Question

The protagonist of this novel is told “All you ever do is rain” after it rains during her first three dates with a man who claims that he will end up a congressman. This novel, whose thirteen alternate titles include “Discreet Exit Through the Back Door,” begins with a dedication to the Schumanns, (15[1])gnomes, and the color scarlet. This novel’s Coca-Cola-loving protagonist (15[1]-5[1])drinks (15[3])cold (15[1])coffee (15[1])before bed and learns random (15[1])facts from her Clock Radio. The parenthetical (15[1])word (15[1])(*) “(explosion)” often appears (10[1])in this novel (10[1])to signal a change involving the protagonist, whose co-worker Gloría steals her boyfriend Olímpico. (10[1])After being told that she will (-5[1])meet a rich European (10[1])husband named Hans by the psychic Madame Carlota, this novel’s protagonist is (10[1])struck and killed by a Mercedes. For 10 points, the rural-born Macabéa is the protagonist of what final novella by Clarice Lispector? (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[2])

ANSWER: The Hour of the Star [or A Hora da estrela]
<Strombeck, Long Fiction>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 ESPN @ Stanford03/09/2024N1100%0%0%125.00
2024 ESPN @ Chicago03/23/2024Y580%80%0%66.50
2024 ESPN @ Columbia03/23/2024Y683%50%33%87.20
2024 ESPN @ Duke03/23/2024Y2100%0%0%141.50
2024 ESPN @ Cambridge04/06/2024Y2100%50%0%79.50
2024 ESPN @ Brown04/06/2024Y1100%0%0%107.00
2024 ESPN @ Online06/01/2024Y4100%50%0%77.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Raymond WangNaocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew Hessemnemonists5215
Sinecio MoralesSandmännchen im Helikopter1.g4 Test Mixture61-5
Jordan BrownsteinJinAh and Jordan from WikiquizLet's Fighting Love6115
Andrei HuiHeat-Oppressed BrainsEugene o'Negging6215
Michael Hunding2 days into college and I'm 3 lectures behindpurdoobie brothers6215
Richard NiuThe Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuolabruh6215
Keven Park>:3Charlotte Mewing to get that chiseled farmer’s bride jawline6315
Ben Dahlmalcolm in the middlemarch (Purdue 1)Oh the Missouri6415
Tracy MirkinRiley et al.The Present King of James is Bald6915
Gabe ForrestWilliams et al.Tunks et al.7615
Matt BollingerBHSUNoli Me Tangerine7715
Alana DickeyCleo: 5/7 movieFree-ish Agents8010
Vivian MaloufWorld's Fair Wiggle WalkHouston Junior College8310
Joey GoldmanA VK a Day Keeps the Doctor AwayYou, Me and the Big G9710
Caleb KendrickJJarylandboy's jitches (ft. DMA)103-5
Jaimie CarlsonLabour's Lost LoversJason Lovers10710
Darren PetrosinoParden the Interruptionprotobowling for soup11910
Vincent DuUNC AUNC B14110
Nermeen RahmanChicago BMichigan1420
Will Alston1.g4 Test MixtureSandmännchen im Helikopter14210
Ashish SubramanianDukeUNC Hunny14210
Michael BucknallUNC HunnyDuke1420