Question
The protagonist of a novel by this author is a time traveler who becomes Lilith’s lover and stops Abraham from sacrificing Isaac. After fainting in a crowded church, the protagonist of a novel by this author realizes that all of the people depicted in the church’s artworks have had their eyes covered with paint or cloth. The title character of a novel by this author is forced to sacrifice his favorite sheep while apprenticed to a (*) shepherd, who is the devil in disguise. This author created a woman who stabs the leader of a group of thugs in the throat with scissors while living in a hospital ward with the girl with dark glasses. A novel by this author begins with a city falling victim to the “white sickness,” to which only the doctor’s wife is immune. For 10 points, name this Portuguese author of Blindness. ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Omer Keskin | Oxford | Warwick | 21 | 15 |
Michael Kohn | Durham | Edinburgh | 76 | -5 |
Michael Mays | Imperial A | Imperial B | 128 | 10 |
Sam Foo | Cambridge A | Cambridge B | 136 | 10 |
Kevin Flanagan | Bristol | Birmingham | 146 | 10 |
Ben Russell Jones | Edinburgh | Durham | 146 | 10 |