Question

A poem by this author opens, “Some men like Jack and some like Jill / I’m glad that I like them both.” This author translated part of a Du Fu poem as “Drifting, what am I like? A gull between earth and sky” in the collection Three Chinese Poets. In a novel by this author, (10[1])a lawyer who owns the despised cat Charlemagne answers a classified ad in which the drummer for the band Liquid Sheep calls her ex a “well-rounded and well-meaning square.” This author used rhyming couplets for the table (10[1])of contents of (-5[1])a novel in which a student turns down a cricketer for a shoe manufacturer. This author wrote a novel about San Francisco yuppies entirely in Onegin stanzas, and a long novel (10[1])in which Rupa Mehra seeks a husband for her daughter Lata (“LUH-tah”). For 10 points, (10[1])name this author of The (10[1])Golden Gate (10[1])and A Suitable Boy. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Vikram Seth
<World Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Enoch YuenImperial AImperial B5410
Omer KeskinOxford ACambridge A9110
Parth JagtapEdinburghDurham A94-5
Nick PruittKCLDurham B12510
Andrei HuiCambridge CBristol13910
Ian DewanKielOxford C14410
Ella WardeOxford BSheffield14610
Conrad FreidsonWarwickCambridge B15010
Michael KohnDurham AEdinburgh15110

Summary

2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska01/27/2024Y683%0%17%116.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial01/27/2024Y8100%0%13%125.00