Question
An anonymous commentator on this novel often used the word “maimed,” leading to their nickname “Elderly Maimed Tablet.” Practitioners of a field called this novel’s “-ology,” which include translator David Hawkes, dispute the provenance of its last 40 chapters. In this novel, an elegy to some flower petals is written by the protagonist’s sickly cousin, who is also his main love interest. Late in this novel, the (*) Prospect Garden is seized after the central family becomes disfavored by the Emperor. This novel’s protagonist, who falls in love with Lín Dàiyù, is born with a talking piece of jade in his mouth. For 10 points, Cáo Xuěqín (“tsao shweh-chin”) wrote what classic Chinese novel about the downfall of the Jiā (“j’yah”) family, often titled for a room? ■END■
Summary
2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 35 | 71% | 20% | 0% | 90.16 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Pete Wasser | Norris | Midtown | 31 | 0 |
Nathan Wu | Plymouth | Innovation Academy B | 47 | 0 |
Luca Balescu | Mercer County | Mira Loma | 47 | 0 |
Monit Karmaker | Stevenson A | Solon | 52 | 20 |
Rohan Kher | Barrington A | West Point | 52 | 20 |
Aditya Shivaswamy | St. Mark's | Belvidere | 57 | 0 |
Aeres Zhou | Detroit Country Day | Winnebago | 58 | 0 |
Grace Liu | Thomas Jefferson B | Barrington B | 61 | 20 |
Omkar Marathe | William Fremd | Chattahoochee B | 61 | 0 |
Braden Booth | Dallas County | Rockford Auburn B | 61 | 20 |
Evan Schleck | Hunter A | Washington | 61 | 20 |
Vincent Wang | Irvington A | Norman | 61 | 0 |
Aiden Dombrosky | Hoover B | Johns Creek A | 61 | 0 |
Elliott Lee | Thomas Jefferson A | Lincoln-Way East | 61 | 0 |
Stella Broome | Maggie Walker B | Kinkaid | 61 | 0 |
Camden Williams | Mexico | Detroit Catholic Central B | 61 | 0 |
Yashwanth Bajji | Troy | Hinsdale Central | 61 | 0 |
Samuel Li | Thomas Jefferson D | University Lab | 61 | 20 |
Evan Lin | Woodland | John Adams B | 61 | 0 |
Omar Hamid | Dunbar | Cincinnati Hills Christian | 65 | 20 |
Bridget Scranton | Northmont B | Innovation Academy A | 65 | 0 |
Rachel Ezrielev | Richard Montgomery | Hunter B | 66 | 0 |
Nick Murray | Detroit Catholic Central A | Walter Payton | 70 | 10 |
Tanay Bodducherla | Mira Loma | Mercer County | 76 | 10 |
Dominic Apap | Detroit Catholic Central B | Mexico | 78 | 10 |
Alvin Guo | Winston Churchill A | New Brighton | 79 | 10 |
Rohan Dalal | Johns Creek B | Elkhorn North | 89 | 0 |
Sam McNamee | Maggie Walker A | John Adams A | 90 | 0 |
Coby Thammavong | Rockford Auburn A | Carbondale | 94 | 10 |
Joy An | Choate Rosemary Hall | Moberly | 96 | 10 |
Kyunghwan Lim | Chattahoochee A | Winston Churchill B | 97 | 10 |
Owen Arneson | Parkway West | Saint Joseph | 97 | 10 |
Yaj Jhajhria | Canyon Crest | Maggie Walker C | 99 | 0 |
Pablo Hu | Belmont | Lake Highland | 99 | 10 |
Bryce Cruise | Heights | Stevenson B | 100 | 10 |
Ali Hamzeh | Kinkaid | Maggie Walker B | 105 | 10 |
Sam Asplund | Winnebago | Detroit Country Day | 117 | 10 |
Charles Heydt | Midtown | Norris | 118 | 10 |
Ren Giusti | Norman | Irvington A | 122 | 0 |
Fahian Joy | Hunter B | Richard Montgomery | 122 | 0 |
Nate Stewart | Maggie Walker C | Canyon Crest | 123 | 0 |
Keefer Lin | Chattahoochee B | William Fremd | 123 | 0 |
Eden Blakemore | John Adams A | Maggie Walker A | 123 | 0 |
Sam Konkel | Johns Creek A | Hoover B | 123 | 10 |
Anila Moparthi | Lincoln-Way East | Thomas Jefferson A | 123 | 10 |
Adam Williams | Northmont A | Detroit Catholic Central C | 123 | 10 |
David Bertolasi | Belvidere | St. Mark's | 123 | 10 |
Jeffrey Liu | Hinsdale Central | Troy | 123 | 0 |
Miles Sierra | Waukee | Thomas Jefferson C | 123 | 10 |