Question

In a novel partly titled for this substance, a woman says “ten fifteen” during a seizure, which her husband correctly interprets as meaning that their missing daughter is in hotel room 1015. In another novel partly titled for this substance, a dying old man, who believes he is haunted by his dead grandmother for refusing to eat her corpse, charges another man with guarding a canoe containing a sacred stone. In a novel partly titled for this substance, Immaculée Constantin (10[1])is part of a group of murderous psychics called the Anchorites who try to recruit Holly Sykes. (10[1])That David Mitchell novel (10[2])is titled (10[1])for clocks (-5[1])of this substance. (10[2])In a novel (10[1])partly titled for this substance, the mute child Simon (10[2])is adopted (10[1])by (10[1])part-Māori (10[3])painter (10[1])Kerewin Holmes. (10[2])For 10 points, what substance precedes the word “people” (10[1])in the title (10[1])of a novel by Keri Hulme? ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: bone [accept The Bone Clocks; accept The Bone People]
<British Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2195%0%5%115.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Caleb OttWaterloo BNorth Carolina B7910
Richard NiuCornell AVanderbilt9610
Michael HundingIllinois ARutgers10010
Ben WismathToronto CPenn State10010
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateUCF10210
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AHarvard104-5
Justin HawkinsIndianaFlorida10710
Todd MaslykMichiganWUSTL B10710
Joel MilesMinnesotaBritish Columbia11010
Ryan RosenbergNYURIT11910
Sharath NarayanNorthwesternUC Berkeley B11910
Kevin WangGeorgia TechUC Berkeley A12110
Andrew ZengStanfordVirginia Tech12210
William OrrYaleIowa State12310
Arjun KalaIllinois BCornell B12310
Ned TagtmeierChicago AWinona State12310
Jisoo YooTexasArizona State12410
Tony ChenToronto AColumbia B12610
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsOhio State12610
Joseph ChambersVirginiaChicago B13510
Adrian WongOttawaLSE13810
Joy AnHarvardNorth Carolina A1450