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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hannah Nieuwveld (DII) | Penn B (DII) | Maryland B (DII) | 49 | 10 |
Arthur Zhang (DII) | NYU A (UG) | Rutgers A (UG) | 52 | 10 |
Sidhant Chaliha (DII) | Princeton A (UG) | Columbia A (UG) | 69 | 10 |
Vedh Ramesh (DII) | Penn A (DII) | Rutgers B | 71 | -5 |
Greta Hong (DII) | Bard A (UG) | Fordham A | 74 | 10 |
Rico-Ian Banting (UG) | NYU B | Columbia B | 75 | 10 |
Nishna Makala (DII) | Maryland A (DII) | Lehigh A (UG) | 87 | 10 |
John Shelly (DII) | Rowan A (DII) | Lehigh B (DII) | 88 | 10 |
Jaden Bandy (DII) | Rutgers B | Penn A (DII) | 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 |