Jorge Luis Borges - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

In a story by this author, the sinologist Dr. Albert is killed in his study after discovering that the word “time” never appears in a book. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this Argentine author who wrote about hexagonal rooms that contain every possible book in “The Library of Babel.”

ANSWER: Jorge Luis Borges (“BOR-hays”)

[10m] The discovery that a book never uses the word “time” is made in this Borges story, wherein the title timeless structure is found to be that novel by Ts’ui Pên.

ANSWER: “The Garden of Forking Paths” [or “El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan”]

[10h] One of the Library of Babel’s few readable sentences addresses “O time,” attributing these structures to it. Dreams of being led to these structures cause Santiago to go on a journey in a Paulo Coelho (“co-EL-yo”) novel.

ANSWER: pyramids [accept “O time, thy pyramids” or “Oh, tiempo, tus pirámides”]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	15.00	75%	50%	25%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	20.00	100%	43%	57%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Florida	Main	Y	4	12.50	75%	25%	25%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	11.00	90%	0%	20%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	10.00	56%	33%	11%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	11	9.09	64%	9%	18%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	0%	100%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	16.67	100%	44%	22%
North	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Northeast	Main	Y	2	10.00	50%	0%	50%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	10.00	88%	13%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	6	10.00	50%	17%	33%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	11.67	58%	33%	25%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	12.00	80%	40%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	6.25	38%	13%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	16.00	80%	40%	40%

Data


Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Skeleton King	10	0	0	10
Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford A	10	10	0	20
Stanford B	UCSC	0	0	0	0
UCLA B	UCLA A	10	0	10	20
UC Santa Barbara	UCLA D	10	10	10	30
UCLA C	UCLA E	10	10	0	20
UCLA F	USC A	10	0	10	20
UCSD B	Claremont C	10	10	10	30
Ottawa D	McGill A	10	10	0	20
McGill B	McGill C	10	10	10	30
McGill E	Ottawa A	10	0	0	10
Carleton A	Ottawa C	10	0	0	10
Florida A	Florida B	10	0	10	20
Florida State A	South Florida A	10	0	0	10
Florida Tech A	Florida Tech B	0	0	0	0
UCF A	ERAU Daytona A	10	10	0	20
Ohio State D	CWRU D	10	0	0	10
Louisville B	WVU A	10	0	0	10
Louisville C	CWRU B	10	0	0	10
Michigan A	Pittsburgh	10	0	10	20
Michigan B	Kentucky	10	0	0	10
Michigan C	CWRU C	10	0	10	20
WVU B	Michigan D	0	0	0	0
Michigan State B	Louisville A	10	0	0	10
CWRU A	Ohio State A	10	0	0	10
Michigan State D	Ohio State C	10	0	0	10
UC Irvine	Claremont A	10	0	0	10
Claremont B	USC B	10	0	0	10
JMU B	Liberty A	0	0	0	0
Liberty B	William & Mary B	0	0	0	0
UNC D	Liberty C	0	0	0	0
UNC C	NCSU B	0	0	0	0
Virginia Tech B	Tusculum A	10	10	0	20
UNC A	VCU A	10	10	0	20
Virginia A	Virginia Tech C	10	0	0	10
Duke A	Virginia Tech A	10	10	0	20
William & Mary A	William & Mary C	10	0	10	20
George Mason B	George Mason C	10	0	0	10
Maryland B	Penn	0	0	0	0
Maryland C	Columbia A	0	0	0	0
NYU A	Rutgers C	10	0	0	10
Maryland A	NYU B	10	10	10	30
Rutgers A	NYU C	10	0	0	10
George Mason A	Rowan	10	0	10	20
Lehigh A	Rutgers D	10	0	0	10
Stony Brook	Princeton	10	0	0	10
Vassar A	Lehigh B	0	0	0	0
Rutgers B	Vassar B	0	0	0	0
Johns Hopkins	Columbia B	10	0	10	20
Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Mighty Miner	10	10	10	30
Purdue A	Chicago A	10	10	10	30
Illinois Canada	William Woods University A	10	0	0	10
Wisconsin B	Iowa State	10	10	0	20
Macalester	Minnesota	10	0	10	20
St. Thomas	Wisconsin A	10	0	0	10
Wisconsin C	Michigan Tech	10	0	0	10
Boston University B	Southern Connecticut State University A	0	0	10	10
Tufts A	Williams A	10	0	0	10
Alberta A	Texas	10	0	0	10
Boise State	Alberta B	0	0	0	0
Arizona State A	Washington Masu	10	0	0	10
Arizona State B	Washington Chinook	10	10	0	20
British Columbia B	Washington Coho	10	0	0	10
Washington Sockeye	British Columbia C	10	0	0	10
Washington State	Washington Chum	10	0	0	10
Washington Atlantic	Washington Steelhead	10	0	0	10
Kansas State A	Central Oklahoma A	0	0	0	0
Harding	Murray State College B	0	0	0	0
Tulsa A	Nebraska B	10	10	10	30
Central Oklahoma B	Oklahoma	10	0	0	10
Nebraska C	Rose State	0	0	0	0
Tulsa B	Murray State College A	10	0	10	20
Auburn B	Vanderbilt A	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Auburn C	10	10	0	20
Clemson A	Auburn A	10	10	0	20
Alabama A	Georgia Tech B	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech C	0	0	10	10
Chipola College	Mississippi State A	10	10	0	20
Sewanne	Tennessee Tech	0	0	0	0
Georgia A	South Carolina A	0	10	0	10
Emory A	Tennessee A	10	0	10	20
Tennessee B	Georgia Tech D	0	0	0	0
Clemson B	Vanderbilt B	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech E	Vanderbilt C	10	0	0	10
Sheffield A	Durham C	0	0	0	0
Durham B	Durham D	10	0	0	10
Edinburgh D	Edinburgh C	10	10	0	20
Edinburgh B	Sheffield B	10	0	0	10
York	Edinburgh A	10	10	0	20
Birmingham	Imperial D	0	0	0	0
Imperial C	Bristol	0	0	10	10
Cambridge C	Cambridge A	0	0	0	0
Cambridge D	LSE	0	0	0	0
Cambridge E	Southampton	0	0	0	0
Cardiff	Imperial A	10	10	0	20
Oxford	Imperial B	10	0	0	10
Warwick	Cambridge B	10	0	0	10
Binghamton A	Binghamton B	10	10	10	30
Binghamton C	Cornell D	0	0	0	0
Cornell B	ESF	10	0	0	10
RIT A	RIT B	10	10	10	30
Cornell C	Rochester	10	0	0	10
WashU Grizzlers	Illinois Orange	10	10	0	20
Iowa A	Indiana B	10	10	0	20
Rose-Hulman A	Iowa B	10	0	0	10
Illinois Blue	Purdue B	10	10	10	30
Purdue C	Illinois Urbana	10	0	0	10
Purdue D	Indiana A	10	0	0	10
Illinois Champaign	WashU Grolars	10	0	0	10