Question

The narrator dismisses this character to a “sleepless couch” and “a pillow strewed with thorns and wet with tears” after this character learns that a man had lied about a group “driving up the Lansdown Road.” This character’s description of a book as “nice” is playfully ridiculed by a man who says “And this is a very nice day, and we are taking a very nice walk, and you are two very nice young ladies.” The protagonist of The Female Quixote likely inspired this character, who is disappointed to find that a manuscript she discovers (-5[1])in a drawer (-5[1])is a mere inventory (-5[1])of household (10[1])laundry. (10[1])This character, who suspects (10[1])that the father of a love interest has murdered his wife, bonds with Isabella Thorpe over their shared love of Gothic novels, including The Mysteries of Udolpho. (-5[2])For 10 points, name this protagonist (10[1])of (10[1])Northanger Abbey. (10[1]-5[1])■END■ (10[8]0[7])

ANSWER: Catherine Morland [prompt on Morland] (Jane Austen wrote Northanger Abbey.)
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y1974%0%32%135.86

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Arthur Delot-VilainYale AUC Berkeley B94-5
Wenying WuToronto APurdue A97-5
Mitch McCullarIllinois AMIT A101-5
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley ANorth Carolina A10310
Cole TimmerwilkeHarvard APenn A10410
Raymond WangCornell AIowa State A10810
Andrew HannaVanderbilt AMaryland A135-5
Anson BernsBrown AMinnesota B135-5
Matt JacksonChicago AHouston A14110
Rosa XiaCornell BGeorgia Tech B14210
Khushi UmarwadiaSouth Carolina AColumbia B14410
Enoch YuenImperial AJohns Hopkins A144-5
Amogh KulkarniChicago BVirginia A14510
David BassVirginia AChicago B1450
Andrew ZengStanford AClaremont A14510
Grace LiuMIT AIllinois A14510
Leo LawFlorida AIndiana A14510
Connor MayersMaryland AVanderbilt A14510
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BBrown A1450
Sharath NarayanNorthwestern ANYU A1450
Halle FriedmanNYU ANorthwestern A1450
Elijah ScheinsonColumbia ARutgers B1450
Collin AceRutgers BColumbia A1450
Alex PijanowskiPurdue AToronto A14510
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BYale A14510
Jisoo YooTexas AMcGill A1450
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech AFlorida B14510