Question

In a conservatory, a character in this story finds a fountain with wishing coins at the bottom and wonders whether they were glued there as decoration. That character in this story has the word “rat” written in black paint on his door, after he has an affair with one of his students. When the protagonist of this story sees his wife after a month’s absence, he finds her helping a man (10[1])play bridge (10[1])by straightening and picking up (10[1])the cards he drops. In this story originally from the collection Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, the protagonist is invited to a dance by Marian, whom (10[1])he (10[1]-5[1])romances (-5[1])so that (10[1])she will (10[1])let her husband (10[1])Aubrey visit the protagonist’s wife, (-5[1])who (10[1])has fallen into (-5[1])a depression at Meadowlake nursing home. For 10 points, name this story by Alice (10[1])Munro (-5[1])in which Grant copes with his wife (10[1])Fiona’s dementia. (10[2])■END■ (10[5]0[10])

ANSWER: “The Bear Came over the Mountain
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2475%0%21%120.56

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
William OrrYaleLSE7010
Mitch McCullarPenn StateGeorgia State7210
Tim MorrisonStanfordUC Berkeley A7710
Raymond ChenToronto BGeorgia Tech10310
Joel MilesMinnesotaMIT104-5
Michael HundingIllinois AWaterloo A10410
Tony ChenToronto AColumbia A105-5
Ned TagtmeierChicago AIndiana10710
Jisoo YooTexasJohns Hopkins10910
Caleb OttWaterloo BUC Berkeley B11210
Nathan ZhangCornell AToronto C117-5
Jonathan ShaufNorth Carolina AWUSTL A11810
Yashwanth BajjiMichiganIllinois B121-5
Graham TroyNorth Carolina BWinona State13510
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltCornell B136-5
Guy IndoranteIowa StateHarvard14310
Thomas TibbettsUCFVirginia14510
Moses KitakuleColumbia AToronto A14510
Bryan UgazArizona StateBritish Columbia14610
John John GrogerWUSTL BFlorida14610
Shourjo GanguliOhio StateColumbia B1460
Julian BushlowCornell BVanderbilt1460
Eshan PantNYUOttawa1460
Yrwin BatanMITMinnesota14610
Maude-Sophie LockmanOttawaNYU1460
William GrogerColumbia BOhio State1460
Gabriel DubowskiIllinois BMichigan1460
Sharath NarayanNorthwesternRutgers1460
Leo LawFloridaWUSTL B1460
Cade ReinbergerRITMaryland1460
Alvin GuoChicago BVirginia Tech14610
Parth JagtapToronto CCornell A14610
Aum MundheRutgersNorthwestern1460