Question

A story by this author ends with a 72-year-old woman noting that she didn’t have time to learn the name of the dry, white flowers in the fields. Another story by this author bemoans that we think of happiness “as something rather stupid” and encourages the reader not to hesitate to imagine an orgy if it will (10[1])help (10[1])to convince (10[1])them (10[1])that (10[1])the story’s setting isn’t too “goody-goody.” (10[1])This author described (10[2])the last day of the political philosopher Laia (10[1])Asieo Odo in “The Day Before the Revolution.” (10[1])A story by this author opens with the sounds of bells for the Festival of Summer, (10[3])in a city where people take the (10[2])drug (10[1])drooz (10[2])and whose prosperity depends on the (10[1])misery (10[2])of a child locked in an underground room. For 10 points, (10[1])“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” (“OH-muh-loss”) is by what American science fiction author of The Left Hand of Darkness? ■END■

ANSWER: Ursula K. Le Guin (“luh GWIN”) [or Ursula Kroeber Le Guin; or Ursula Kroeber]
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y22100%0%0%91.00

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Cade ReinbergerRITPenn State5610
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AArizona State5710
Gus VanskikeMarylandOttawa5910
Crow HeNorth Carolina BToronto A6010
Nathan SheffieldMITYale6110
Wenying WuToronto BWUSTL B6710
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AVanderbilt7010
Conor ThompsonIowa StateWUSTL A7010
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BGeorgia State7810
Jacky XuCornell AHarvard8610
Andrew ZengStanfordOhio State10210
Michael HundingIllinois AToronto C10210
John ChenBritish ColumbiaWinona State10210
Eshan PantNYUVirginia10910
Aryan DesarapuMichiganColumbia A10910
Joel MilesMinnesotaChicago A11010
Aiden DartleyRutgersChicago B11110
Jisoo YooTexasColumbia B11110
Thomas TibbettsUCFVirginia Tech11710
Arjun KalaIllinois BIndiana11810
Albert Yingzhi NyangLSEWaterloo A11810
Yared TadesseCornell BFlorida12910