Question

Margaret and Michael Banks are roped into an illegal scheme involving these events in John Hawkes’s novel The Lime Twig. (10[2])In a work centering on one (10[1])of these events, the narrator injures everyone at his restaurant table when he tries to mace the head waiter. That work centering on one of these events begins with the narrator meeting Jimbo at an airport bar. In one story, the protagonist gets into a partnership involving these events with the gardener (-5[1])Bassett. (10[2]-5[1])One work’s narrator expects the Black Panthers to attack while at one of these events (-5[2])with the (-5[1])illustrator Ralph Steadman. The boy Paul (10[1])uses a toy (10[1])to predict the (10[1])winners (10[2])of these events (10[3])in a story (-5[1])by (10[1]-5[1])D. (10[2])H. (10[2])Lawrence. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, Hunter (10[1])S. Thompson wrote about what kind of sporting (10[1])event (10[1]-5[1])in the article “The Kentucky Derby (10[1])Is Decadent (10[4])and Depraved”? (10[2])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: horse race [prompt on race; prompt on Kentucky Derby until read by asking “what kind of event is it?”] (The Lawrence story is “The Rocking-Horse Winner.”)
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Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)1910
Andrew HannaPennHaverford1910
Omer KeskinOxford AEdinburgh2510
Jim Fan (Grad)UNC A (Grad)William & Mary A (UG)77-5
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BStanford A7810
Andrew ZengStanford BBerkeley C78-5
Ian DewanKielOxford B7810
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayColumbia C93-5
Forrest Weintraub (UG)Columbia AJohns Hopkins93-5
Aswath KaraiMichigan State AUW A95-5
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)JMU A (UG)10110
Russell NipUBC AAppalachian State10410
William Groger (UG)Columbia BVassar10710
Bryan UgazArizona StateMinnesota C10810
Robbie HahnTexas A&M BIowa B10810
Rosa XiaCornell BCornell C11110
Cade ReinbergerRIT BRIT A11110
Joel MilesMinnesota BIowa State11110
Nathaniel HullBerkeley AStanford C114-5
Cormac BeirneSorbonneIowa A115-5
Kevin ParkClaremont ARice A11510
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)UNC D (DII)11610
Roan DowlingIowa ASorbonne11610
Raymond WangCornell ABinghamton11710
Deepak MuthyalaTexas A&M ATexas A11710
Graham Troy (DII)UNC B (UG)GWU A (UG)11810
Joshua Schmidt (DII)Liberty B (DII)Roanoke College A (DII)11810
Nathan Redford (DII)Liberty C (DII)Virginia B (UG)118-5
David BassJohns HopkinsColumbia A12210
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland C (DII)JMU B (UG)13010
Luke Schaarschuch (UG)Virginia C (UG)GWU B (Grad)13110
Carlos DoebeliImperial BKCL131-5
Arjun GonuguntlaBerkeley CStanford B13710
Charlotte Goeb (UG)Virginia B (UG)Liberty C (DII)13910
Derek Aldridge (DII)William & Mary A (UG)UNC A (Grad)13910
Ashish KumbhardareRowanNYU B13910
Ben LaFondCambridge BCambridge C13910
Isaac OlsonUW AMichigan State A14110
Nick PruittKCLImperial B14110
Emmett ChungStanford CBerkeley A14210
Derek Chen (UG)Columbia CJohn Jay14210