Question
The protagonist of this novel watches Mrs. Tomolillo being cut “like cloth” while giving birth at Yale Hospital. A character in this novel calls a poem “a speck of dust” before being sent to a sanatorium for tuberculosis. This novel’s protagonist gets food poisoning from crabmeat-stuffed avocados while working at the Ladies’ Day magazine. This novel is set during the “queer, sultry summer” when “they executed the Rosenbergs.” After this novel’s protagonist attempts suicide, Doctor Nolan administers electroshock therapy at a mental hospital. For 10 points, name this semi-autobiographical novel about Esther Greenwood by Sylvia Plath. ■END■
ANSWER: The Bell Jar (The character in the second line is Buddy Willard.)
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= Average correct buzz position
Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 96.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 22% | 73.33 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 7 | 100% | 0% | 29% | 85.14 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 83% | 0% | 25% | 75.30 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 89% | 0% | 0% | 66.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 88% | 0% | 13% | 72.57 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 22% | 70.78 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Sam Konkel | Chicago A | Purdue C | 37 | -5 |
Veronica Freund | Notre Dame B | Iowa A | 46 | 10 |
Max Kolda | Notre Dame C | Northwestern A | 48 | 10 |
David Mathew | Purdue A | Northwestern B | 53 | 10 |
Sriram Koritala | Illinois A | Illinois B | 59 | 10 |
Waverly O'Malley | Iowa B | Notre Dame A | 67 | 10 |
Sophia Madrazo | Purdue B | WashU B | 77 | 10 |
Emmett Cho | Chicago B | Indiana | 82 | -5 |
Elizabeth Bowling | Indiana | Chicago B | 95 | 10 |
Jack Piros | Illinois C | SIUE | 96 | 10 |
Davis Johnson | Purdue C | Chicago A | 96 | 10 |