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 (15[1])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.” (10[2])This is the [emphasize] second type of person in the title of a novel whose protagonist tricks men like Francis Beekman with her friend Dorothy (10[1])Shaw. Two vials of veronal are used in an attempted suicide by Hazel Morse in a (10[1])story titled for a “big” one of these people written by Dorothy Parker. For 10 points, Lorelei Lee is the protagonist of a novel by Anita Loos titled Gentlemen (10[1])Prefer what type of women? ■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

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jaimie CarlsonBanned from ARGOSPahkin' the Ahgo6415
Jordan Brownstein"Powers a question on Stancyzk" that's a clown question broHu up Jinning they Tao9310
King VidorI wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retireAw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms9310
Kevin WangCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!UBC11810
Walter ZhangImport Pandas|madam|13410
Joel MilesThompson et al.throw away your cards, rally in the streets16310

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025N3100%0%0%106.33
2024 ARGOS Online03/22/2025Y3100%0%0%124.67
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis03/22/2025Y3100%33%0%97.00
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024N5100%0%40%151.60
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024N6100%0%33%162.17
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024N3100%0%67%157.67
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024N3100%0%0%158.00