Question

In a story titled for this kind of person, the protagonist steps out her front door one night and sees a horse pulling a rickety wagon slip on ice and fall down right in front of her. In a novel whose title refers to the protagonist as this kind of person, the protagonist is told to “cultivate some inhibitions” by Sigmund Freud. A story titled for this kind of person ends after the protagonist is told to “cheer up” by the black maid Nettie after she gives the toast “Here’s (*) mud in your eye.” This (10[1]-5[1])is (10[1])the (10[1])[emphasize] second type of person in the title of a novel whose protagonist tricks men like Francis Beekman with her friend Dorothy Shaw. Two vials of veronal are used in an attempted suicide by (10[1])Hazel (-5[1])Morse in a story (-5[1])titled for a (-5[1])“big” one of (10[1])these (-5[2])people written by Dorothy (10[1])Parker. For 10 (10[1])points, Lorelei Lee is the protagonist of a novel (10[1])by Anita Loos titled Gentlemen (10[3])Prefer (10[3])what type of (10[1])women? (10[5])■END■

ANSWER: blonde [accept “Big Blonde”; prompt on big by asking “how else does the title describe the protagonist?”; accept Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]
<Literature - American Literature - Short Fiction>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Tony ChenSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange94-5
Anuttam RamjiCry of the Common LoonBerkeley9410
Ryan Sunnumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haikuA is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs9510
Henry AtkinsCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken9610
Tim MorrisonStanford+Where are the ACF Nationals recordings?13010
Ned TagtmeierThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)BHSU ReFantazio131-5
Eshan Pantjust one more half-dot brojeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club135-5
Jared HeYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up138-5
John LawrenceWalston et. al.12 Litres of Green Tea14110
Sinecio Moraleshawk two ofNotre Dame142-5
Hazel Depreist-SullivanNJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess)Cope is the thing with feathers142-5
Rob CarsonBHSU RebirthWashU14610
Ben Russell JonesSimple VibesDefying Suavity14910
Frances HadleyLimp FranceskitCien Años de Quizboledad15810
Justin WytmarWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?Music to Help You Stop Smoking16310
Aaron Dos RemediosModerator Can't Neg me While in Alphaas rational as the square root of two power bottoms16310
Jack van NostrandRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere16310
Andrew WangBHSU ReFantazioThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)16410
Todd MaslykClown SenpaisThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days16410
Halle Friedmanjeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan clubjust one more half-dot bro16410
Shiv SeshanCambridgeGrzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz16710
Jacob PuthipirojNortheast by NorthwesternClown Squad16810
Will SandersNotre Damehawk two of16810
Ryan RosenbergCope is the thing with feathersNJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess)16810
Adrian WongThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut16810
Erik ChristensenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks upYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit16810