Question

In an epilogue set in a movie theater in this city, a man loses his wedding ring, watch, and cufflinks between the legs of a woman he fondles. A novel set in this city that retells the killing of Trotsky in multiple styles also includes the wordplay-heavy (-5[1])dialogue of (-5[1])Bustrófedon. (10[2]-5[2])The gay poet (10[2])José Cemí (10[2])(“say-MEE”) grows (10[1])up in this city (-5[2])in the 1977 novel (10[2])Paradiso. (-5[3])An author who was (10[1])an (-5[1])exile to London wrote about his (10[1])sexual exploits in this city (-5[1])in a novel published in English as [his name]’s Inferno, and used this city’s dialects in his Joycean novel Three (10[1])Trapped (10[1])Tigers. A poet born (-5[1])in this capital city (-5[1])wrote (10[1])the collection (10[1]-5[3])Versos (10[1])sencillos (10[5]-5[2])(“sen-SEE-yohs”), which (10[1])includes the poems (10[1])“I Cultivate (10[1])a White Rose” (10[8]-5[1])and (10[1])“Guantanamera.” (10[3])For 10 points, what capital city was the birthplace of José Martí? (10[1])■END■ (10[17]0[4])

ANSWER: Havana [or La Habana] (José Lezama Lima wrote Paradiso. Guillermo Cabrera Infante wrote Infante’s Inferno and Three Trapped Tigers.)
<TH, World Literature>
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Summary

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Florida2025-02-01Y367%0%33%131.00
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Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%33%109.17
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%108.00
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UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%10%118.80
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Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%127.67

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Morgan BozemanMinnesota BWisconsin B49-5
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Samir SarmaGeorgia Tech DVanderbilt A49-5
Arya KarthikOxford ACambridge D4910
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AUCLA5210
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay CollegePenn A5210
Michael HundingIllinois AWashU A5410
Stan MelkumianPurdueNotre Dame C5410
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Ryan RosenbergNYU AMaryland B59-5
Guy IndoranteIowa StateWinona State6310
Richard NiuCornell BVassar A6310
Ned TagtmeierChicago AMissouri64-5
Eren MicheletBUHarvard B64-5
Taaj RaiGeorge Washington BColumbia B64-5
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Sam McNameeNotre Dame AIowa69-5
Ryan SunUC Berkeley BClaremont B7510
Andrew ZengStanford BNorthwestern B80-5
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Rafael CastroImperial BBristol109-5
Justin HawkinsIndiana AChicago C11010
Jake MarkusDartmouth AUMass Boston112-5
Jisoo YooTexas AASU11210
William BrokerHaverford BMaryland A112-5
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Cade ReinbergerRIT ACornell C12010
Clete ReinbergerValencia AFlorida B123-5
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Andy YuMaryland AHaverford B13710
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Max NealHarvard BBU13810
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Roan DowlingIowaNotre Dame A13810
Ben HorningGeorgetown BNotre Dame B13810
Ved MuthusamyNorthwestern BStanford B13810
Yuxuan LuVanderbilt AGeorgia Tech D1380
Elliot CosnettOxford BCambridge C13810
Michael WuSouthampton BCambridge E13810
Paritosh PurohitBristolImperial B13810
Rishi SwaminathanNYU BHaverford A1380
Jack RadoColumbia BGeorge Washington B13810
Gus VanskikeMaryland BNYU A13810
Pranaav SenthilkumarCornell DESF A13810