Question

The Manglish pidgin was used for The Kampung Boy, a book of this type by the Malaysian author Lat. (10[1])Travelogues in this form set in Shenzhen and North Korea were written by Guy Delisle (“ghee duh-LEEL”). A book in this form called Shortcomings is part of the larger series Optic Nerve centering Asian-American characters. (10[1]-5[1])A Canadian press abbreviated D+Q publishes books of this type, including a 2022 work documenting (10[1])its author’s time working the Athabaskan (10[3]-5[1])oil (10[1])sands (10[1]-5[1])to pay off (10[1])student loans. (10[1]-5[1])Recent (10[1])books of this type by Adrian Tomine and (10[1])Kate Beaton have won Eisner Awards. (10[2])In a book (10[1])of this type, (10[2])a girl (10[1])listens to Iron Maiden tapes (10[5])and her Communist (10[2]-5[1])uncle (10[2])Anoosh (10[5])before going to (10[1])boarding school in Vienna. For (10[1])10 points, what sort of work is Marjane (10[1])Satrapi’s Persepolis? ■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: graphic memoirs [or graphic fiction or graphic novels; accept comic books or comic memoirs; accept cartoons; prompt on memoirs or autobiographies by asking “in what form?”] (Kate Beaton’s graphic memoir is Ducks. The Canadian press is Drawn & Quarterly.)
<George Washington A, World Literature>
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Summary

Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%108.00
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%84.33
Northeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%0%112.25
Overflow2025-02-01Y4100%0%0%111.25
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%100%120.50
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%10%94.60
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y8100%0%13%91.13

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Jiping FangIllinois CChicago D1810
John ChenUBCUW B51-5
William GrogerColumbia BMaryland B5110
Sophie LymanWashU AMissouri6610
Alex AkridgeIndiana AChicago A7210
Alice Ton NuUW AAlberta72-5
CT TangSheffieldCambridge C7210
Benjamin WatsonOxford CDurham7210
Ben LaFondCambridge BManchester7310
William BrokerHaverford BGeorge Washington B74-5
Ryan RosenbergNYU APenn B7410
Jem BurchYale ACornell B7710
Neal JoshiWashU BChicago B79-5
Louis CameronCambridge EWarwick B7910
Braeden LaRocheSouth CarolinaWilliam & Mary8010
Aum MundheRutgers AColumbia C8810
Crow HeUNC BVirginia A9410
Isaac MammelMaryland APenn A9410
Michael WuSouthampton BBristol9710
Oscar O'FlanaganImperial AOxford A10010
Albert NyangLSECambridge A10010
Michael SunBrandeis BBrown A10210
Arjun KalaIllinois BIllinois A10710
Yrwin BatanMIT AHarvard A10710
Sharath NarayanNorthwestern AIowa10710
Maximilian NieburJohns Hopkins AHaverford A10710
Sam MacchiVassar ANYU B10710
Bennett GrapponeAlbertaUW A11010
Antoni KluzowskiWarwick ACambridge D11010
Eliza DeanOxford BSouthampton A110-5
Noah ChinVirginia Tech AWake Forest11110
Andrew ZengStanford BPurdue11110
Jeffrey AustinUNC DLiberty B11210
Nermeen RahmanIndiana BMissoui S&T11210
James McCurleyHarvard BTufts A11210
Amanda ZhaoGeorgetown BNotre Dame B11210
Eugenia TongImperial BNYU C11210
Stephen HeritageNotre Dame ANorthwestern B11510
Nathan RedfordLiberty AUNC C12010
Khugan ChanUMass BostonBU12810
Ivan StanisavljevicDukeLiberty C13110
Jay KimChicago BWashU B13110
Yaj JhajhriaUW BUBC13110
Roselyn DaffinSouthampton AOxford B13110
Taaj RaiGeorge Washington BHaverford B13110