Question

An archive in this town houses a chocolate wrapper scrawled with the lines “necessitates celerity / were better / nay were immemorial.” Along with “hills, sir, and the sundown,” a Newfoundland dog from this town named Carlo was listed as a “companion” in letters sometimes signed “Your Gnome.” Residents of this town occasionally received flower baskets from a gardener along with verses like “to be a Flower, is profound Responsibility.” Open Me Carefully collects the seemingly erotic correspondence of two residents of this town, which was the birthplace of Helen Hunt Jackson. The line “Diadems—drop—and Doges—surrender—” was written by a poet from this town whose many slant rhymes include “perches in the soul” and “never stops at all.” For 10 points, what Massachusetts town was the home of Emily Dickinson, who was known as its “Belle”? ■END■

ANSWER: Amherst, Massachusetts [accept the “Belle of Amherst”] (Dickinson corresponded with Susan Huntington.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt BollingerGeorgia Tech AChicago A77

Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y1100%100%0%0.00