Question

Men are confused by an oddly shaped korl statue in one of these places in a short story in which the sculptor Hugh goes to prison for stealing his coworker’s money. A man who owns one of these places mistakes the protagonist’s brother Frederick for her lover after she moves to Darkshire from Helstone. One of these buildings titles a novel in which the protagonist’s suitor flees to Holland after she rejects his proposal to get married in Mudport. An owner of one of these places named (*) John Thornton falls in love with Margaret Hale in the novel North and South. (10[1])Philip Wakem buys one of these buildings near St. Ogg’s in a novel that ends with two siblings locked in an embrace as they drown in a flood on the title river. (10[1])For 10 points, name this type of building formerly owned by Tom and Maggie Tulliver in a George Eliot novel titled for one of these buildings on (10[1])the Floss. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: mills [accept factories; accept iron mills or cotton mills; accept Life in the Iron Mills; accept The Mill on the Floss]
<CM, British Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Shannon DinnimanJames Madison ADuke10010
Khushi UmarwadiaSouth Carolina ANorth Carolina B13210
Dominik MystkowskiNC StateNorth Carolina A15910
Elena HernandezSouth Carolina BJames Madison B16210

Summary

2023 ARCADIA at DukeEmory, Duke, YaleY4100%0%0%138.25
2023 ARCADIA at EmoryEmory, Duke, YaleY4100%0%50%136.50
2023 ARCADIA at ImperialImperialY5100%0%0%104.60
2023 ARCADIA at MarylandMaryland, OnlineY3100%0%0%152.00
2023 ARCADIA OnlineMaryland, OnlineY367%0%33%113.00
2023 ARCADIA at TexasOhio State, TexasY3100%33%0%127.33
2023 ARCADIA at Ohio StateOhio State, TexasY3100%0%67%137.33