Question

In a story by this author, Professor Weierstrass calls a mathematician a “gift to me alone” and says that he “forgets” she is a woman. Sofia Kovalevskaya’s life inspired a story by this author, who also wrote a story in which three boys about to swim in a river find a dead optometrist in a submerged car. This author of “Too Much Happiness” and “The Love of a Good Woman” wrote a story in which a girl with Down syndrome plays the title (10[1])Gluck (10[1])piece (10[2])beautifully at (-5[1])Mrs. (10[1])Marsalles’s (10[1])piano recital. In another (10[1])story by this author, Nichola (10[1])is estranged from her mother, Janet, who visits a Toronto (10[1])planetarium (10[1])before discussing the title (10[2])objects (10[1])with her (10[1])hospitalized (10[1])father. For 10 points, name (10[1])this Canadian author of “Dance of the Happy Shades” (10[1])and (10[1])“The Moons of Jupiter.” ■END■ (10[1]0[5])

ANSWER: Alice Munro
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska01/27/2024Y6100%0%0%102.67
2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State01/27/2024Y2100%0%0%104.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial01/27/2024Y888%0%0%102.71
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt01/27/2024Y1100%0%100%130.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT01/27/2024Y560%0%0%108.33

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Andrei HuiCambridge CSheffield8210
Isaac OlsonUW AUBC A8310
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghCambridge A8410
Adam JonesImperial ACambridge B8410
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicGeorgia Tech A86-5
Will OrrYale BHarvard B8710
Roan DowlingIowa ATexas A&M A8810
Yashwanth Bajji (DII)Michigan AMichigan B9210
Michael KohnDurham AOxford A9710
Jason HongBrown ABrandeis A10710
Dean Ah NowClaremont AAppalachian State10810
Cormac BeirneSorbonneRice A11210
Jisoon YooTexas ATexas A&M B11210
Aswath KaraiMichigan State AIowa B11310
Ella WardeOxford BBristol11510
Jacob Goodson (DII)Ohio State BKenyon11610
Thomas HartWarwickImperial B12110
Quentin MotGeorgia Tech AGeodesic13010
Jeffrey FungHarvard ATufts B13110
Nick PruittKCLOxford C1360
Ian DewanKielDurham B13610
Harrison SugarmanBrandeis BDartmouth B1360
Harrison SugarmanBrandeis BDartmouth B1360
Jake MarkusDartmouth BBrandeis B1360
Jake MarkusDartmouth BBrandeis B1360