Question

This person warned of “gradual moral ruin” from contact with “the child of nature” in On the Edge of the Primeval Forest. This person’s view that a “disordered society” demands “fundamental rights be abridged” informed Lorraine Hansberry’s portrayal of Torvald Neilsen in Les Blancs. This person, who was lionized by W. Eugene Smith’s Life photo-essay “A Man of Mercy,” was quoted by Chinua Achebe as calling the “African” “my junior brother.” (10[1])This man (10[1])lectured on the “problems of peace” and funded a leprosarium after he won the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for a philosophy of “reverence (10[1])for life.” (10[1])In (10[1])his autobiography Out of My Life and Thought, this “great white doctor” described (10[1])treating dysentery at his Paris Missionary Society (10[1])hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon. (10[1])For 10 points, what (-5[1])Alsatian (10[1])theologian wrote The Quest (10[1])of the Historical Jesus? ■END■ (10[2]0[8])

ANSWER: Albert Schweitzer [or Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer; accept Albert Schweitzer Hospital]
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2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y1771%0%6%109.42

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AJohns Hopkins7010
Todd MaslykMichiganCornell A7210
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BNorth Carolina A9510
Joseph ChambersVirginiaKentucky9710
Joel MilesMinnesota ABrown9810
Shiv SeshanChicago DWaterloo11110
Liam StarnesChicago CClaremont Colleges11810
Matt JacksonChicago AWUSTL B12210
Ashish SubramanianDukeChicago B126-5
Sam BakerMcGillColumbia A12710
Chris SimsNorthwesternTruman State13110
Ivvone ZhouNorth Carolina BColumbia B1360
Jack RadoColumbia BNorth Carolina B1360
John MarvinChicago BDuke1360
Quentin MotGeorgia TechArizona State13610
Sky LiToronto AIndiana1360
Quynh PhungPurdueMaryland1360
Caleb KendrickMarylandPurdue1360
Ben WismathToronto BBerkeley A1360
Nathaniel HullBerkeley AToronto B1360
Tim MorrisonStanfordYale B13610