Question

A man with this profession is mocked for not knowing about foreign policy, and is told by his father about a member of this profession who found a tiger under the dinner table. When the Loam family is stranded on a desert island, a man with this profession becomes their dictator in J. M. Barrie’s The Admirable Crichton. One of these people reminisces about his father’s devotion to “dignity” in this job. One man with this profession fails to admit his attraction towards (*) Miss Kenton, and wonders how he can learn to (10[1])“banter.” That (10[1])character with this profession is Stevens in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day. For 10 points, contrary to popular belief, P. G. Wodehouse’s character of Jeeves is a valet and not what other profession? ■END■

ANSWER: butler [prompt on attendant or servant or personal gentleman with “what is their specific role?”; reject valet]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Arthur GaydenDetroit Country DayPlymouth9110
Grace LiuThomas Jefferson BDetroit Catholic Central A9310

Summary

2023 PACE NSC06/10/2023Y2100%0%0%92.00