Question

To entertain a sick boy, the protagonist of this novel reads the book A Bishop among the Bantus and pretends it’s about pirates. Near the end of Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah, when Ifemelu reunites with Obinze, they discuss this novel, his mother’s favorite. This novel’s (-5[1])protagonist is haunted by the signature “Dicky” on a suicide note and imagines the word “Ticki,” the pet name his wife calls him, in its place. During an interview in Chinua Achebe’s No Longer (15[1])at Ease, Obi humorously says that this novel was ruined by its “happy ending.” In this novel, the (*) agent Wilson despises the protagonist for having an affair with Helen (10[1])Rolt. Soon after his servant Ali is killed due to his (10[2])dealings with the diamond smuggler Yusuf, the protagonist of this (-5[1])novel, a police officer, commits suicide. For 10 points, Major Henry Scobie is (-5[1])the protagonist (10[2]-5[1])of what novel (-5[1])by Graham Greene set in West Africa? (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[16])

ANSWER: The Heart of the Matter
<Literature - British Literature - Long Fiction>
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Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y333%0%67%117.00
2024 ARGOS Online03/22/2025N367%0%33%140.50
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis03/22/2025N333%0%33%148.00
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y425%25%25%77.00
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y650%0%17%133.33
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y367%0%33%147.50
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y367%0%0%135.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Raymond ChenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfereas rational as the square root of two power bottoms43-5
Mattias EhatammYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country7715
Matt BollingerBHSU ReFantazioWashU10610
Omer KeskinCien Años de QuizboledadDefying Suavity11710
Eve FleisigBerkeleyWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?11710
Neil GurramA is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairsStanford+127-5
Hari ParameswaranCry of the Common Loonnumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku140-5
Ned TagtmeierThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)Who is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?14210
Eshan Pantjust one more half-dot broWalston et. al.142-5
Hazel Depreist-SullivanNJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess)jeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club14210
Matt LaferMusic to Help You Stop SmokingBHSU Rebirth145-5
Rob CarsonBHSU RebirthMusic to Help You Stop Smoking15210
Todd MaslykClown SenpaisClown Squad1530
Patrick QuionNortheast by NorthwesternNotre Dame1530
Zach JosephNotre DameNortheast by Northwestern1530
Sinecio Moraleshawk two ofThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days1530
Logan MathisThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Dayshawk two of1530
Leo TaoClown SquadClown Senpais1530
Ben Russell JonesSimple VibesCambridge15310
Oscar SiddleLimp FranceskitGrzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz1530
Michael WuGrzegorz BrzęczyszczykiewiczLimp Franceskit1530
Ryan RosenbergCope is the thing with feathers12 Litres of Green Tea15310
Albert ZhangWalston et. al.just one more half-dot bro1530
Zaid Asif12 Litres of Green TeaCope is the thing with feathers1530
Caleb OttTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha1530
Maude-Sophie Lockmanas rational as the square root of two power bottomsShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere1530
Erik ChristensenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up The Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange1530
Adil HaiderThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up 1530
Tim MorrisonStanford+A is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs1530
Ryan Sunnumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haikuCry of the Common Loon1530