Question

The narrator looks “like one of those flies that buzz around blindly on the window pane” while trying to find this object via an “informal trail.” The narrator sees this object save Beggar Man and his dog from death (15[1])a few days before Manager moves her and Rosa (-5[1])to an alcove far away from this object. (15[1])This object agrees to provide his (15[2])“special nourishment” when the narrator offers to destroy (-5[1])Pollution in a building (-5[1])she believes contains stairs to the (*) underworld. The narrator has a one-sided conversation with this title object in Mr. McBain’s barn in which she promises to destroy the Cootings (10[1])Machine. (10[1])The narrator enlists the help of this title anthropomorphized object to cure the illness of Josie, for whom she cares as an Artificial Friend. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this large object that appears in the title of a Kazuo Ishiguro (10[1])novel (10[1])narrated by Klara. ■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: the Sun [reject “Klara and the Sun” because that is not the object]
<Literature - British Literature - Long Fiction>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025N3100%33%33%118.67
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis03/22/2025N3100%33%0%92.33
2024 ARGOS Online03/22/2025N3100%33%33%79.00
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y5100%20%40%120.40
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y6100%33%33%106.00
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%33%0%112.00
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024N3100%0%33%116.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sinecio Moraleshawk two ofClown Squad3815
Adrian WongThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere47-5
Raymond ChenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA InterfereThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange5515
Akshar GoyalWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?Clown Senpais6115
Eshan Pantjust one more half-dot broWalston et. al.6115
Ishan JoshiRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha69-5
Mike BentleyMusic to Help You Stop SmokingThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days73-5
Matt BollingerBHSU ReFantazioWashU10210
Sky LiSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donutas rational as the square root of two power bottoms10310
Ned TagtmeierThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)BHSU Rebirth127-5
Hazel Depreist-SullivanNJ TRANSit (and anwenjeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club12710
Will SandersNotre DameNortheast by Northwestern14310
Logan MathisThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five DaysMusic to Help You Stop Smoking14410
Rob CarsonBHSU RebirthThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)14810
Ryan RosenbergCope is the thing with feathers12 Litres of Green Tea14810
Joey SunModerator Can't Neg me While in AlphaRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers14810
Caleb OttTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit14810
Henry AtkinsCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up 14810