Question

In a story mostly set in these places, the protagonist sees a man’s abdomen surgery scars and wonders what it’s like to feel that one no longer has (10[1])a navel. In a different story, a diary entry presumed to be about a death in one of these places reads in part, “It will either happen today or […] when I am sixteen. It is ridiculous to mention even.” (10[1])In between time (10[1])spent in these places, the protagonist of a story (10[1])shelters from a storm in a gazebo that was filled with Japanese lanterns by Mrs. Levy. (10[1])Booper is implied to have killed (10[1])her brother (10[1])by (10[1])pushing him (10[1])into (10[1])one of these places (10[3])at the end of J. D. Salinger’s (10[1])story (10[2])“Teddy.” (10[5])In a story, (10[1])years pass without the protagonist realizing, as he moves through a series of these places belonging to his neighbors. For 10 points, (10[1])Neddy Merrill passes through what places in a John Cheever story? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: swimming pools [prompt on cruise ship by asking “Which part of the ship?”; prompt on suburbs, suburban homes, suburban houses, or backyards by asking “Which specific locations in those homes?”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Eshan PantNYUGeorgia State2710
Jisoo YooTexasChicago B6710
Jim FanNorth Carolina AChicago A7010
Arjun KalaIllinois BNorth Carolina B7910
Bryan UgazArizona StateFlorida9510
Joel MilesMinnesotaHarvard10110
Nathan SheffieldMITGeorgia Tech10310
Charles YoungColumbia AStanford10410
William OrrYaleOttawa10610
Mattias EhatammWaterloo AWUSTL A10710
Henry BonWinona StateOhio State11110
Rohan ShelkeUC Berkeley ARutgers11110
Justin HawkinsIndianaToronto A11110
Noah ChinVirginia TechToronto C11810
Todd MaslykMichiganVanderbilt11910
Wenying WuToronto BJohns Hopkins11910
Ryan SunUC Berkeley BBritish Columbia12010
Thomas TibbettsUCFRIT12010
Cormac BeirneLSEWUSTL B12010
Michael HundingIllinois ANorthwestern12010
Mitch McCullarPenn StateWaterloo B12010
Guy IndoranteIowa StateCornell A12310
Joseph ChambersVirginiaColumbia B14510
Gus VanskikeMarylandCornell B15710