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In this novel, a character differentiates her husband from a house servant by respectively referring to them as “My Jim” and “Our Jim.” A character in this novel introduces himself to an assistant in a mismatched suit that he mistakes for a chief. Two characters in this novel briefly attend a party featuring a man who plays records out of a red box. During that gumba-gumba, a shotgun (-5[1])earlier used to hunt two warthogs is stolen by Daniel to join rebel fighters. This novel ends with the protagonist running towards a helicopter (10[3])the day (10[1])after accusing (10[1])her former servant of pretending to be a (10[1])“big man” by keeping the keys to a yellow bakkie truck. For 10 points, the title character helps Bam and Maureen Smales escape a violent apartheid-ending uprising in what novel by Nadine Gordimer? ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

ANSWER: July’s People
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Brandon HuntAuburn CGeorgia Tech E67-5
Henry BylinowskiAuburn AGeorgia Tech C9110
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech DEmory B9110
Alex WyrickTennesse AGeorgia Tech F9110
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech BAuburn B9310
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech AClemson A9510
Will LockeTennesse BSouth Carolina A10310
Britton WebsterAlabama AEmory A1370
Luke ZhangEmory AAlabama A1370
Alex ThomasGeorgia Tech EAuburn C13710

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2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%91.00
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y888%0%13%100.14
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y5100%0%40%118.20
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y8100%0%13%93.63
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%100.33
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida2024-11-16Y580%0%0%111.50
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford2024-11-16Y1070%0%0%104.43