Question

George Orr has “effective dreams” that change reality, yet only dreams “cheap utopian concepts” in a novel by this author titled (15[1])for a Zhuangzi (“JWONG-dzuh”) mistranslation. A short (15[1])story by this author is set from Eve’s point of view as she “unnames” each creature and finally returns her name to Adam. (15[1])This author (15[1]-5[1])depicted the last day in the life of Laia Odo right before a revolution she (-5[1])inspired, which (15[1])creates (15[1])a society shown in an earlier novel. (15[1]-5[1])In a novel by (-5[1])this author, Genly Ai’s (15[2]-5[1])arrival (15[2])at Karhide (15[2])convinces them to accept (15[1])the (*) Ekumen treaty fulfilling Estraven’s prediction. Dostoevsky (10[1])inspired this author’s creation of a key to a utopia (10[2])depending (10[1])on (10[1])the (10[1])misery of a child (10[2])locked (10[5]-5[1])in a (10[3])cellar (10[2])in (-5[1])“The Ones (10[1])Who Walk (10[1])Away (10[1])From (10[2])Omelas.” (10[3])For 10 points, name this author of the Hainish Cycle, The Left Hand of Darkness (10[1])and the (10[1])Earthsea series. (10[1])■END■ (10[4]0[1])

ANSWER: Ursula K. Le Guin
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ian TullisAnderson et al.Jason et al.2015
Vivian MaloufIn the Mood for BuzzToyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming Titans2615
Justine FrenchU[C]SDALCU4915
Noah ChinVirginia Tech AVirginia Tech B51-5
Thomas TibbettsUCF AUF B5115
Matthew SumanenGeorgia Tech BMississippi State66-5
Jonathan SchnipperBrandeis ATufts B6815
Eve FleisigBerkeley AStanford6915
William OrrYaleClark House76-5
Zach JosephNotre DameIllinois Orange7615
Jeremy CummingsWashUSquidward Community College80-5
Joy AnHarvardBoston College B84-5
Mattias EhatammWaterloo AspidistraMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidii8415
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech AJohns Creek8415
Chris Yooshe limp on my waltz till i feel pathetiquebingy academy8515
Will AlstonSGV VenturesClaremont8515
Andrew ZengMadmen and SpecialistsPaddington in Peru (2024)8715
Aneesh ShotriyaPurdue AChicago A8715
Sky LiToronto AWaterloo Basic9115
Parth JagtapToronto BToronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha9810
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BBerkeley Past10810
Antoni KluzowskiWarwick BSouthampton10810
Chris ScheriRITMaryland10910
Ian Droessler WilsonInnovation Academy BGeorgia Tech C11010
Ariel FaederPittPenn State11110
John McQueenSouth CarolinaVirginia Tech C11510
Jay KimChicago BPurdue B11510
Richard LimBowdoin CAmherst11610
Mike CheyneOld and YoungASU->Stanford->ASU pipeline11610
Anna BarkerUCF BValencia116-5
Athan JuritschToronto Disband the Club 2k24Toronto Metropolitan A11610
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech BMilton11610
Albert NyangLSE AImperial A11610
Riley RoesslerBowdoin BTufts A11810
Asha BasuMcGill AWaterloo Cloze11810
Andrew WangIllinois BlueSIUE11810
Nathan SheffieldMITBowdoin A11910
Nicholas NguyenUF CUF A11910
Kai McFarlandBUBoston College A120-5
Towery McNeilMississippi StateGeorgia Tech B12210
Kevin ZhengSocial credit go vroomThe cult of SGA12410
Agnijo BanerjeeCambridge ACambridge B12510
Rivera RiveraValenciaUCF B12610
Robert CrawleyWarwick ABristol12610
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeWashU12710
Louis HarneyGeorgia Tech CLambert12710
Krish ChintaInnovation Academy AInnovation Academy B12710
Orion KellerVirginia Tech BVirginia Tech A14210
Maude-Sophie LockmanOttawa AbsolomabsolomabsolomCarleton A14410
Blake JohnsonBoston College ABU14610
Gabriel MargoliesBoston College BHarvard14710
Derek FinoClark HouseYale14710
Aidan BernardoFlorida TechUSF1470
Joanna XiaoGeorgia Tech DInnovation Academy C14710
Charlie LowmanImperial BWarwick C14710