Question

A character created by this author ends a tale with a dwarf named Omba being told to look away as a hero takes off his mask (15[1])to mourn the bird Black Wing. In that story by this author, a college student imitating serial novels tells stories to the (15[1])Comanche (15[1])Club while driving their (15[3]-5[1])bus. A story by this author (15[1])ends with (15[1])Boo Boo racing her son Lionel after he (15[1])overhears a maid say a (-5[1])slur. A character created by this author kisses (-5[1])a girl’s (15[1])foot after she claims to see an animal that (10[1])(*) gorges itself and (10[1])dies (10[1])when it can’t leave its (10[1])feeding (10[1])hole. In a story by this (10[1])author of “The Laughing (10[1])Man” and “Down at the Dinghy,” (10[1])a man shoots (10[1])himself after talking with Sybil Carpenter on a beach. For 10 (10[1])points, name this author who wrote about (-5[1])Seymour and other members of the Glass (-5[1])family in stories like “A Perfect Day for Bananafish.” (10[1]0[2])■END■

ANSWER: J.D. Salinger [or Jerome David Salinger]
<Literature - American Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y683%67%17%57.80
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%0%0%114.25
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y450%25%50%101.50
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y6100%50%17%84.33
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y1100%0%100%122.00
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%67%0%73.67

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Evan SchleckGathererColumbia B2615
William OrrYaleBard4815
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeWUSTL J4915
Will HollisterLehigh BLehigh A5315
Eshan PantNYU ANYU B5315
Teigue KellyPenn State ANorth Carolina53-5
Guy IndoranteIowa StatePenn State B5315
Fred GarveyTruman StateWUSTL C5915
Benjamin KramerCase WesternOhio State6115
Andrew ZengStanfordMichigan C6915
Jack LewisMTSUBelmont74-5
Shourjo GanguliOhio StateMichigan C82-5
Kevin ParkClaremontVanderbilt B8415
Roan DowlingIowaVassar9310
Raymond ChenToronto Penguin World WarToronto Sprout9610
Biyang ZhangMichigan AWUSTL9710
Tony ChenToronto Tony Jingyu Chen eats quizbowlOttawa10210
Caleb OttWaterloo BustWaterloo Cali10310
Jack RadoColumbia AColumbia C10910
Jacob SimmonsSIUEWUSTL A11310
Ophelia Cherry-PulayUSN AGeorgia Tech B11910
Elijah QuanMichigan COhio State12210
Jonathan ShaufNorth CarolinaPenn State A13310
Jeremy CummingsWUSTLGeorgia Tech C140-5
Lexi TermanRutgersNYU C147-5
Jeff GuanNYU CRutgers1560
Brady PinterBelmontMTSU1560
Kunaal ChandrashekarToronto cDNAToronto Pilk15610