Question

The speaker of a poem in this collection bemoans the “happy highways where I went (10[1])/ And cannot come again” after (10[1])invoking a “land of lost content” (10[2])(“cun-TENT”). In another poem in this collection, a character commands “noisy bells” (10[1])to “be dumb” after his lover dies as snow falls on Bredon Hill. (10[2])A tree in this collection “stands (10[1])about the woodland ride / Wearing white for Eastertide.” (10[4]-5[1])A speaker (10[1])in this collection ignores (10[1])the advice of a “wise man” (10[1])who says “Give pearls away (10[1])and rubies (10[1])/ But keep your fancy (10[2])free.” (10[1]-5[2])The nostalgic poems “1887” and “Loveliest (10[1])of trees, the cherry now” (10[1])open this (10[1])1919 collection, which drew on its author’s childhood (10[1])in a West Midlands county. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[4])“When I Was One-and-Twenty” (10[2])appears (10[2])in what (10[2])debut collection by A. E. (10[1])Housman? (10[2])■END■ (10[9])

ANSWER: A Shropshire Lad (The first poem is “Into my heart an air that kills.”)
<Virginia Tech A, British Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

California2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%83.00
Florida2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%88.00
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%105.50
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%106.00
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%0%106.20
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%129.50
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%80.00
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%25%115.25
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%0%80.30
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y7100%0%0%85.00
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%128.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
CT TangSheffieldCambridge D1410
Rosa XiaCornell BJohns Hopkins A2010
Albert NyangLSECambridge B2610
Arya KarthikOxford AOxford C2610
Henry KeatingUCF CFlorida State A3710
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AClaremont A5010
Eshan PantNYU AMaryland A5010
Brendan BethlehemCambridge AWarwick A5610
Rachel FanousMichigan AMichigan B6510
Rachel EzrielevGeorgetown APurdue6510
John ChenUBCUW A65-5
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech CBruin A6510
Jack RadoColumbia BPenn A6510
Ryan SunUC Berkeley BUCLA6710
Jisoo YooTexas ATAMU7110
Xavier MigliaccioCarnegie Mellon AOhio State B7710
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay CollegePenn B8210
Michał GerasimiukStanford BNorthwestern A8410
Henry BonWinona StateWisconsin B8910
Bryan UgazASUTexas B8910
Conor ThompsonIowa StateWisconsin A90-5
Parker McCoigTennessee ALouisville A90-5
Michael WuSouthampton BDurham9010
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BCarleton9610
Sarah HendersonCambridge CImperial A10110
Leo LawFlorida AFlorida B10310
Simon ZimmermanOhio State ACarnegie Mellon B11110
Noah McRedmondNotre Dame BNotre Dame A11610
Kai MadgwickManchesterNYU C11910
Louis CameronCambridge EOxford B11910
Josh HowarthWarwick BBristol11910
Aum MundheRutgers AVassar A11910
Carter PisockyMichigan CKenyon12310
Cade ReinbergerRIT AESF A12310
Clete ReinbergerValencia AUCF B12410
Meredith WiperCase Western BMichigan State12410
Anne FjeldAlbertaUW B12610
Gus VanskikeMaryland BHaverford B12610
Britton WebsterAlabama AGeorgia Tech D13110
Nolan DannelsUCSDClaremont B13210
Michael ZhouGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech B13210
Elie AounCase Western AMichigan D13310
Nithin MenduWisconsin AIowa State13310
Jacob PuthipirojNorthwestern BGeorgetown B13310
Roan DowlingIowaNotre Dame C13310
Truman FillbrandtUW AUBC13310
Beckett GilmoreLouisville ATennessee A13310
Zayyan MahmoodSouthampton AImperial B13310
Chauncey LoColumbia CNYU B13310
Giuseppe PiccirilliBinghamton ACornell D13310