Question

Those who ate too much salt are unable to fly away in the aftermath of one of these events, like Uncle Bango’s ancestor did with two corn cobs tucked beneath his arms, in Salt by Earl Lovelace. In a different novel, Lilith is wary of the title “Night Women” (-5[1])planning one of these events. (15[1])A (15[1])“Lord of Poison” plans one of these events to start with the sounds of blown conch shells. Monsieur Lenormand de Mezy hides (15[1])in a well during one of these events in a novel whose influential prologue describes a (*) “real maravilloso (10[1]-5[1])(“mah-rah-vee-YOH-so”).” The role of Macandal in one of these events (10[1])differs through depictions in The Kingdom of This World by Alejo Carpentier (10[2])and C. L. R. James’s The Black Jacobins. (10[2])For 10 points, a fictional narrative (10[1])of what type of event is central to William Styron’s (10[2])novel The Confessions of Nat (10[1])Turner? ■END■ (10[4]0[2])

ANSWER: slave revolts [or slave rebellions, slave uprisings, slave revolutions, slave insurrections, or equivalents; accept the Haitian Revolution] (The second sentence refers to The Book of Night Women by Marlon James.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Pranav JothiGeorgia Tech CInnovation Academy C48-5
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AVirginia Tech A5315
Albert NyangLSE ACambridge B5415
Ali HamzehToyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming TitansIn the Mood for Buzz7615
Anthony LovegrenUCF AUF A9410
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BStanford94-5
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech B10310
Eve FleisigBerkeley ABerkeley Past11510
Krish ChintaInnovation Academy AMilton11510
Khanh NguyenUF BUF C12310
Cormac BeirneLSE BCambridge A12310
Owen IredaleImperial ABristol12910
Manu SankaranLambertJohns Creek13910
Arhith DharanendraGeorgia Tech DMississippi State13910
Michael WuSouthamptonImperial B14410
Max KurzmanNorth Carolina BSouth Carolina14610
Orion KellerVirginia Tech BVirginia Tech C14610
Aidan BernardoFlorida TechUSF1460
Henry KeatingUCF BValencia14610
Michal GerasimiukStanfordBerkeley B14610
Arjun NairInnovation Academy CGeorgia Tech C1460