Question
An author from this country wrote a novel in which the title photographer is given a week to solve the mystery of his own death. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this setting of The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. A Canadian author born in this country portrayed the title character found severely burned after retrieving Katharine Clifton’s body from the Cave of Swimmers.
ANSWER: Sri Lanka [accept Ceylon]
[10e] In the Michael Ondaatje (“on-DAH-chee”) novel The English Patient, David Caravaggio works in this profession. Ian Fleming depicted a member of this profession in novels like Casino Royale and Goldfinger.
ANSWER: spy [or secret agent; accept intelligence operative; accept British Secret Service agent]
[10m] The English Patient and The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida have both previously won this award. This annual prize is given to a work of English-language long fiction.
ANSWER: Booker Prize [accept Booker Prize for Fiction or Man Booker Prize; reject “International Booker Prize” or “Man Booker International Prize”]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 100% | 56% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 7 | 18.57 | 100% | 57% | 29% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 100% | 56% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 7 | 18.57 | 100% | 57% | 29% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 10 | 19.00 | 100% | 60% | 30% |
Data
| Bard A (UG) | Rowan A (DII) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Columbia A (UG) | Rutgers A (UG) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Maryland B (DII) | Lehigh A (UG) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Lehigh B (DII) | NYU B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Maryland A (DII) | Columbia J (DII) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Columbia B | Penn B (DII) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Princeton A (UG) | Rutgers B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |