Question
Jeff Kelley used this character to describe experiments during which subjects believe they are engaging with an autonomous computer that is actually controlled by a human. In one scene, people sing a song about this character as they skip towards a bird whom some mistakenly believe to be a hanged actor. This character describes himself as “a sentimental man” in a song to a woman who desired to be this character’s “grand vizier” to be rid of people being “fixated on [her] verdigris (“VER-duh-griss”).” This character, whose full name contains initials that spell out “PINHEAD,” owns a balloon with his hometown of “Omaha” written on its side. In a 1900 book, this character is revealed to be a “humbug” behind a curtain projecting his head. For 10 points, Dorothy searches for what title character of a novel by L. Frank Baum? ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Aiden Dartley | Rutgers A | Rowan A | 25 | -5 |
Lukas Koutsoukos | Yale B | NYU A | 52 | 10 |
Jason Qin | Columbia B | Columbia C | 58 | 10 |
Mina Smith | NYU B | Princeton A | 79 | 10 |
Thomas Doyle | Vassar | Princeton B | 93 | 10 |
Karsten Rynearson | Yale A | Penn A | 105 | 10 |
Richard Niu | Cornell C | Haverford | 120 | 10 |
William Groger | Columbia A | Penn B | 121 | 10 |
Mark Tawfik | Rutgers B | Yale C | 136 | 10 |
Sam Millenbach | Rowan A | Rutgers A | 140 | 10 |