Question

In a story by this author, a boy pretends that a woman trapped in a rain-water tank is the Devil when she offers him strawberry jam in return for help. In another story by this author, a girl claims that the protagonist once hid in an empty grave while being hunted by wild dogs near the Ganges. This author’s story (10[1])“The Lumber Room” appears in the collection Beasts and Superbeasts (10[3])alongside a story in which a woman pretending to be a governess makes children act out the rape of the Sabine women. A boy (10[1])sings “Bertie, why do you bound” in a story by this author that ends with the sentence “Romance at short notice was her speciality.” (10[1])In that story by this author, (10[1])Vera pretends that a group of returning hunters are ghosts to scare Framton Nuttle. For 10 points, name this humorous Edwardian author of “The Open Window.” (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Saki [or Hector Hugh Munro] (The third sentence is “The Schartz-Metterklume Method.”)
<British Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech AMTSU5910
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicVanderbilt A6910
Andrew EllisKentuckySouth Carolina6910
Matthew SiffYale ABrandeis A6910
Jim Fan (Grad)UNC A (Grad)UNC C (UG)9310
William BarnesTennesseeGeorgia Tech B11710
Sam MooreDurham AOxford A12310
Caden HausteinHardingVanderbilt B14910
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)Liberty C (DII)15010

Summary

2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU01/27/2024Y2100%0%0%121.50
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%123.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt01/27/2024Y5100%0%0%92.60
2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%69.00