Question

The narrator describes a river that has “two shores: / the one in hell, the other / in [this US state]” in a poem titled for a (10[1])[emphasize] neighboring state’s “Oldest Whorehouse.” Sons who “grow suicidally beautiful” appear in a poem titled “Autumn Begins (-5[1])in” a town in (10[1])this state. This was the home state of the poet of The Branch Will Not (-5[1])Break, James (10[1])Wright, who contributed to a literary (-5[1])magazine founded at a college in this (10[1])state by John Crowe (10[2]-5[1])Ransom. In a (-5[2])story, a teacher’s (-5[1])tendency to caress his (10[1])students forces him to (10[2])flee (10[1])[emphasize] to (10[2]-5[1])this state and change (10[1]-5[1])his name (10[1])from (10[1])Adolph Myers. (10[1])Wing Biddlebaum appears in a collection set (10[1])in (10[1])this state introduced as (10[1])a “Book of (10[1])the Grotesque.” For (10[2])10 points, the story (10[1])“Hands” appears in a (10[2])Sherwood (10[3])Anderson (10[2])collection set (10[2])in (10[3])what (10[1])state’s fictional (10[1])town (10[4])of (10[8])Winesburg? ■END■

ANSWER: Ohio [or OH; accept Winesburg, Ohio] (The magazine is The Kenyon Review.)
<Waterloo A, American Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

California2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%127.00
Florida2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%124.00
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%100.83
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%114.33
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%40%118.00
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%134.50
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%120.50
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%25%114.00
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%0%121.50
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y8100%0%38%122.63
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%127.00

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jack RadoColumbia BPenn A2610
Nathan ZhangCornell BJohns Hopkins A43-5
Kevin ZhengMichigan BMichigan A4710
Kevin ParkClaremont AUC Berkeley A62-5
Jack LewisBruin AGeorgia Tech C6410
Ryan RosenbergNYU AMaryland A70-5
Michael WuSouthampton BDurham7710
Elias KradelKenyonMichigan C8110
Guy IndoranteIowa StateWisconsin A8110
Parker McCoigTennessee ALouisville A81-5
Andrew ZengStanford BNorthwestern A84-5
Rachel EzrielevGeorgetown APurdue84-5
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay CollegePenn B87-5
Calvin BostlemanOhio State ACarnegie Mellon B9110
Noah McRedmondNotre Dame BNotre Dame A9510
Omer KeskinOxford AOxford C9510
Tiffany ZhouFlorida AFlorida B9610
Stan MelkumianPurdueGeorgetown A9810
John Luke BroussardTAMUTexas A9810
Bryan UgazASUTexas B98-5
Ryan SunUC Berkeley BUCLA10210
Puna EkkaMinnesota BCarleton102-5
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CManchester10410
Tom ScheriRIT BCornell C10510
Pranav JothiGeorgia Tech DAlabama A10710
Rohan Navaneetha RajOhio State BCarnegie Mellon A11410
Sharath NarayanNorthwestern AStanford B11510
Henry BonWinona StateWisconsin B11910
Sarah HendersonCambridge CImperial A12210
Albert NyangLSECambridge B12510
David BassJohns Hopkins ACornell B12510
Gus VanskikeMaryland BHaverford B12910
Clete ReinbergerValencia AUCF B13310
Elliot CosnettOxford BCambridge E13310
Russell NipUBCUW A13410
Aum MundheRutgers AVassar A13410
Cade ReinbergerRIT AESF A13410
Andrew HarmsMichigan StateCase Western B13510
Anne FjeldAlbertaUW B13510
Nolan DannelsUCSDClaremont B13710
Elie AounCase Western AMichigan D13710
Andrew FisherSheffieldCambridge D13810
Kevin FlanaganBristolWarwick B13810
Chauncey LoColumbia CNYU B13810
Roan DowlingIowaNotre Dame C13910
Chris LevesleyWarwick ACambridge A14110
Nathaniel HullUC Berkeley AClaremont A14210
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech B14210
Eugenia TongImperial BSouthampton A14210
Giuseppe PiccirilliBinghamton ACornell D14210
Henry KeatingUCF CFlorida State A14310
Aaron MarchandCarletonMinnesota B14310
Azura GollamudiNorthwestern BGeorgetown B14310
Owen GilroyTexas BASU14310
Beckett GilmoreLouisville ATennessee A14310
Eva Lettiere-RobertsGeorge Washington AHaverford A14310
Kaiden CareyPenn BJohn Jay College14310
Isaac MammelMaryland ANYU A14310