Question

A 1946 review of this novel highlights a scene in which the protagonist is challenged to name the “last number” by a woman with an “X-like” demeanor. During this novel’s writing, its author noted, “True literature” is created by “madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels and skeptics” in the essay “I Am Afraid.” This novel’s “hairy-pawed” protagonist hears of a “wild man” who tampers with a barometer to try to produce rain. After he is diagnosed with a sickness of “imagination,” this novel’s protagonist undergoes the Great Operation. In this novel, MEPHI (10[1])(“meffy”) aims to topple (10[1])the Green Wall (10[1])surrounding a (10[1])city (10[2])led (10[1])by (10[1])the Benefactor. Journal entries in this novel detail the building of the spaceship INTEGRAL by the all-glass One State, (10[2])led (10[1])by D-503. (10[3]-5[1])For 10 points, 1984 and Brave New World were modeled (10[3])on what dystopian (10[2])novel by Yevgeny (10[1])Zamyatin? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: We [or My (“mih”)] (The review from the lead-in is “Freedom and Happiness” by George Orwell.)
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y21100%0%5%117.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Bryan UgazArizona StateGeorgia Tech9010
Jem BurchYaleWUSTL A9310
Tim MorrisonStanfordUC Berkeley B9610
Ned TagtmeierChicago ABritish Columbia9810
Alvin GuoChicago BNYU9910
Mitch McCullarPenn StateRutgers9910
Albert Yingzhi NyangLSEHarvard10010
Justin HawkinsIndianaCornell B10110
James WangOttawaVanderbilt12010
Moses KitakuleColumbia AToronto B12010
Noah ChinVirginia TechNorthwestern12110
Richard NiuCornell ANorth Carolina A12310
Andy YuMarylandWaterloo A12310
Tony ChenToronto AWaterloo B123-5
Todd MaslykMichiganWinona State12310
Graham TroyNorth Carolina BColumbia B13310
June YinWUSTL BMinnesota13310
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley ATexas13310
Cade ReinbergerRITVirginia13610
Conor ThompsonIowa StateMIT13610
Thomas TibbettsUCFJohns Hopkins13910
Caleb OttWaterloo BToronto A14110