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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. (-5[1])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 (10[1])describes himself as “a sentimental man” (10[1])in a song to a woman who desired to be this character’s “grand vizier” to be rid of people being “fixated (10[1])on [her] verdigris (“VER-duh-griss”).” This character, whose full name contains initials that spell out “PINHEAD,” (10[1])owns a balloon with his hometown of “Omaha” written on its side. (10[1])In a 1900 book, this character is revealed to be a “humbug” behind a curtain (10[1])projecting (10[1])his head. For 10 points, Dorothy searches for what title character of a novel by (10[1])L. Frank Baum? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: The Wizard of Oz [accept Oz the Great and Terrible or the Great and Powerful Oz; accept The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; accept Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs; accept Wizard of Oz experiments] (The song in the second line is “Off to See the Wizard.” The third line is from Wicked.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Aiden DartleyRutgers ARowan A25-5
Lukas KoutsoukosYale BNYU A5210
Jason QinColumbia BColumbia C5810
Mina SmithNYU BPrinceton A7910
Thomas DoyleVassarPrinceton B9310
Karsten RynearsonYale APenn A10510
Richard NiuCornell CHaverford12010
William GrogerColumbia APenn B12110
Mark TawfikRutgers BYale C13610
Sam MillenbachRowan ARutgers A14010

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