Question

The secretary of an American-born author has a lesbian affair with the secretary of this author in Cynthia Ozick’s story “Dictation.” In a story by this author, a nearby explosion launches the narrator in a parabolic arc before he is helped by the ship Sommerville, which causes another fire. The protagonist of a story by this author rescues his “second self,” a man who had strangled (10[1])a crewmate during a storm. This author’s (10[1])novel Chance (10[1])is narrated by the same character who narrates the story (10[1])“Youth” and a novel (10[3])partly (10[1])set in Patusan. (10[3])In a (10[1])novella by this author of “The Secret Sharer,” (10[2])the narrator (10[3])sits (10[2])aboard the (10[1])Nellie (10[2])and recounts (10[1])the time (10[1])when he searched (10[1])for Kurtz (10[1])in the Congo. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])Charles (10[1])Marlow narrates what (10[1])author’s novels (10[1])Lord Jim and Heart of Darkness? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Joseph Conrad [or Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski] (The American-born author in Ozick’s story is Henry James.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kevin ParkClaremont ARice A6510
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)7210
Tim MorrisonStanford ABerkeley B7410
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland C (DII)JMU B (UG)8410
Raymond WangCornell ABinghamton8810
Moses KitakuleColumbia AJohns Hopkins8810
Andrew HannaPennHaverford8810
Nicholas TunksMinnesota BIowa State8910
Andrew ZengStanford BBerkeley C9210
Nathaniel HullBerkeley AStanford C9210
Jonathan Shauf (UG)UNC B (UG)GWU A (UG)9210
Omer KeskinOxford AEdinburgh9410
Cameron WilliamsAppalachian StateUBC A10210
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayColumbia C10210
Jim Fan (Grad)UNC A (Grad)William & Mary A (UG)10410
Joshua Schmidt (DII)Liberty B (DII)Roanoke College A (DII)10410
Roan DowlingIowa ASorbonne10410
Bryan UgazArizona StateMinnesota C10510
Jisoon YooTexas ATexas A&M A10510
Robbie HahnTexas A&M BIowa B10710
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)JMU A (UG)10810
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)UNC D (DII)10810
Cade ReinbergerRIT BRIT A11010
Aswath KaraiMichigan State AUW A11210
William Groger (UG)Columbia BVassar11510
Elliot CosnettOxford BKiel11710
Miller Doer (DII)Liberty C (DII)Virginia B (UG)12010
Rosa XiaCornell BCornell C12310
Taiga ClarkeImperial BKCL12410
Ben LaFondCambridge BCambridge C12710
Luke Schaarschuch (UG)Virginia C (UG)GWU B (Grad)12910
Ashish KumbhardareRowanNYU B13610