Question

Note to players: description acceptable. In an improvised lie about a visit to this location, a character claims to have waved flags and swords while four dogs fought for veal cutlets from a silver dish. The bewildered protagonist is forced into a fistfight at a garden in this location, which he wins without taking a single hit from his challenger, a “pale young gentleman.” While two characters leave the ruins of this location, the “evening mists” reveal “no shadow of another parting.” The owner of this house asks the recipient of a check to write “I forgive her” below her name, moments before her (*) dress catches fire. This house's (10[1])clocks all display twenty minutes to (10[1])nine, the time its owner received a letter calling off her engagement (10[1])to Compeyson. For 10 points, name this ruined home of Estella and her wedding dress-wearing guardian in Great Expectations. ■END■

ANSWER: Satis House [or Miss Havisham's house/estate/etc.; accept Estella Havisham's house/estate/etc.]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Collin AceRutgers DiasporaFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them10810
Emily BussaMaryland B+Glass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery11410
Caleb KendrickMaryland AThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs12610

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%67%0%75.83
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%0%0%116.00
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%67%0%101.00
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%100%0%78.33
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y4100%0%50%127.00
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%100%0%74.50
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y367%0%67%136.00