Question

A character created by this author titles a painting in which a seated, bare-chested woman wears a large hat and robe of the same red color and mossy decalcomania texture as the surrounding landscape. For a Maecenas Press printing of a book by this author, a melting clock table was illustrated in one of twelve heliogravures by Salvador Dali. One reptile’s body serves as a ship on which six similar figures sit in a painting and sculpture titled for a poem by this author (15[1])and created (15[1])by (*) Leonora Carrington. This author dropped the chapter (10[1])“The Wasp in a Wig” on the advice of an illustrator who drew a duchess based on Quentin (10[1])Matsys’s Ugly (10[1])Duchess, (10[2])per an annotated edition by Martin Gardner. (10[1])This author created a (10[1])character (10[1])who wears a horseshoe-shaped (10[1])headband now named for her in illustrations (10[1])by John Tenniel. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this author of (10[1])Alice’s Adventures (10[1])in Wonderland. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Lewis Carroll [or Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (The first line refers to Max Ernst’s Alice in 1941; the Carrington artworks are both titled How Doth the Little Crocodile.)
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Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025N3100%67%0%88.33
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis03/22/2025N3100%33%0%98.00
2024 ARGOS Online03/22/2025N3100%0%67%137.33
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y5100%20%0%125.00
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y6100%17%0%118.67
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%0%33%135.00
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%0%0%116.67

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Henry AtkinsCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers8315
Sinecio Moraleshawk two ofNortheast by Northwestern8515
Justin WytmarWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?BHSU ReFantazio9310
Oscar SiddleLimp FrancekitSimple Vibes11110
Emmett Lauriejeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan clubWalston et. al.11310
Henry CafaroThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)BHSU Rebirth11410
Omer KeskinCien Años de QuizboledadGrzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz11410
Annabelle YangWashUMusic to Help You Stop Smoking12110
Oliver HargraveDefying SuavityCambridge12510
Mattias EhatammYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere12610
Caleb OttTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut13010
Kunaal Chandrashekaras rational as the square root of two power bottomsThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange13710
Anwen KelleherNJ TRANSit (and anwen12 Litres of Green Tea140-5
Eshan Pantjust one more half-dot broCope is the thing with feathers14010
Logan MathisThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five DaysClown Squad14710
Asha BasuI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks upModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha14910
Stephen HeritageNotre DameClown Senpais15210
Zaid Asif12 Litres of Green TeaNJ TRANSit (and anwen15210