Question

In a story titled for this place, a man jokingly asks a nine-year-old if she’s married, and when she says she’s single, he points to her doll and says, “But I see you have a child, madame.” The protagonist of a story titled for this place sings, “I am John, son of John,” after rafting down a river called the Bitter Water. In a story titled for this place, the drunken Duncan and Lorraine barge into the apartment of the protagonist’s (10[1])sister-in-law Marion, (10[2])which convinces her that he hasn’t reformed. (-5[1])In (10[1])a different (10[1])story titled for this place, (10[2])the son of a priest visits the Place of the Gods, (10[2])which is actually post-apocalyptic (10[1]-5[1])New York City. This place (10[2])titles a story in which (-5[1])Charlie Wales loses (10[1])custody of his daughter after locking his (10[1])wife out in the snow. (10[2])For 10 points, that F. Scott Fitzgerald story is titled for what city (10[1]-5[1])“Revisited”? ■END■ (10[2]0[2])

ANSWER: Babylon [accept “Babylon Revisited”; accept “By the Waters of Babylon”]
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2190%0%19%114.05

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Caleb OttWaterloo BUC Berkeley A8010
Rachel FanousMichiganChicago A8210
Yrwin BatanMITIllinois B8210
Shourjo GanguliOhio StateGeorgia State89-5
Sharath NarayanNorthwesternJohns Hopkins9010
Joel MilesMinnesotaColumbia A9210
Kevin WangGeorgia TechNorth Carolina B9710
Ryan SunUC Berkeley BVirginia Tech9710
Mitch McCullarPenn StateChicago B10810
Jim FanNorth Carolina AOttawa10810
Andrew WangIllinois ARIT11210
Mattias EhatammWaterloo ACornell A112-5
Charles HangWUSTL ACornell B11710
Russell NipBritish ColumbiaToronto B11710
Ben WismathToronto CRutgers122-5
Justin HawkinsIndianaYale12510
Andrew ZengStanfordUCF13210
Leo LawFloridaIowa State13710
John John GrogerWUSTL BWinona State13710
William GrogerColumbia BArizona State15010
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltMaryland150-5
Isaac MammelMarylandVanderbilt1520
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateOhio State15210
Aum MundheRutgersToronto C1520
Nathan ZhangCornell AWaterloo A15210