Question

This author claimed that his “prettiest contribution” was his master’s thesis on the “Shapes of Stories” in his memoir Palm Sunday. Harry takes on different personas (10[1])based on his acting role in this author’s story “Who Am I This Time?”, which appears in a collection whose title story is about a society with (10[1])“Ethical Suicide Parlors.” This author wrote a story in which the title character shouts, “I am the Emperor!” to a ballet and a man winces at a “twenty-one-gun salute” in his head. This author’s collection Welcome (10[1])to the (10[1])Monkey House includes a story set when “everybody was finally equal” in which the Handicapper General shoots the title 14-year-old prison escapee. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this (-5[1])author of “Harrison Bergeron,” who also wrote about the firebombing of Dresden (10[1])in Slaughterhouse-Five. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Kurt Vonnegut [or Kurt Vonnegut Jr.]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Michael WuSouthampton BOxford B2510
Cormac BeirneLSE AOxford A5210
Arvin BoraghiCambridge CManchester8810
Lucas JohnsWarwick AImperial B9010
Zayyan MahmoodSouthampton ACambridge D112-5
Tom HainesDurhamBirmingham117-5
Ben LaFondCambridge BImperial A12910
Brendan BethlehemCambridge ABristol A13110
Ben AtchisonCambridge DSouthampton A13210
Faiz AhmedBirminghamDurham13210

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2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y7100%0%0%76.71
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y9100%0%11%72.00
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y9100%0%0%68.00
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y786%0%14%88.50
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida2024-11-16Y4100%0%50%116.75
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford2024-11-16Y8100%0%25%97.38