Question

An author with this surname began his series The Great War of White Men with a satire (10[1])about an escaped POW pretending to be a deserter, The Case of Sergeant Grischa. Another author with this surname wrote a novel in which the title woman is discovered not to be the aristocrat “Christiana van Boolen,” leading her (10[1])to plan a robbery with the veteran (-5[1])Ferdinand. That author with this surname committed suicide in Brazil (-5[1])the day after (10[1])he finished a memoir (10[1])reflecting (10[1]-5[1])on Hitler’s rise (10[1])to power, The (10[1])World (10[1])of Yesterday. (10[3])In a novella (10[1])by an author with this (10[1])surname, imprisonment by the Gestapo leads Dr. B to split his personality into “White” and “Black” (10[1])in order to play chess (10[1])against himself. For (10[1])10 (10[1])points, (10[4])The Royal Game (10[2])is by an Austrian author with what (10[1])surname and the first name Stefan? (10[4])■END■ (10[15]0[15])

ANSWER: Zweig [accept Stefan Zweig or Arnold Zweig] (The second sentence refers to The Post Office Girl by Stefan Zweig.)
<HG, European Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

California2025-02-01Y250%0%0%87.00
Florida2025-02-01Y10%0%0%0.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y4100%0%0%117.25
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%121.33
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%132.67
Northeast2025-02-01Y580%0%0%135.50
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%0%117.00
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%102.50
Southeast2025-02-01Y475%0%0%126.67
UK2025-02-01Y1090%0%20%106.56
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y786%0%0%111.83
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y30%0%0%0.00

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