Question

After possibly acquiring this disease, Sophie nearly reveals her affair to her husband Otto in Paula Fox’s novel Desperate Characters. In another novel, a man with this disease is delayed in firing a gun because it had been set to run through its three empty chambers first. (10[1])While recalling the death of a man from this disease, his wife “pulls in her horizon like a great fish-net” (10[4])in (10[1])a novel’s last lines; (10[9])that man contracted (10[1])this disease (10[2])while his (10[1])wife (10[1])held (10[2])onto (10[2])a cow’s tail. (10[1])In that novel, (10[2]-5[1])a man with this disease (10[1])is given a royal burial in Belle Glade. (10[1])That man acquires this disease amid a (10[1])1928 (10[1])hurricane (10[2])near the Everglades (10[6])and is (10[1])shot (10[3])by his (10[1])wife, (10[5])Janie Crawford. (10[6]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])what disease contracted (10[1])by Tea Cake (10[1])in Their Eyes Were Watching God also affects the title character of Old Yeller? (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[2])

ANSWER: rabies [or being rabid; prompt on madness or paranoia; prompt on hydrophobia]
<TM, American Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

Florida2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%126.00
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%87.33
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%101.83
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%92.00
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%86.33
Northeast2025-02-01Y5100%0%0%89.00
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%0%84.20
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%119.00
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%115.50
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%0%95.75
UK2025-02-01Y1090%0%0%110.89
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y8100%0%13%93.13
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%110.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Alex ZhuCarnegie Mellon BMichigan A4610
Biyang ZhangMichigan BCase Western A6610
Yrwin BatanMIT AHarvard A6610
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech CVanderbilt A6610
William OrrYale AJohns Hopkins A6610
Braden BoothMissouriIllinois A6710
Matthew LamOhio State AOhio State B7110
Noah ChinVirginia Tech ALiberty B7110
Aden SunChicago BChicago D7110
Henry BonWinona StateCarleton7110
Rachel EzrielevGeorgetown ANotre Dame B7110
Andrew ZengStanford BNotre Dame C7110
Albert NyangLSEWarwick B7110
Noah ChenColumbia BJohn Jay College7110
Eshan PantNYU APenn A7110
Conor ThompsonIowa StateWisconsin B7410
Sriram KoritalaIllinois CIndiana A7610
Emily BussaMaryland AGeorge Washington B7610
Benjamin LiuOxford CCambridge D7810
Rosa XiaCornell BRutgers A7910
Khugan ChanUMass BostonHarvard B8010
Jacob FinleyNotre Dame AGeorgetown B8010
Crow HeUNC BUNC D8110
Allen XuGeorgia Tech DLouisville A8110
Nathaniel MartinBrandeis ABrown A8410
Davis JohnsonPurdueNorthwestern A8710
Jisoo YooTexas AASU8710
Owen GilroyTexas BTAMU87-5
Danny CutbillRIT BCornell D9210
William ParocaiDartmouth ABU10010
Ned TagtmeierChicago AChicago C10710
Neal JoshiWashU BWashU A10810
Diego AlmarazUNC CSouth Carolina10910
Will HooverRIT ABinghamton A10910
Peter BallasMichigan DMichigan C11210
Noah DeanKenyonMichigan State11210
Meredie CohenWilliam & MaryVirginia A11210
Roan DowlingIowaNorthwestern B11210
Oscar O'FlanaganImperial AWarwick A11210
Sam MacchiVassar AHaverford A11210
Puna EkkaMinnesota BWisconsin A11410
Anna BarkerUCF BFlorida A11510
Michael SunBrandeis BTufts A11510
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CCambridge E11510
David NiemanCarnegie Mellon ACase Western B11710
Josh SchmidtLiberty ALiberty C11810
Yaj JhajhriaUW BAlberta11810
Britton WebsterAlabama AGeorgia Tech A11810
Alex WyrickTennessee AGeorgia Tech B11810
Omer KeskinOxford ASheffield11810
Qingyu ZhangFlorida BFlorida State A12010
Jacob EgolDukeWake Forest12010
Truman FillbrandtUW AUBC12010
Agnijo BanerjeeCambridge ASouthampton B12010
Kevin FlanaganBristolSouthampton A12010
Paige CrawleyOxford BManchester12010
William BrokerHaverford BPenn B120-5
Yash MandaviaIllinois BMissoui S&T12310
Elijah ScheinsonColumbia CGeorge Washington A12610
Alec RisoCornell CESF A12910
Henry KeatingUCF CValencia A14310
Seth WebbTAMUTexas B14410
Joseph CollinsImperial BCambridge B1440
Shiv SeshanCambridge BImperial B1440
Ian McDowellCambridge CDurham14410
Vedh RameshPenn BHaverford B14410