Question

In a poem, a woman with this surname “shouldered her cross, put her worldly goods aside” and had the sun “rest on her shoulders bringing the heat and the light of truth.” A real-life woman with this surname is the second namesake of a poem stating how people “never understand that all the while I was quite happy.” An author with this surname wrote two plays (-5[1])inspired by The Scarlet Letter, one depicting (15[1])Hester (15[1])with five illegitimate (15[1])children. (15[1])In the Blood (15[1])is by an author with this surname, (15[2])who wrote about the (*) slicing of a nylon stocking holding a $500 inheritance before a game of three-card monte (10[1])by (10[1])Booth (10[2]-5[1])and (10[1])Lincoln. (10[1]-5[2])In a (10[1])poem, (10[3])Nikki (10[1])Giovanni (10[1])paired her first name with an activist with this surname who, in a Rita Dove poem, is “On the Bus.” (10[3])For 10 points, give (10[2])this surname (10[1]-5[1])of the author of Topdog/Underdog and the latter activist in “Nikki-Rosa.” ■END■ (10[5]0[4])

ANSWER: Parks [or Rosa Parks; or Suzan-Lori Parks]
<Noah Sheidlower, American Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y3100%0%0%110.67
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y2100%0%50%130.00
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y4100%0%0%118.00
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y5100%20%20%122.20
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%100%0%76.00
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y367%33%33%97.50
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y475%0%0%130.33
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y8100%38%25%118.25
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y250%0%0%110.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ned TagtmeierChicago AIndiana A65-5
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BBerkeley C7215
Omer KeskinSay it3HK1MM7315
Jeremy CummingsWUSTLIllinois A7615
Arjun KalaIllinois BNotre Dame A7715
Tim MorrisonStanfordBerkeley A8015
Jacob FinleyNotre Dame BChicago B8715
Sinecio MoralesJHU AMaryland8715
Jonathan ShaufUNC CVirginia Tech A10610
Thomas TibbettsUCFUF A10710
Leo LawUF BUF C108-5
Matthew SiffYale AYale B10810
Eshan PantNYU APrinceton10810
Ben Russel JonesFour Times I Have Despised My SoulThe Crying of Team 4910910
Moses KitakuleColumbiaJHU B110-5
William GoldenHoustonTexas A11010
Albery NyangLSEGressenheller A110-5
Sharath NarayanNorthwestern APurdue11210
Danny PeelenPittsburghMichigan State11310
Vincent DuUNC ARIT A11310
Jim FanUNC BDuke A11310
Michael KearneyHarvard AHarvard B11410
Jonathan SchnipperBrandeisBU11510
Joel MilesMinnesotaNorthwestern B13510
Yrwin BatanMITTufts13510
Andrei HuiSortedLimp Chriskit13510
Aryan DesarapuMichigan AMichigan B13910
Jack LengaCarnegie MellonOhio State C13910
Nermeen RahmanIndiana BIllinois C141-5
Seraphina CharlotteSee itOxford School for Quizness14110
Mohamad MusaOhio State BOhio State A1530
Jacob GoodsonOhio State AOhio State B1530
Zachary WerthIllinois CIndiana B15310
Justin HawkinsIndiana AChicago A15310
Ben KoberleinNotre Dame CSIUE15310
Graham CopeUF CUF B15310
Tony LiangTAMUTexas B1530
Keerthana KrishnanTexas BTAMU1530
Sam MooreGressenheller ALSE15310