Question
In one of this author’s stories, a detective’s over-complication of a murder case results in his entrapment and death by the criminal Red Scharlach. In another story, this author used the phrase “upward behind the onstreaming it mooned” to illustrate the lack of nouns in an imaginary language. This author of Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius (“t’LERN UCK-bar OR-biss TER-shuss”) wrote of characters going insane after looking for prophetic works called “Vindications.” In that story, this author described the Purifiers’ frantic search for a Crimson Hexagon in a library containing all possible 410-page books. For 10 points, The Library of Babel is by what Argentine short-story writer? ■END■
ANSWER: Jorge Luis Borges (The first line is from Death and the Compass.)
<World Literature>
= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Carson Kessler | UW Lust | UW Envy | 51 | 10 |
Erin Chen | UBC B | UBC A | 53 | 10 |
James O'Reilly | Arizona State B | Arizona State A | 54 | 10 |
Luke Strole | UW Pride | UW Wrath | 84 | 10 |
Beck Faletti | UW Gluttony | UW Greed | 86 | 10 |
Liam Markland | Alberta | UW Chastity | 99 | -5 |
Euan McCubbin | UW Chastity | Alberta | 102 | 10 |
Stella Brown | UW Sloth | Boise State | 102 | 0 |
Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 74.44 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 7 | 86% | 0% | 14% | 71.67 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 11 | 100% | 0% | 9% | 78.36 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 8 | 88% | 0% | 0% | 68.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 7 | 100% | 0% | 14% | 71.57 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 70.60 |