Question

This author wrote an essay about “the only time in my life that I had been important enough” to be “hated by large numbers of people.” (10[1])This author writes about a dead body “grinning with an expression of unendurable agony” in an essay that parenthetically says to “never tell me, (10[1])by the way, that (10[1])the dead look peaceful.” The use of “operators” or “verbal false limbs” is condemned by this author in an essay that also rails against “pretentious (10[1])diction” (10[1])and “meaningless (10[1])words.” This author (10[1])describes how (10[1])it is “always unnerving to have a crowd following you” in an essay where, despite resolving not to, he performs the title action “solely to avoid looking a fool” while stationed in Burma. For 10 points, name this author of “Politics (10[1])and the English Language” and “Shooting an Elephant.” ■END■

ANSWER: George Orwell [or Eric Arthur Blair]
<British Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
William GrogerColumbia AYale A2510
Eshan PantNYU AColumbia B4910
Aiden DartleyRutgers ABard A5310
Austin GuoPrinceton AYale B7810
Nathan ZhangCornell CYale C7910
Omar MahmoodNYU BColumbia C8110
Alex MoonPenn AVassar8410
Arjun BothraHaverfordRutgers B8610
Jupiter DingPrinceton BPenn B12710

Summary

2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia11/11/2023Y9100%0%0%73.56