Question
In the first decade of the 20th century, the poet Nikolay Gumiliev was drawn into an amorous correspondence with the Baroness Cherubina de Gabriak; unfortunately, Gabriak did not exist. For 10 points each:
[10e] Gumiliev was furious to discover that he had been catfished by Elizabeta Dimitrieva and Maximilian Voloshin. Gumiliev and Voloshin fought a duel on the site of the one lost by this Russian poet of “The Bronze Horseman.”
ANSWER: Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
[10m] Gumiliev’s second in the duel was this author, from a distinguished literary family. He wrote a novel in which Mstislav Sergeyevich Los leads a working-class revolt with the title princess of Mars, Aelita.
ANSWER: Alexei Nikolayevich Tolstoy [prompt on Tolstoy]
[10h] The poems of Cherubina de Gabriak were submitted to a journal of this name. A literary character of this name is a long-eared Senator whose study is destroyed by a bomb nicknamed “Pepp Peppovich Pepp.”
ANSWER: Apollon [or Apollon Apollonovich]
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Summary
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| Glass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery | Fan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Maryland A | Rutgers Diaspora | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs | Maryland B+ | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |