Question
In one novel by this author, a general disguises a slave as his son to prevent him being sacrificed to Moloch, and the title priestess infiltrates an army camp to retrieve a stolen sacred veil. In another novel by this author, Homais pressures a doctor to perform a botched clubfoot surgery. This author of Salammbô wrote a novel about a woman who first met her husband when he came to treat her father’s broken leg, but later regrets marrying him. That novel by this non-English author faced an obscenity trial for the title character’s affairs with Rodolphe and Léon, and ends with her poisoning herself with arsenic. For 10 points, name this author of Madame Bovary. ■END■
ANSWER: Gustave Flaubert (“floh-BEAR”)
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= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Olin Bose (DII) | Columbia A (UG) | Rutgers A (UG) | 50 | 10 |
John Shelly (DII) | Rowan A (DII) | Bard A (UG) | 77 | 10 |
Daniel Kim (DII) | Maryland B (DII) | Lehigh A (UG) | 100 | 10 |
Noa Schmueli (UG) | Columbia B | Penn B (DII) | 102 | -5 |
Andy Yu (DII) | Maryland A (DII) | Columbia J (DII) | 105 | 10 |
Vinayak Singh Bhadoriya | NYU B | Lehigh B (DII) | 116 | 10 |
Zachary Leblang (DII) | Penn B (DII) | Columbia B | 116 | 0 |
Lucas Shedlock (UG) | Princeton A (UG) | Rutgers B | 116 | 10 |
Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 75% | 0% | 50% | 104.50 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 83% | 0% | 33% | 102.80 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 10 | 90% | 0% | 30% | 100.44 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 8 | 88% | 0% | 0% | 91.71 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 7 | 86% | 0% | 14% | 94.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 30% | 94.70 |