Question

This character, who reads a book by counting 50-page blocks, seems to say “it’s a mutual, joint-stock world” after he saves a drowning “bumpkin.” While everyone else reads marble memorial tablets, this character alone notices a man who fears that two horns portend their gallows. An “attendant” imagines himself as the Loom of Time’s shuttle as this man weaves a mat with a sword. This man’s head is compared to George Washington’s by the narrator, (10[3])who opens this man’s door in panic after he locks it to fast during his “Ramadan.” (10[1])This prince of Rokovoko, (10[1]-5[1])who smokes a tomahawk-pipe, presses (10[1])his forehead to the narrator’s and declares (10[1])them “married,” (10[2])after (10[1])which they (10[1])jointly worship his black idol Yojo and make a “cosy, loving (10[1])pair” (10[2])in a bed at the Spouter Inn. (10[3]-5[1])For 10 points, the narrator becomes “bosom friends” with what tattooed harpooner in Moby-Dick? (10[2])■END■ (10[1])

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2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y20100%0%10%111.90

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Wenying WuToronto AKentucky7410
Matt JacksonChicago ASouth Carolina7410
Ben SterlingYale BVanderbilt7410
Andrew HannaPennMaryland9010
Eshan PantNYUJohns Hopkins94-5
Eve FleisigBerkeley ANorth Carolina B9410
James StevensonMichiganColumbia B9910
Hayden PratherFloridaIndiana10610
Tim MorrisonStanfordNorthwestern10810
Ben DahlPurdueTruman State10810
Jisoo YooTexasCornell B10910
Ishan JoshiOttawaIllinois11110
Nermeen RahmanChicago CMinnesota A12210
Kevin ParkClaremont CollegesColumbia A12310
Jim FanNorth Carolina AVirginia12310
Nathan ZhangCornell AToronto B13010
Aum MundheRutgersHarvard13010
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BDuke13010
Karsten RynearsonYale AWUSTL B130-5
Jason HongBrownMcGill14410
Neal JoshiWUSTL BYale A14410
David BassJohns HopkinsNYU14510