Question
An “autobiographical sketch” by this author describes a childhood fight when he and his friends threw cinders across railroad tracks at a group of boys who threw back broken bottles. In a story by this author, the mule Jenny is accidentally shot by the teenager Dave Saunders with the gun he just bought. After the protagonist of a story by this author shoots a man in self defense at a swimming pool, his friend Bobo is tarred and feathered and burned alive. This author of “The Man Who Was Almost a Man” included the story “Big Boy Leaves Home” in the collection Uncle Tom’s Children. A protagonist created by this author is defended by the lawyer Boris Max after murdering his girlfriend Bessie. For 10 points, name this author who created Bigger Thomas for the novel Native Son. ■END■
Summary
2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 116.67 |
2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 126.00 |
2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 10 | 70% | 0% | 20% | 113.14 |
2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 50% | 0% | 50% | 104.00 |
2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 81.00 |
2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 90.00 |
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 79.00 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Perry O'Connor (Grad) | Liberty A (Grad) | UNC A (Grad) | 44 | 10 |
Joel Miles | Minnesota B | Minnesota C | 44 | -5 |
Natan Holtzman | Stanford B | Berkeley B | 61 | -5 |
Connor Mayers (UG) | Maryland A (Grad) | UNC C (UG) | 71 | -5 |
Eshan Pant (DII) | NYU A | Columbia A | 76 | 10 |
Omer Keskin | Oxford A | Imperial A | 79 | 10 |
Kevin Park | Claremont A | Texas A | 81 | 10 |
Tim Morrison | Stanford A | Berkeley A | 98 | 10 |
Raymond Wang | Cornell A | RIT B | 102 | 10 |
Julian Bushlow | Cornell C | Binghamton | 104 | -5 |
Joshua Schmidt (DII) | Liberty B (DII) | GWU A (UG) | 104 | 10 |
Bryan Ugaz | Arizona State | Iowa State | 104 | 10 |
Ethan Furman (DII) | Haverford | Vassar | 104 | 10 |
Joseph Chambers (DII) | Virginia A (UG) | UNC B (UG) | 106 | 10 |
Andy Durham | Stanford C | Berkeley C | 117 | 10 |
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII) | Duke A (UG) | UNC D (DII) | 125 | 10 |
Luke Schaarschuch (UG) | Virginia C (UG) | GWU B (Grad) | 132 | -5 |
Anuttam Ramji | Berkeley B | Stanford B | 135 | 10 |
Kristy Lau (DII) | Virginia B (UG) | William & Mary A (UG) | 137 | 10 |
Bianca Van Zile | Binghamton | Cornell C | 138 | 10 |
Rosa Xia | Cornell B | RIT A | 138 | 10 |
Aleks Kozlowski (DII) | Roanoke College A (DII) | JMU A (UG) | 138 | 10 |
Logan Mitchell (UG) | JMU B (UG) | Liberty C (DII) | 138 | 0 |
Abby Keith (DII) | Liberty C (DII) | JMU B (UG) | 138 | 0 |
Emily Bussa (UG) | Maryland B (UG) | Maryland C (DII) | 138 | 10 |
Annie Goodman (Grad) | GWU B (Grad) | Virginia C (UG) | 138 | 0 |
Alexa Noyes | Minnesota C | Minnesota B | 138 | 0 |