A Merve Emre book jokingly examines “bad” performers of this activity as defined in lectures given in the 1950s at Cornell. Norman Holland’s study of laughter applied a theory named for performers of this activity, who form communities bound by cultural assumptions according to Stanley Fish. Performers of this activity are the subject of an “affective fallacy” often opposed to another group’s “intentional fallacy.” Viktor Shklovsky analyzed how this activity results in new perspectives through a process of (*) defamiliarization. Samuel Taylor Coleridge theorized that unlikely occurrences encountered during this activity are accepted via a“suspension of disbelief.” A book on how to perform this activity like a professor by Thomas Foster explains its“close” form. For 10 points, name this activity done to enjoy the work of Herman Melville. ■END■
| 2024 Booster Shot (Columbia) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 100% | 17% | 50% | 106.17 |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 4 | 100% | 0% | 75% | 121.75 |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt) | 03/02/2024 | Y | 4 | 75% | 0% | 50% | 118.00 |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 6 | 100% | 17% | 50% | 108.50 |
| 2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 67% | 128.67 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Lee | Case Western | Michigan C | 10 | -5 |
| Kunaal Chandrashekar | Toronto cDNA | Ottawa | 45 | -5 |
| Young Fenimore Lee | Ohio | WUSTL | 46 | 15 |
| Jack Lewis | MTSU | Georgia Tech C | 46 | -5 |
| Jack Rado | Columbia A | NYU C | 49 | 15 |
| Sophie Lyman | WUSTL A | WUSTL C | 56 | -5 |
| Gabe Forrest | Squidward Community College | Truman State | 58 | -5 |
| Matthew Siff | Yale | Lehigh A | 59 | -5 |
| Jared He | Waterloo Bust | Toronto Sprout | 74 | -5 |
| Eshan Pant | NYU A | Bard | 96 | 10 |
| Ophelia Cherry-Pulay | USN A | Vanderbilt A | 96 | 10 |
| Jeremy Cummings | WUSTL | Georgia Tech B | 96 | -5 |
| Ani Perumalla | Penn State A | Iowa | 96 | 10 |
| Evan Schleck | Gatherer | Rutgers | 98 | -5 |
| Liam Kusalik | Waterloo Cali | Toronto Penguin World War | 101 | 10 |
| Matt Spence | Columbia B | Princeton | 104 | -5 |
| Shourjo Ganguli | Ohio State | Michigan A | 104 | -5 |
| Jonathan Shauf | North Carolina | Michigan B | 109 | -5 |
| Tony Chen | Toronto Tony Jingyu Chen eats quizbowl | Toronto Pilk | 109 | -5 |
| Lexi Terman | Rutgers | Gatherer | 117 | 10 |
| Zaid Asif | NYU B | Columbia C | 117 | 10 |
| Sam Macchi | Vassar | Penn State B | 123 | 10 |
| Adam Monusko | Michigan B | North Carolina | 128 | 10 |
| Collin Nadarajah | WUSTL C | WUSTL A | 128 | 10 |
| Gareth Thorlakson | Toronto Sprout | Waterloo Bust | 128 | 10 |
| Austin Guo | Princeton | Columbia B | 129 | 10 |
| Biyang Zhang | Michigan A | Ohio State | 129 | 10 |
| Elijah Quan | Michigan C | Case Western | 129 | 10 |
| Kevin Park | Claremont | Belmont | 129 | 10 |
| Devam Srivastava | Georgia Tech C | MTSU | 129 | 0 |
| Matthew Sumanen | Georgia Tech B | WUSTL | 129 | 10 |
| Eddie Fuhrer | Lehigh A | Yale | 129 | 10 |
| Fred Garvey | Truman State | Squidward Community College | 129 | 10 |
| Logan Mathis | SIUE | WUSTL J | 129 | 10 |
| Maude-Sophie Lockman | Ottawa | Toronto cDNA | 129 | 10 |
| Athan Juritsch | Toronto Pilk | Toronto Tony Jingyu Chen eats quizbowl | 129 | 10 |