Question

This character “dread[s] being awakened from the happiest dream” after her love interest, whom she had repeatedly called a “friend” moments before, confesses his feelings. Per the advice of the apothecary Mr. Perry, this character’s hypochondriac father avoids (20[1])parties. (20[3])This character’s (20[1])gibe (0[1])at a woman who says more than “three dull (20[1])things” (20[2])is criticized (20[3])by (20[1])“one of the few people who could see faults” in her, whom she eventually marries. (0[1])This resident (20[1])of (*) Hartfield (0[1])disastrously dissuades her friend from marrying a farmer in favor (10[3]0[1])of Mr. (10[1])Elton. (10[7])Frank Churchill (10[1])pretends (10[1])to be in love with this character, (10[1])who tries (10[1])and fails (10[1])to matchmake Harriet Smith. (10[1])Mr. Knightley eventually marries, for 10 points, what title character (10[1])of an 1815 Jane Austen novel? (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[1])

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<Yingzhi Nyang, Literature - British - Long Fiction&gt; ~25349~ &lt;Editor: Jaimie Carlson>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ella SheffieldMercer CountyStevenson B3720
Kevin PengWinston Churchill ARockford Auburn B3820
Ave RiegerNorthmont ARichard Montgomery3820
Russell DillakNorthmont BWalter Payton3820
Kaiwen XiaoIrvington AHunter A4020
Abigail AuYeungHinsdale CentralWaukee410
Yashwanth BajjiTroyInnovation Academy B5020
Cindy GaoBelmontCanyon Crest5120
Arthur GaydenDetroit Country DayParkway West5120
Ali HamzehKinkaidChoate Rosemary Hall5320
Uma MukhopadhyayChattahoochee AWest Point5320
Kaitlyn LeonardBarrington BNorman5320
Kevin YangStevenson AMoberly5420
Aarushi KanigicherlaThomas Jefferson CPlymouth690
Stella BroomeMaggie Walker BSolon7120
Eleanor HeydtMidtownCarbondale730
Moxie StromHunter BWilliam Fremd8310
Arjun KalaUniversity LabHeights830
Braden BoothDallas CountyJohns Creek B8310
Puna EkkaNew BrightonElkhorn North8310
Rohan KherBarrington ADunbar8510
Joseph HarrisonDetroit Catholic Central CChattahoochee B8610
Sam KonkelJohns Creek AWinnebago8610
Thomas BelcherSaint JosephHoover B8610
Vien NguyenMaggie Walker ARockford Auburn A8610
Camden WilliamsMexicoLincoln-Way East8610
Brandon TorresCarl SandburgMaggie Walker C8610
Elliott LeeThomas Jefferson AWoodland8610
Will CarstensDetroit Catholic Central ABelvidere8810
Chris YooThomas Jefferson BWashington8910
Tanay BodducherlaMira LomaThomas Jefferson D9610
Krish ChintaInnovation Academy ASt. Mark's9810
Dominic ApapDetroit Catholic Central BJohn Adams B10010
Colette KendrickWinston Churchill BCincinnati Hills Christian10410
Nathan WuPlymouthThomas Jefferson C11410
Miles SierraWaukeeHinsdale Central12010
Michael CamilleriJohn Adams ANorris1210
Izzy LewisNorrisJohn Adams A12110
Jay LeeCarbondaleMidtown12110
Bryce CruiseHeightsUniversity Lab12110