Question

A story in this language that states “If you kill me, I can darken the sun in its heights” includes a priest who fails to escape a sacrifice after predicting an eclipse. After seeing an animal's beheading, (*) "four idiot sons" in a story in this language behead their sister. The author of Ten Rules for the Perfect Storyteller used this language for a story in which Jordan's wife Alicia is killed by a parasite in the title “Feather Pillow.” This language was used for a short story that reads in its entirety, “When he awoke, the dinosaur was still there.” A man is imprisoned in a chicken coop but later flies away in a story in this language titled (15[1])“A (10[1])Very Old Man with Enormous Wings.” The short story collection Leaf Storm in this language sets many stories in Macondo. For 10 points, give this language used by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. ■END■

ANSWER: Spanish [or Español]
<Noah Sheidlower, World Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley CStanford7615
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley ABerkeley B7710

Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%67%0%61.00
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y7100%57%14%73.86
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%50%0%76.50
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%0%0%121.00
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%40%0%80.40
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%0%0%95.25
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y3100%33%0%87.67
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%78.00