | 10 |
| Pranaav Senthilkumar | Cornell C | Cornell F | 76 | 10 |
| Fish Tsai (DII) | UCSD | Claremont B | 76 | 10 |
| Neilesh Shroti (UG) | Columbia B | Lehigh A (UG) | 76 | 10 |
| Florian Chiu | UW Sloth | UW Greed | 79 | 10 |
| Robert Merriman | VCU | Virginia | 83 | 10 |
| Alex Chen (DII) | Claremont C | UCLA B | 88 | 10 |
| Braeden Laroche | South Carolina A | Clemson B | 90 | 10 |
| Jaden Bandy (DII) | Rutgers B | NYU B | 90 | 10 |
| Iris Liang | Cornell G | Cornell D | 91 | 10 |
| Giuseppe Piccirilli | Binghamton A | ESF | 101 | 10 |
| Yuxuan Lu | Vanderbilt A | Vanderbilt B | 101 | 10 |
| Wade Rogers (DII) | Fordham A | Princeton A (UG) | 101 | 10 |
| Gianna Pettine | U of Rochester B | Binghamton C | 103 | 10 |
| Nathan McWilliams | Alabama A | Auburn B | 103 | 10 |
| Madelyn Stochaj | RIT C | Cornell A | 105 | 10 |
| Mac Dixon | Emory Oxford | Georgia Tech C | 107 | 10 |
| Dylan Spearman | Clemson A | Georgia Tech A | 108 | 10 |
| Asish Madarapu | UNC A | Liberty B | 108 | 10 |
| Grace Griffiths | Penn State | RIT B | 112 | 0 |
| Greta Hong (DII) | Bard A (UG) | Maryland B (DII) | 112 | 10 |