Question

In a short story titled for this phenomenon, three men realize they have been walking in circles when they find two of their dead companions with fungus growing from their mouths. In a short story, (10[1])this phenomenon drives Pickard insane, causing Simmons to shoot him (10[1])before he also succumbs to this phenomenon and asks the (10[1])lieutenant (10[1])to abandon him on their journey to a dome. (10[1])A short story titled for this phenomenon (10[1])is set on the day of Mr. Featherstone’s (10[1])birthday (-5[2])and the anniversary (10[1])of Tilita’s marriage. This phenomenon [emphasize] stops (10[1])once every seven years in (10[1])a (10[1])short (10[1])story that ends with Margot’s (10[1])classmates (-5[1])remembering they had locked (-5[1])her (10[1])in a closet. (-5[1])In a short story set (10[1])on August 4, 2026, an uninhabited automated house that has survived a nuclear bomb (10[1])reads a poem titled for this phenomenon by Sara Teasdale. For 10 points, (10[1])the title of a Ray Bradbury short story promises “There Will Come” what (10[1])weather (10[1])phenomenon? (0[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: rain [accept rainstorm; accept “There Will Come Soft Rains”; accept “The Long Rain”] (The fourth sentence refers to “All Summer in a Day.”)
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2295%0%23%99.62

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Amogh KulkarniChicago BCornell A3410
Aiden DartleyRutgers AMinnesota A4410
Rosa XiaCornell BNorthwestern A5410
Charles HangWUSTL APurdue A5510
Matt JacksonChicago AVanderbilt A6410
Vittal BhatNorth Carolina AVirginia A7110
Justin ChenNYU AStanford A7910
Jisoo YooTexas AUC Berkeley B80-5
Ani PerumallaPenn State AMIT A80-5
Karsten RynearsonYale BIndiana A8310
Henry CafaroChicago CGeorgia Tech A9010
Daniel SheinbergYale AColumbia A9510
Kevin FanMcGill ARutgers B9610
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AIowa State A9710
John BroussardHouston AHarvard A10210
Isaac MammelMaryland APenn A103-5
Anson BernsBrown AGeorgia Tech B107-5
Nicholas TunksMinnesota BClaremont A10810
Ashish SubramanianDuke AIllinois A111-5
Henry LytleWUSTL BOhio State A11610
Ian ChowToronto AColumbia B13010
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BTexas A14310
Justin WytmarIllinois ADuke A15610
Tiffany ZhouFlorida BMichigan A15710
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AMaryland A1580
S. A. ShenoyGeorgia Tech BBrown A15910
Ricky LiMIT APenn State A15910