Question

In the “Second Manuscript” of a story titled for this place, the protagonist clumsily repeats, “A good book is the best friend there is,” boring an elderly gentleman. In that fragmentary story titled for this place, the bridegroom Raban dreads his imminent marriage to Betty during a rainy tram ride. The narrator of a story titled for this place complains, “the parson sits at home” while he is expected to perform miracles upon seeing worms in a “rose-red” wound, and later (10[1])hears a school choir sing as town elders have him stripped naked and laid into a bed. As an adjective, (10[2])this place titles a surreal story in which (10[1])a brutish (10[1])groom (10[1])who assaults the servant (10[1])girl Rosa (10[1])lends the narrator (10[1])two horses that teleport him through a blizzard (10[1])to a sick (10[1])child’s home. (10[3])For 10 points, a Franz Kafka story concerns a “Doctor” (10[1])who practices in (10[1])what (10[2])place? (10[1])■END■ (10[4]0[3])

ANSWER: the country [accept Land; accept “A Country Doctor” or “Wedding Preparations in the Country”; accept “Hochzeitsvorbereitungen auf dem Lande” or “Ein Landarzt”]
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2496%0%0%128.09

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Alvin GuoChicago BJohns Hopkins8010
Tim MorrisonStanfordRutgers10010
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AChicago A10010
Nathan SheffieldMITCornell A10810
Neal JoshiWUSTL AColumbia A11010
William OrrYaleBritish Columbia11110
Jeffrey XuGeorgia TechVirginia Tech11510
Eshan PantNYULSE11710
Arjun KalaIllinois BMaryland12010
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateArizona State12810
Caleb OttWaterloo BWUSTL B13110
Michael HundingIllinois ANorth Carolina A13310
Ani PerumallaPenn StateUC Berkeley B13310
Justin HawkinsIndianaWaterloo A13310
Todd MaslykMichiganColumbia B14310
Joseph ChambersVirginiaOhio State14610
Michael KearneyHarvardToronto C14710
Tony ChenToronto ANorthwestern14710
Shardul RaoMinnesotaTexas14810
Raymond ChenToronto BIowa State1490
Cade ReinbergerRITVanderbilt14910
Henry BonWinona StateCornell B14910
Leo LawFloridaOttawa14910
Thomas TibbettsUCFNorth Carolina B14910
Guy IndoranteIowa StateToronto B1490
Soren HeydariNorth Carolina BUCF1490