Question
Inspired by Frederick the Great, this novel’s protagonist adopts the personal motto “Hold fast.” Digressive evocations of the Socratic dialogue Phaedrus appear in this novel, whose protagonist witnesses a sunrise fraught with references to Greek mythology. After boarding a boat, a character in this novel is repulsed after realizing that an old man is wearing a wig and makeup to blend in. A jester claims that “the sirocco is oppressive” in this novella in response to a question about disinfecting procedures, which are actually in place because of a cholera epidemic. While trying to follow the Polish boy Tadzio, this novella’s protagonist dies after eating overripe strawberries. For 10 points, name this novella depicting writer Gustav von Aschenbach’s visit to the title city, by Thomas Mann. ■END■
Summary
2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 66.00 |
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 88% | 0% | 0% | 79.43 |
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 9 | 89% | 0% | 0% | 61.13 |
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 86% | 0% | 0% | 75.00 |
2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 70.25 |
2024 ACF Winter at UBC | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 94.00 |
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford | 2024-11-16 | Y | 11 | 100% | 0% | 9% | 88.27 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Arjun Kala | UIUC B | Indiana B | 23 | 10 |
Neal Joshi | WashU B | Purdue A | 24 | 10 |
Shourjo Ganguli (UG) | Ohio State A (UG) | Pitt A | 35 | 10 |
Kevin Wang | Georgia Tech B | Georgia Tech E | 41 | 10 |
Justin Hawkins | Indiana A | Notre Dame | 43 | 10 |
Arnav Lahoti (D2) | Texas B | Arkansas | 44 | 10 |
Andre Wong | LSE A | Cambridge C | 48 | 10 |
Yahwanth Bajji (DII) | Michigan A | Michigan State A | 51 | 10 |
Collin Leck (D2) | Central Oklahoma | Vassar A | 57 | 10 |
Eve Fleisig | Berkeley C | Stanford M | 58 | 10 |
Biyang Zhang (UG) | Michigan B | CWRU D (DII) | 58 | 10 |
Eshan Pant (D2) | NYU A | Texas C | 58 | 10 |
Russell Nip (UG) | UBC A | UW A | 59 | 10 |
Ryan Fang | Stanford A | Stanford L | 61 | 10 |
Arunn Sankar | Georgia Tech C | Tusculum A | 61 | 10 |
Jay Kim | UChicago B | SIUE A | 61 | 10 |
Jisoo Yoo | Texas A | Colorado College | 61 | 10 |
Andrei Hui | Cambridge B | Bristol A | 61 | 10 |
Justin Keung | Imperial A | Cambridge A | 61 | 10 |
Luke Zhang | Emory A | Auburn C | 62 | 10 |
Owen Arneson (D2) | Missouri | Mississippi State | 63 | 10 |
Gavin Markoff | Vanderbilt | LSE B | 63 | 10 |
Jack Casey | UIUC C | Northwestern A | 65 | 10 |
Liam Markland | Alberta | UW B | 74 | -5 |
Ryan Sun | Berkeley B | Berkeley A | 79 | 10 |
Henry Bylinowski | Auburn A | Georgia Tech D | 80 | 10 |
Omer Keskin | Oxford A | Manchester | 80 | 10 |
Max Hodes | UChicago A | Purdue C | 85 | 10 |
Ethan Altshul | Emory B | South Carolina A | 89 | 10 |
Conner Yamnitz | WashU C | UIUC D | 90 | 10 |
Sai Subramanian (DII) | CWRU A (UG) | CWRU C (UG) | 90 | 10 |
Matthew | OSU C | Kenyon A | 90 | 10 |
Brynn Jones | Oregon State | Ole Miss | 90 | 10 |
Chris Levesley | Warwick A | Southampton B | 90 | -5 |
Roan Dowling | Iowa | Texas D | 91 | 10 |
Bob Freedman | Georgia A | Alabama A | 97 | 10 |
David Mathew | Purdue B | Miami | 98 | 10 |
Anthony Gagliano (UG) | McGill E | NYU B | 98 | 10 |
Tai Belke (DII) | UBC B | SFU | 98 | 10 |
Matteo Fronduti | Durham B | Warwick B | 98 | 10 |
Benjamin Watson | Oxford B | Imperial B | 100 | 10 |
James Carrigy | Edinburgh | Bristol B | 103 | 10 |
Haemish Campbell | Durham A | Cam D | 105 | 10 |
Luke Strole (DII) | UW B | Alberta | 125 | 10 |
Alina Moore | Tennesse B | Clemson A | 126 | 0 |
Ian Lu | Georgia Tech F | Auburn B | 126 | 10 |
Charlie Weaver | Clemson A | Tennesse B | 126 | 0 |
Davis Johnson | Purdue D | WashU D | 126 | 0 |
Meredith Wiper (DII) | CWRU B (UG) | Michigan D (DII) | 126 | 0 |
Will Jones (DII) | Michigan State C (UG) | Michigan C (UG) | 126 | 10 |
Peter Ballas (DII) | Michigan D (DII) | CWRU B (UG) | 126 | 0 |
Michael Wu | Southampton B | Warwick A | 126 | 10 |
Edward Fogel | Birmingham | Southampton A | 126 | 10 |