Question
One of this author’s title characters holds on to the beard of a dwarf for three days in a bid to rescue his bride, who was abducted on their wedding night. Another of this author’s characters goes mad when Parasha’s home is destroyed in a flood, causing him to curse a statue. Vikram Seth’s novel The Golden Gate uses a type of stanza that this poet developed for a work whose title character rejects a love letter by a girl who later marries Prince Gremin. This poet of Ruslan and Ludmila used himself as a model for the character Lensky, who is killed in a duel by Tatiana’s love interest. For 10 points, name this Russian poet of “The Bronze Horseman” and Eugene Onegin. ■END■
ANSWER: Alexander Pushkin [or Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin]
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= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jason Qin (DII) | Columbia J (DII) | Rutgers A (UG) | 98 | 10 |
Andy Yu (DII) | Maryland A (DII) | Columbia B | 99 | 10 |
Olin Bose (DII) | Columbia A (UG) | Fordham A | 107 | 10 |
Ethan Furman (DII) | Penn A (DII) | NYU B | 109 | 10 |
Greta Hong (DII) | Bard A (UG) | Penn B (DII) | 123 | 10 |
Rohit Chintala (DII) | Maryland B (DII) | Princeton A (UG) | 124 | 10 |
Jack Stuhlman (DII) | Lehigh B (DII) | NYU A (UG) | 124 | 0 |
Rishi Swaminathan (DII) | NYU A (UG) | Lehigh B (DII) | 124 | 0 |
Jaden Bandy (DII) | Rutgers B | Lehigh A (UG) | 124 | 0 |
Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 78% | 0% | 11% | 112.86 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 7 | 86% | 0% | 29% | 96.17 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 63.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 75% | 0% | 0% | 89.11 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 7 | 57% | 0% | 29% | 98.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 88.80 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 75% | 0% | 0% | 110.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 89% | 0% | 11% | 101.88 |