Question

In a book by this author, a researcher notes that a subject can read after he pronounces the word “delicatessen” backwards. In a novella by this author, a scientist discovers a frog’s belly enlarged by a red ray from a microscope. Humanity is attacked by aggressive (10[2])reptile-bird (10[1])hybrids created in the wake of a chicken extinction in (10[1])that book by this author, (10[1])The Fatal Eggs. (10[2]-5[1])The title character (10[1])of a novella by this author gets a job catching stray cats (-5[1])after an experiment (10[1]-5[1])in which Dr. (-5[1])Preobrazhensky (10[1])attaches a human (10[1])pituitary gland and testicles (10[2])to the stray (10[1])mutt (10[1])Sharik. (10[1])In a novel by this author, (10[1])a writer destroys his book on Pontius (10[1])Pilate, (10[1]-5[1])prompting Professor (-5[1])Woland to tell him that “manuscripts (10[2])don’t burn.” (-5[1])For (-5[1])10 points, (10[3])name this Soviet author (10[1])of Heart of a (10[1])Dog and The Master and Margarita. ■END■ (10[7]0[1])

ANSWER: Mikhail Bulgakov [or Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov]
<Carnegie Mellon A, European Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

California2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%66.33
Florida2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%140.00
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%72.33
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%40%115.40
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y250%0%50%112.00
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%95.50
Southeast2025-02-01Y3100%0%67%137.67
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%10%102.00

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Omer KeskinOxford ALSE4510
Michael WuSouthampton BWarwick A4510
Kaiser XiaoUCLAClaremont A4610
Ryan SunUC Berkeley BUCSD5610
Ned TagtmeierChicago AIllinois B6110
Andrew WangIllinois AIllinois C6410
Braden BoothMissouriIndiana B6410
Jack LewisBruin AGeorgia Tech D64-5
Justin HawkinsIndiana AMissoui S&T6710
Jisoo YooTexas AASU79-5
Charles HangWashU AChicago B8210
Russell NipUBCUW B82-5
Andrew ZengStanford BNotre Dame B85-5
Zayyan MahmoodSouthampton AWarwick B8610
Elliot CosnettOxford BNYU C8910
Rachel EzrielevGeorgetown ANotre Dame C9310
John Luke BroussardTAMUTexas B9310
Neal JoshiWashU BChicago C9610
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AClaremont B9710
Bryan UgazASUTexas A9810
Christopher SimsNorthwestern ANorthwestern B10410
Kevin FlanaganBristolCambridge B11110
Truman FillbrandtUW AAlberta11210
Alex WyrickTennessee AAlabama A112-5
Jacob FinleyNotre Dame APurdue114-5
Stan MelkumianPurdueNotre Dame A12010
Roan DowlingIowaGeorgetown B12010
Anna BarkerUCF BFlorida A122-5
Joshua BobinImperial BCambridge D123-5
Agnijo BanerjeeCambridge ACambridge C12510
Kai MadgwickManchesterImperial A12510
Louis CameronCambridge EDurham12510
Benjamin WatsonOxford CSheffield12910
Pranav JothiGeorgia Tech DBruin A13310
Samuel StellaFlorida State AFlorida B14010
Leo LawFlorida AUCF B14010
Clete ReinbergerValencia AUCF C14010
Ben KoberleinNotre Dame BStanford B14010
Simarya AhujaUW BUBC1400
Britton WebsterAlabama ATennessee A14010
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech BLouisville A14010
Percy YuenCambridge DImperial B14010