Question

An essay about one of these places that describes the sky as a “vast lapis lazuli dome” was written by Frank Conroy for a brochure. (10[1])A man referred to as “Captain Video” is often seen in one of these places in a work that ends after the narrator is put into a trance by the hypnotist Nigel Ellery. (10[1])While he’s in one of these places named for Gunnar Myrdal, Alfred deliriously (10[2])talks to his (10[2])“turd” (10[1])in Jonathan Franzen’s (10[1])The Corrections. (10[2]-5[1])Greeks like “Mr. Dermatitis” run one of these places in an essay whose author (10[1])bemoans (-5[1])the “pampering” he had (10[1])to endure. In one (10[1])of (10[1])many footnotes, that essay’s author dubs one (-5[1])of these places (10[2])Nadir instead of Zenith. (10[2])For 10 points, the essay “A Supposedly Fun Thing (10[1])I’ll Never (10[1])Do (10[1])Again” (10[5])recounts (10[1])David (10[1])Foster Wallace’s week-long trip in what kind of seagoing (10[1])vessel? (10[1])■END■ (10[10]0[2])

ANSWER: cruise ship [prompt on passenger ship or boat or ocean liner] (Wallace refers to that Conroy advertisement-essay often in “A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again.”)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jack Rado (DII)Columbia BHaverford2410
Kevin ParkClaremont AIowa A5710
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BBerkeley A7010
Tim MorrisonStanford ABerkeley C7010
Joel MilesMinnesota BArizona State7310
Sam MooreDurham AImperial A7310
Raymond WangCornell ARIT A7410
Andrew HannaPennColumbia A7710
Ian He (UG)UNC C (UG)Virginia A (UG)7910
James ByrneBristolSheffield79-5
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicVanderbilt B7910
Eshan Pant (DII)NYU ANYU B9310
Deepak MuthyalaTexas A&M AUW A94-5
William BarnesTennesseeVanderbilt A9810
Dwight SolanoTexas A&M BAppalachian State10210
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)UNC B (UG)10310
Harrison WhitakerCambridge AWarwick110-5
Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford (DII)UNC A (Grad)Virginia C (UG)11310
Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford (DII)UNC A (Grad)Virginia C (UG)11310
Andrew ZengStanford BStanford C11710
Seth EbnerJohns HopkinsJohn Jay11710
Rosa XiaCornell BBinghamton12610
Andre WongColumbia CRowan12810
Jack LewisMTSUHarding12910
Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)Duke A (UG)13010
William DawsonUBC AMichigan State A13010
James Stevenson (UG)Michigan AMichigan B13010
Noah Dean (DII)KenyonOhio State B13010
Corey SmithKentuckyGeorgia Tech B13010
Ryan HumphreyTexas ARice A13110
Charlotte Goeb (UG)Virginia B (UG)Maryland C (DII)13210
Joshua Schmidt (DII)Liberty B (DII)JMU A (UG)14110
Aisling SkeetDurham BOxford C14210
Cade ReinbergerRIT BCornell C14310
Munir Siddiqui (UG)Maryland B (UG)GWU B (Grad)14310
Noelle Ropp (DII)Roanoke College A (DII)William & Mary A (UG)14310
Eva Lettiere (DII)GWU A (UG)JMU B (UG)14310
Meredie Cohen (DII)William & Mary A (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)1430
Miller Doer (DII)Liberty C (DII)UNC D (DII)14310
Conor ThompsonIowa StateMinnesota C14310
Cormac BeirneSorbonneIowa B14310
Isaac OlsonUW ATexas A&M A14310
Simon Zimmerman (DII)Ohio State AMichigan C14310
Thomas HartWarwickCambridge A1430
Freddy PottsSheffieldBristol14310