Question
An author with this first name wrote a novel about a brewer’s son who falls in with the hunchbacked Putricides and the seductive Princess di Ticonderoga. In a novel by an author with this first name, a man gives a speech that claims, “We have no need of other worlds. We need mirrors.” An author with this first name wrote a novel in which Zip succumbs to the soma-like Murti-Bing pill amid a Chinese invasion. The first chapter of (*) The Captive Mind discusses that novel by an author nicknamed “Witkacy” (“VEET-kotz-eh”) with this first name, titled Insatiability. An author with this first name wrote a novel whose protagonist arrives at a research site after the suicide of Gibarian, where he meets Snaut, Sartorius, and a copy of his dead wife. In that novel, Kris Kelvin investigates a sentient ocean on the title planet. For 10 points, give this first name of the Polish author of Solaris. ■END■
Summary
2024 ESPN @ Chicago | 03/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 83% | 17% | 50% | 117.20 |
2024 ESPN @ Columbia | 03/23/2024 | Y | 7 | 86% | 29% | 29% | 124.67 |
2024 ESPN @ Brown | 04/06/2024 | Y | 3 | 67% | 0% | 0% | 128.00 |
2024 ESPN @ Cambridge | 04/06/2024 | Y | 2 | 50% | 0% | 50% | 141.00 |
2024 ESPN @ Online | 06/01/2024 | Y | 4 | 100% | 25% | 25% | 117.75 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Matt Jackson | Chicago A Minus Minus | BHSU | 73 | 15 |
Jordan Brownstein | JinAh and Jordan from Wikiquiz | The Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuola | 74 | -5 |
Will Alston | 1.g4 Test Mixture | Naocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew Hesse | 74 | 15 |
Isaac Kirk-Davidoff | Parden the Interruption | NJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess) | 74 | -5 |
Owen Riley | Riley et al. | World's Fair Wiggle Walk | 74 | 15 |
Ali Hamzeh | Williams et al. | Cleo: 5/7 movie | 74 | -5 |
Arya Karthik | Sandmännchen im Helikopter | mnemonists | 77 | 15 |
John Lawrence | Noli Me Tangerine | Charlotte Mewing to get that chiseled farmer’s bride jawline | 82 | -5 |
Tanis Nielsen | purdoobie brothers | Chicago B | 85 | 10 |
Daoud Jackson | You, Me and the Big G | A VK a Day Keeps the Doctor Away | 95 | -5 |
Jason Cheng | Free-ish Agents | Tunks et al. | 114 | 10 |
Nick Jensen | >:3 | Nobodaddy but you | 126 | -5 |
Jaimie Carlson | Labour's Lost Lovers | Clark A | 128 | 10 |
Juliet Mayer | Triple Round Robin Lovers | Jeffrey and Dahmers | 128 | 10 |
Ariel Faeder | The Present King of James is Bald | Houston Junior College | 128 | 10 |
Aseem Keyal | bruh | Let's Fighting Love | 133 | 10 |
Charles Hang | Oh the Missouri | Michigan | 134 | -5 |
Michael Hunding | 2 days into college and I'm 3 lectures behind | malcolm in the middlemarch (Purdue 1) | 136 | 10 |
Mitch McCullar | Nobodaddy but you | >:3 | 137 | 10 |
Sam Moore | Heat-Oppressed Brains | Eugene o'Negging | 141 | 10 |
Caleb Kendrick | JJaryland | chamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbia | 154 | 10 |
Alex Jiang | Jason Lovers | Clark B | 155 | 0 |
Ewan MacAulay | A VK a Day Keeps the Doctor Away | You, Me and the Big G | 155 | 0 |
Yashwanth Bajji | Michigan | Oh the Missouri | 155 | 0 |
Taylor Harvey | Charlotte Mewing to get that chiseled farmer’s bride jawline | Noli Me Tangerine | 155 | 10 |
Amogh Kulkarni | The Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuola | JinAh and Jordan from Wikiquiz | 155 | 10 |
Hazel Depreist-Sullivan | NJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess) | Parden the Interruption | 155 | 10 |
Will Schneider | protobowling for soup | boy's jitches (ft. DMA) | 155 | 0 |
DMA | boy's jitches (ft. DMA) | protobowling for soup | 155 | 0 |
David Bass | Cleo: 5/7 movie | Williams et al. | 155 | 10 |