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

ANSWER: the Sun [reject “Klara and the Sun” until “Klara” is read, accept afterwards]
<Literature - British Literature - Long Fiction>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%33%33%118.67
2024 ARGOS Online03/22/2025Y3100%33%33%79.00
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis03/22/2025Y3100%33%0%92.33
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024N5100%20%40%120.40
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024N6100%33%33%106.00
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024N3100%33%0%112.00
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%0%33%116.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Walter ZhangImport PandasBanned from ARGOS4615
Evan TingAw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big boomsThompson et al.59-5
King VidorI wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retireUBC5915
Eve FleisigBerkeleyWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?7015
Robin Dankothrow away your cards, rally in the streetsCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!8410
Sam MooreSimple VibesCambridge8910
Joel MilesThompson et al.Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms9410
Jordan Brownstein"Powers a question on Stancyzk" that's a clown question broPahkin' the Ahgo9710
Frances HadleyLimp FrancekitGrzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz10710
Anuttam RamjiCry of the Common Loonnumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku123-5
Adam Silverman|madam|Hu up Jinning they Tao13410
Anderson WangA is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairsStanford+13410
Brendan BethlehemCien Años de QuizboledadDefying Suavity149-5
Claire JonesDefying SuavityCien Años de Quizboledad15210
Kevin Yenumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haikuCry of the Common Loon15210