Question

Note to players: Description acceptable. A girl and her uncle bore a hole in a wall in this structure to steal weapons from a room full of crates, which they sneak out and bury in the mountains. A sadistic young man fondles a girl in this building’s library while he waits for his Senator grandfather who can make him a policeman. This structure titles a novel in which a girl exits a barricaded student protest after she has her period. Weekly Friday (*) sessions in this building are attended by the Mora sisters. This building titles a novel whose first and last sentence is: “Barrabas (10[1])came to us (10[1])by sea.” (10[1])This building is (10[1])constructed after the restoration of the hacienda Las Tres Marias. The newlywed Clara the Clairvoyant helps build, for 10 points, what title residence occupied by the Trueba family in a novel by Isabel Allende? ■END■

ANSWER: the house of the spirits [or the big house on the corner; accept descriptive answers relating it is the house/mansion in the city occupied by the Truebas in House of the Spirits; reject “Las Tres Marias” as that is a different house]
<MM, World Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nathan ZhangCornell WindRIT10310
Raymond WangCornell EarthRochester C10610
Forrest WeintraubColumbia Ly-αRochester B10810
Karthik PrasadCornell FireRochester A11110

Summary

2023 ILLIAC (Cornell)2023-10-21Y4100%0%0%107.00
2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite)2023-10-21Y8100%0%13%113.63