Question

In this novel, a cook prepares asparagus nearly every night for a whole summer in order to induce asthma attacks in (-5[1])a kitchen maid (10[1])nicknamed “Giotto’s Charity.” A man in this novel uses the euphemism “making cattleyas (10[1])(“CAT-lee-yuhs”)” for his trysts (10[1])with a woman whom he likens (10[1])to a painting of Zipporah. (-5[1])During a carriage ride, this novel’s narrator writes an impromptu passage on the image of three (-5[1])church steeples against the sky. (-5[1])A boy in this novel watches the projections of a magic lantern in his (10[1])room (10[4])while (10[1])waiting (10[1])for a (10[2])good-night kiss (10[1])from (10[1])his (10[1])mother. (10[5])The title (10[1])character (10[2])of this novel’s first volume associates (10[1])a (10[1])“little phrase” from (10[1])a sonata (10[1])with his love (10[3])for (10[1])Odette (-5[1])de (10[1])Crecy. (10[3])For (10[1])10 points, a tea-soaked madeleine (10[6])induces (10[3])the narrator’s memories (10[1])of Combray in what novel by Marcel Proust? (10[3])■END■ (10[6]0[2])

ANSWER: In Search of Lost Time [or À la recherche du temps perdu; accept Remembrance of Things Past; accept Swann’s Way or Du côté de chez Swann]
<HG, European Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

California2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%98.67
Florida2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%113.67
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%117.00
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%68.33
North2025-02-01Y367%0%0%104.50
Northeast2025-02-01Y5100%0%0%106.00
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%20%114.00
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%117.00
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%0%92.25
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%20%114.70
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y8100%0%0%103.88
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%129.00

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Danila KabotyanskiIndiana AChicago C3910
Ned TagtmeierChicago AMissouri4510
Arya KarthikOxford ACambridge D50-5
Cole HartungGeorgetown ANorthwestern A66-5
Ryan JudgeCarnegie Mellon AMichigan State71-5
Yrwin BatanMIT ABrown A8510
Guy IndoranteIowa StateWinona State8610
Jacob FinleyNotre Dame AIowa8610
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William OrrYale AGeorge Washington A8610
Ben LaFondCambridge BOxford C8710
Richard NiuCornell BVassar A8810
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BClaremont B9010
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Emily BussaMaryland AHaverford B9310
Eshan PantNYU AMaryland B9410
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Clete ReinbergerValencia AFlorida B11010
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Jay KimChicago BMissoui S&T11310
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