Question

With her dying breath, a character in this novel tells a man “I believe I was a little in love with you” after asking for a kiss on her brow (10[1])as her final wish. (10[1])A character in this novel (-5[1])visits the (10[1])“Lark’s Meadow” every (-5[1])day because his beloved’s (10[1])recurring nickname is “the lark.” (10[1])A character in this novel (10[1])writes the words “the police are here” (10[1])on (10[1]-5[1])a piece (10[1])of paper (10[2]-5[1])to prove (10[1])her literacy to a man who finds (10[1])a packet of (10[1])letters (10[1])that she forged. After his love moves to England, (-5[1])a man in this novel joins the radical group (10[1])“Friends of the ABC” (10[10])in (-5[1])dying (10[4])in (10[1])the (10[2])barricades. (10[10]-5[1])A character (10[1])drowns (10[2])in the Seine (10[1])after releasing (10[1])his (10[1])enemy from arrest near the end (10[1])of this novel, while Marius and Cosette (10[2])are reconciled. (10[2])For 10 points, Inspector (-5[1])Javert (10[1])(“zhuh-VAIR”) pursues the ex-convict Jean Valjean (10[1])(“ZHON val-ZHON”) in what novel by Victor Hugo? (10[3])■END■

ANSWER: Les Misérables [or The Miserables; or The Miserable Ones; reject “Les Mis”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sophia GnadingerUChicago DPurdue A2910
Era GunawanPurdue BUIUC C3310
Ethan BingemannRutgers CPenn A38-5
TurjyaGeorgia AEmory B4010
Gannon RiceClemson AAlabama A43-5
Jeremy CummingsWashU BMiami4710
Greg MylesEdinburghLSE B5210
Collin Leck (D2)Central OklahomaVassar A5710
Sara SimkinsGeorgia AGeorgia Tech C6410
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech BAuburn A6510
Cole WelchGeorgia Tech EGeorgia Tech A65-5
Danielle WebbSIUE AUIUC B6710
Arhith DharanendraGeorgia Tech FGeorgia Tech C69-5
Keerthana Krishnan (D2)Texas COle Miss6910
Seraphina CharlotteCambridge ACambridge B6910
Alex ThomasGeorgia Tech EGeorgia Tech D7110
Allen XuGeorgia Tech FClemson A7810
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech DEmory A8110
Anila MoparthyUIUC DNotre Dame8210
Michael ZhouGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech B91-5
Elizabeth JewlalJohns Hopkins BBard A10010
Denis LiuStanford LStanford A10410
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech E10410
Aditya ShivaswamyJohns Hopkins AHaverford A10410
Vincent ZhangPenn BRowan A10410
TieguePenn State ALehigh10410
Sam KonkelUChicago CUChicago A10410
Collin Leck (D2)Central OklahomaWUSTL A10410
Collin Leck (D2)Central OklahomaWUSTL A10410
Elle Lee (D2)NYU ATexas D10410
Lucy DennettWarwick BBristol B10410
Akshar GoyalUIUC AWashU D105-5
Michal GerasimiukStanford MBerkeley C10610
Arnav Lahoti (D2)Texas BColorado College10610
Edward FogelBirminghamCambridge D10610
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltDurham B10610
Monish JampalaGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech F10710
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech A10810
Delia CropperOxford ACambridge C10810
Ryan SunBerkeley BBerkeley A10910
Henry BylinowskiAuburn AEmory A10910
Olin BoseColumbia BPrinceton A10910
Sophia MadrazoPurdue CWashU C109-5
Jisoo YooTexas AMcGill E10910
Arthur Zhang (D2)NYU BMississippi State10910
Abigail Zimmerman (UG)IowaVassar A10910
Kyan van BeekUF EUF B10910
Justin LeeImperial ABristol A10910
Andre WongLSE AManchester10910
Benedykt Chodzko-ZajkoSouthampton BImperial B10910
Thomas Doyle (UG)Vassar BArkansas11110
Barkot BelayEmory BAlabama A11210
Henry LytleWashU DUIUC A11210
Paige CrawleyOxford BWarwick A11510
Brandon HuntAuburn CAuburn B11710
Jackson McDonaldAlabama AClemson A11810
Jackson Hopper (UG)Mississippi StateMcGill E12410
Malachi LedfordTusculum AAuburn C13110
Anna BarkerUCF AFlorida Tech B13110
Alex WongRutgers APenn State B13310
Nicholas NguyenUF DFlorida State University A13310
Nermeen RahmanIndiana BPurdue D137-5
Khanh NguyenUF AUF F13810
Alexander NicholsUCF BFlorida Tech A14310
Danny HanPenn ARutgers C14910
Sam HewittWashU CPurdue C14910
Davis JohnsonPurdue DIndiana B14910