Question
In a novel by this author, a penniless man nicknamed “Apollo” ironically receives a large raise only after breaking up with his rural fiancée to pursue the wealthy urbanite Alexandrina. In that novel by this author, Lily Dale is courted by Adolphus Crosbie while living in the title dower house with her mother. In this author’s longest novel, Augustus Melmotte devises a speculation scheme based on a railroad in Utah. The surgeon John Bold challenges the charitable income going to a cathedral precentor created by this author named Septimus Harding. A series of six novels set in a county created by this author include The Small House at Allington and The Warden. For 10 points, name this prolific Victorian novelist who wrote The Way We Live Now and the Chronicles of Barsetshire. ■END■
Summary
| Florida | 2025-02-01 | Y | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.00 |
| Great Lakes | 2025-02-01 | Y | 5 | 20% | 0% | 60% | 103.00 |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 5 | 80% | 0% | 0% | 130.00 |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 83% | 0% | 0% | 89.80 |
| North | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 67% | 0% | 67% | 121.50 |
| Northeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 5 | 20% | 0% | 40% | 131.00 |
| Overflow | 2025-02-01 | Y | 4 | 75% | 0% | 75% | 127.00 |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% | 0.00 |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 97.00 |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 4 | 75% | 0% | 50% | 113.33 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 9 | 67% | 0% | 33% | 128.17 |
| Upstate NY | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 0% | 0% | 50% | 0.00 |
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nermeen Rahman | Indiana B | WashU A | 62 | 10 |
| Jisoo Yoo | Texas A | TAMU | 62 | 10 |
| Ned Tagtmeier | Chicago A | Chicago D | 63 | 10 |
| Andrew Zeng | Stanford B | Northwestern A | 91 | -5 |
| Jakob Myers | Indiana A | WashU B | 94 | 10 |
| Michael Hunding | Illinois A | Chicago C | 98 | 10 |
| Ryan Rosenberg | NYU A | Cornell B | 98 | -5 |
| Jack Lewis | Bruin A | Alabama A | 100 | 10 |
| Henry Bon | Winona State | Minnesota B | 102 | -5 |
| Noah McRedmond | Notre Dame B | Notre Dame C | 102 | -5 |
| Todd Maslyk | Michigan A | Carnegie Mellon A | 103 | 10 |
| Elias Kradel | Kenyon | Case Western B | 103 | -5 |
| Luke Robitaille | MIT A | UMass Boston | 103 | -5 |
| Giuseppe Piccirilli | Binghamton A | Cornell C | 103 | -5 |
| Stephen Walsh | Northwestern B | Georgetown A | 105 | -5 |
| Jerry Vinokurov | John Jay College | Columbia C | 106 | -5 |
| Prahalad Rao | Ohio State B | Michigan D | 108 | -5 |
| Nithin Mendu | Wisconsin A | Wisconsin B | 108 | -5 |
| Parker McCoig | Tennessee A | Georgia Tech A | 108 | 10 |
| Guy Indorante | Iowa State | Carleton | 111 | 10 |
| Philip Yao | Brown A | Tufts A | 111 | -5 |
| Grant Avis | Louisville A | Georgia Tech C | 111 | -5 |
| Lucas Mansfield | UW B | Alberta | 114 | -5 |
| Louis Harney | Georgia Tech B | Vanderbilt A | 114 | -5 |
| William Orr | Yale A | Columbia B | 114 | 10 |
| Davis Johnson | Purdue | Iowa | 117 | 10 |
| Patrick Torre | Maryland A | Johns Hopkins A | 119 | -5 |
| Joseph Chambers | Virginia A | UNC D | 124 | 10 |
| Vikshar Athreya | Rutgers A | Penn A | 127 | 10 |
| Calvin Bostleman | Ohio State A | Case Western A | 129 | -5 |
| Arjun Nageswaran | Harvard A | Brandeis B | 131 | 10 |
| Anna Barker | UCF B | Florida State A | 132 | 0 |
| Juan Landaeta | Florida State A | UCF B | 132 | 0 |
| Meredith Wiper | Case Western B | Kenyon | 132 | 0 |
| Andrew Harms | Michigan State | Michigan B | 132 | 0 |
| Sai Subramanian | Case Western A | Ohio State A | 132 | 0 |
| Biyang Zhang | Michigan B | Michigan State | 132 | 0 |
| Braeden LaRoche | South Carolina | Liberty B | 132 | 0 |
| Noah Chin | Virginia Tech A | UNC C | 132 | 10 |
| Chris Yoo | William & Mary | UNC B | 132 | 10 |
| Josh Schmidt | Liberty A | Duke | 132 | 10 |
| Miller Doerr | Liberty B | South Carolina | 132 | 0 |
| Arjun Kala | Illinois B | Chicago B | 132 | 0 |
| Jay Kim | Chicago B | Illinois B | 132 | 0 |
| Braden Booth | Missouri | Illinois C | 132 | 10 |
| Morgan Bozeman | Minnesota B | Winona State | 132 | 10 |
| Alex Smits | Wisconsin B | Wisconsin A | 132 | 0 |
| Christopher Dech | Brandeis A | BU | 132 | 0 |
| Isaac Meredith | Tufts A | Brown A | 132 | 0 |
| Elliott Gomes | Dartmouth A | Harvard B | 132 | 0 |
| Eren Michelet | BU | Brandeis A | 132 | 0 |
| Daniel Ju | Harvard B | Dartmouth A | 132 | 0 |
| Rachel Ezrielev | Georgetown A | Northwestern B | 132 | 10 |
| Christopher Joseph | Notre Dame C | Notre Dame B | 132 | 0 |
| Christopher Sims | Northwestern A | Stanford B | 132 | 10 |
| Tai Belke | UBC | UW A | 132 | 0 |
| Truman Fillbrandt | UW A | UBC | 132 | 0 |
| Bryan Ugaz | ASU | Texas B | 132 | 10 |
| Kevin Wang | Georgia Tech C | Louisville A | 132 | 10 |
| Zaid Asif | NYU B | George Washington B | 132 | 0 |
| Chauncey Lo | Columbia C | John Jay College | 132 | 0 |
| Daniel Kim | Maryland B | Vassar A | 132 | 10 |
| David Bass | Johns Hopkins A | Maryland A | 132 | 10 |
| Richard Niu | Cornell B | NYU A | 132 | 10 |
| Samuel Kassover | George Washington B | NYU B | 132 | 0 |
| Eva Lettiere-Roberts | George Washington A | Haverford B | 132 | 0 |
| Audrey Cho | Haverford A | Penn B | 132 | 10 |
| William Broker | Haverford B | George Washington A | 132 | 0 |
| Cade Reinberger | RIT A | Cornell D | 132 | 0 |