Question

The ideas of Kant, Heisenberg, and this author are considered (10[1])in parallel in William Egginton’s book The Rigor of Angels. A character created by this author is irritated that the “dog of three-fourteen” “seen in profile” and the “dog of three-fifteen, seen frontally” (10[1])are indicated by the same noun. This author may have anticipated (10[1])the Many Worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics via a story (10[2])in which a prisoner telegraphs (-5[1])the location of an artillery (10[2])park by (10[1])shooting (10[2])a man. (10[8])This (10[2])author (10[1])wrote a story (10[1])about a boy who is unable to generalize after falling from a horse (10[1])and gaining (10[1])perfect memory. (10[3])In a story (10[1])by this author, (10[1])the German spy (10[1])Yu Tsun (10[5]-5[1])learns that (10[1])his ancestor’s (10[2])unfinished (10[1])novel (10[1])and labyrinth are one and the same. (10[2])For 10 points, name this author of “Funes the Memorious” and “The Garden of Forking Paths.” (10[4])■END■ (10[1]0[3])

ANSWER: Jorge Luis Borges (“BOR-hess”)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Henry BonWinona StateWisconsin B910
Henry KeatingUCF CFlorida State A4210
Kaiser XiaoUCLAUC Berkeley B5310
Karan GurazadaTexas ATAMU6310
James ByrneBristolWarwick B6310
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech CBruin A68-5
Andrei HuiCambridge BLSE7310
Jack RadoColumbia BPenn A7310
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AClaremont A7510
Beckett GilmoreLouisville ATennessee A7610
Zayyan MahmoodSouthampton AImperial B7610
Kevin ZhengMichigan BMichigan A7810
Nithin MenduWisconsin AIowa State7810
Andrew ZengStanford BNorthwestern A7810
Justin KeungImperial ACambridge C7810
Omer KeskinOxford AOxford C7810
Louis CameronCambridge EOxford B7810
Eshan PantNYU AMaryland A7810
Rosa XiaCornell BJohns Hopkins A7810
Stephen HeritageNotre Dame ANotre Dame B7910
Bryan UgazASUTexas B7910
Truman FillbrandtUW AUBC8010
Kevin LiuMaryland BHaverford B8310
Khanh NguyenFlorida AFlorida B9610
Xavier MigliaccioCarnegie Mellon AOhio State B9810
Elie AounCase Western AMichigan D10010
Jacob PuthipirojNorthwestern BGeorgetown B10010
Agnijo BanerjeeCambridge AWarwick A10010
Stan MelkumianPurdueGeorgetown A10310
Percy YuenCambridge DSheffield10610
Aaron MarchandCarletonMinnesota B10910
Clete ReinbergerValencia AUCF B11110
Carter PisockyMichigan CKenyon11110
Matthew LamOhio State ACarnegie Mellon B11110
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech B11110
Allen XuGeorgia Tech DAlabama A111-5
Michael WuSouthampton BDurham11110
Aum MundheRutgers AVassar A11310
Jack LewisBruin AGeorgia Tech C11510
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay CollegePenn B11510
Chauncey LoColumbia CNYU B11610
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CManchester11710
Nolan DannelsUCSDClaremont B12410
Brielle RachIowaNotre Dame C12410
Meredith WiperCase Western BMichigan State14010
Yaj JhajhriaUW BAlberta14010
Britton WebsterAlabama AGeorgia Tech D14010
Cade ReinbergerRIT AESF A14010
Arjun BothraHaverford AGeorge Washington A1410
Pranaav SenthilkumarCornell DBinghamton A1410
Alec RisoCornell CRIT B14110
Giuseppe PiccirilliBinghamton ACornell D1410