Question
In a short story by this author, a 12-year-old girl accidentally burns down her house and is sold into prostitution by her grandmother. Another story by this author is centered around a group of women mourning the death of a figure found washed ashore, who is given the name Esteban. This author of “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” described a rain storm that lasts for five years after the massacre of banana plantation workers. That novel by this author opens with a firing squad executing Colonel Aureliano Buendía, who recalls the founding of the town of Macondo. For 10 points, name this Colombian author of the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. ■END■
ANSWER: Gabriel García Márquez [prompt on García or Márquez] (The first line is “The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and her Heartless Grandmother.”)
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= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Meredie Cohen | William & Mary | UNC B | 22 | 10 |
Josh Schmidt | Liberty A | Appalachian State B | 49 | 10 |
Cameron Wiliams | Appalachian State A | Duke B | 49 | 10 |
Timothy Porter | VCU | Tusculum | 54 | 10 |
Jonathan Bost | Liberty B | UNC D | 75 | 10 |
Connor Kahn | NC State | James Madison A | 86 | 10 |
Connor Kahn | NC State | James Madison A | 86 | 10 |
Ivan Sumaneev | UNC C | James Madison B | 90 | 10 |
Gentry Dowdy | Liberty C | Virginia | 114 | 10 |
Max Khurzman | UNC A | Virginia Tech B | 114 | 10 |
Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 89.78 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 73.38 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 55.50 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 11 | 91% | 0% | 27% | 79.50 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 73.90 |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 73.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 13% | 76.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 22% | 87.22 |