Question

A poem by this author opens, “Some men like Jack and some like Jill / I’m glad that I like them both.” This author translated part of a Du Fu poem as “Drifting, what am I like? A gull (10[1])between earth and sky” in the (-5[1])collection Three Chinese Poets. In a novel by this author, (10[1])a lawyer who owns the despised cat Charlemagne answers a classified ad in which the drummer for the band Liquid Sheep calls her ex a “well-rounded and well-meaning square.” This author used rhyming couplets for the table (10[1])of contents of (-5[1])a novel in which a student turns down a cricketer for a shoe manufacturer. This author wrote a novel about San Francisco yuppies entirely in (10[1])Onegin stanzas, (10[1])and a long novel (10[1])in which Rupa Mehra seeks a husband for her daughter Lata (“LUH-tah”). For 10 points, (10[1])name this author of The (10[1])Golden Gate (10[1])and A Suitable Boy. (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[2])

ANSWER: Vikram Seth
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jisoon YooTexas AAppalachian State3810
John ChenUBC AIowa A44-5
Enoch YuenImperial AImperial B5410
Omer KeskinOxford ACambridge A9110
Parth JagtapEdinburghDurham A94-5
Kevin ParkClaremont ATexas A&M A11910
Isaac OlsonUW AIowa B12110
Nick PruittKCLDurham B12510
Andrei HuiCambridge CBristol13910
Ian DewanKielOxford C14410
Ella WardeOxford BSheffield14610
Conrad FreidsonWarwickCambridge B15010
Rahul KumarRice AMichigan State A1510
Aswath KaraiMichigan State ARice A1510
Cormac BeirneSorbonneTexas A&M B15110
Roan DowlingIowa AUBC A15110
Michael KohnDurham AEdinburgh15110