Question
The protagonist of this novel watches Mrs. Tomolillo being cut “like cloth” while giving birth at Yale Hospital. A character in this novel calls a poem “a speck of dust” before being sent to a sanatorium for tuberculosis. This novel’s protagonist gets food poisoning from crabmeat-stuffed avocados while working at the Ladies’ Day magazine. This novel is set during the “queer, sultry summer” when “they executed the Rosenbergs.” After this novel’s protagonist attempts suicide, Doctor Nolan administers electroshock therapy at a mental hospital. For 10 points, name this semi-autobiographical novel about Esther Greenwood by Sylvia Plath. ■END■
ANSWER: The Bell Jar (The character in the second line is Buddy Willard.)
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= Average correct buzz position
Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 96.00 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 22% | 73.33 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 7 | 100% | 0% | 29% | 85.14 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 83% | 0% | 25% | 75.30 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 89% | 0% | 0% | 66.00 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 88% | 0% | 13% | 72.57 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 22% | 70.78 |
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malachi Ledford | Tusculum | Appalachian State A | 36 | 10 |
| Orion Hoch | Cornell C | Cornell D | 37 | -5 |
| Matthew Kelley (DII) | Michigan D (UG) | Ohio State B (DII) | 37 | -5 |
| Parker McCoig | Tennessee A | Georgia Tech E | 37 | -5 |
| Sam Konkel | Chicago A | Purdue C | 37 | -5 |
| Rachel Fanous (DII) | Michigan A (UG) | Jefferson County Scholars (DII) | 45 | 10 |
| Henry Bylinowski | Auburn A | Georgia Tech A | 45 | 10 |
| Towery McNeil | Mississippi State A | Vanderbilt A | 45 | -5 |
| Tai Belke | UBC A | UW Pride | 46 | -5 |
| Zoe Brennan | Virginia Tech B | William & Mary | 46 | 10 |
| Veronica Freund | Notre Dame B | Iowa A | 46 | 10 |
| Anne Fjeld | Alberta | Arizona State B | 48 | 10 |
| Andrea Owusu | Duke A | Duke B | 48 | 10 |
| Max Kolda | Notre Dame C | Northwestern A | 48 | 10 |
| Ishaan Kashyap | Georgia Tech C | Georgia A | 53 | 10 |
| Alex Wong (DII) | Rutgers A (UG) | Penn A (DII) | 53 | 10 |
| David Mathew | Purdue A | Northwestern B | 53 | 10 |
| Sriram Koritala | Illinois A | Illinois B | 59 | 10 |
| Carly Hemani | James Madison A | Virginia | 61 | 10 |
| Braeden Laroche | South Carolina A | Georgia Tech D | 62 | 10 |
| Olin Bose (DII) | Columbia A (UG) | Maryland A (DII) | 62 | 10 |
| Natalee Vernon (DII) | Miami C (DII) | Ohio State C (DII) | 65 | 10 |
| Ethan Altshul | Emory A | South Carolina B | 65 | 10 |
| Josh Schmidt | Liberty A | UNC C | 66 | 10 |
| Jacob Goodson (DII) | Ohio State A (UG) | CWRU A (UG) | 67 | -5 |
| Anton Akroush (DII) | Michigan State A | Michigan B (UG) | 67 | 10 |
| Lucas Gagen (DII) | Miami A (UG) | Miami B (UG) | 67 | 10 |
| Nidhi Kundargi (DII) | Michigan State B | West Virginia B (UG) | 67 | 10 |
| John Shelly (DII) | Rowan A (DII) | Princeton A (UG) | 67 | 10 |
| Hannah Nieuwveld (DII) | Penn B (DII) | Columbia J (DII) | 67 | 10 |
| Abby Hope (UG) | Bard A (UG) | Lehigh B (DII) | 67 | 10 |
| Waverly O'Malley | Iowa B | Notre Dame A | 67 | 10 |
| Meredith Wiper (DII) | CWRU B (DII) | Michigan C | 71 | 10 |
| Carson Kessler | UW Lust | UW Sloth | 77 | 10 |
| Britton Webster | Alabama A | Clemson B | 77 | 10 |
| Sophia Madrazo | Purdue B | WashU B | 77 | 10 |
| Mac Dixon | Emory Oxford | Georgia Tech B | 81 | 10 |
| Hayes Brown | Furman | Auburn B | 82 | 10 |
| Timothy Porter | VCU | NC State | 82 | 10 |
| Daniel Kim (DII) | Maryland B (DII) | Rutgers B | 82 | -5 |
| Emmett Cho | Chicago B | Indiana | 82 | -5 |
| Euan McCubbin | UW Chastity | Arizona State A | 83 | -5 |
| Mikolai Davis (DII) | Ohio State B (DII) | Michigan D (UG) | 86 | 10 |
| Beck Faletti | UW Gluttony | UBC B | 88 | 10 |
| Nathan Whittington | Tennessee B | Vanderbilt B | 88 | -5 |
| Orion Keller | Virginia Tech A | UNC A | 94 | 10 |
| Stefan Stealey-Euchner | Arizona State A | UW Chastity | 95 | 10 |
| Miller Doerr | Liberty B | UNC B | 95 | 10 |
| Elizabeth Bowling | Indiana | Chicago B | 95 | 10 |
| Alec Riso | Cornell D | Cornell C | 96 | 10 |
| Kate Merritt (UG) | West Virginia A (UG) | CWRU C (UG) | 96 | 10 |
| Henry Nonnemaker (DII) | CWRU A (UG) | Ohio State A (UG) | 96 | 10 |
| Towa Nakano-Harris | UW Pride | UBC A | 96 | 10 |
| Jack Li | UW Wrath | UW Greed | 96 | 10 |
| Allison Howard | Boise State | UW Envy | 96 | 10 |
| Sarah Patel | Vanderbilt A | Mississippi State A | 96 | 10 |
| Allen Xu | Georgia Tech E | Tennessee A | 96 | 10 |
| Justin Hetrick | Belmont | Clemson A | 96 | 0 |
| Colin Vess | Vanderbilt B | Tennessee B | 96 | 10 |
| Akajiugo Amucheazi | Southern | Auburn C | 96 | 0 |
| Gannon Rice | Clemson A | Belmont | 96 | 0 |
| Laila Peterson | James Madison B | Liberty C | 96 | 0 |
| Alexandra Knight | Liberty C | James Madison B | 96 | 0 |
| Wade Rogers (DII) | Fordham A | NYU A (UG) | 96 | 10 |
| Lauren Edgar (DII) | Lehigh A (UG) | NYU B | 96 | 10 |
| Jack Piros | Illinois C | SIUE | 96 | 10 |
| Davis Johnson | Purdue C | Chicago A | 96 | 10 |