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One of these objects title a novel in which Reno befriends a Moto Valera crew that she enlisted to help (15[1])photograph motorcycle tracks in the Bonneville Salt Flats. One of these objects is compared to a “great python” spitting venom as a man holding it feels like “an amazing (15[1])conductor playing all the symphonies.” A character orders “Your house, your clean-up” before forcing a man suspected of speaking through “audio-capsule” with (*) Faber to use one of these tools. This is the main tool (10[1])of a profession whose old purpose was made obsolete by better building materials and which travels around in vehicles called salamanders. A mechanical Hound acquires a scent from one of these tools after it is used to kill Captain Beatty. For 10 points, name this tool used by firemen like Guy Montag (10[1])to destroy books in Fahrenheit 451. ■END■

ANSWER: flamethrowers [accept The Flamethrowers; prompt on fire or flames]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ned TagtmeierChicago ANotre Dame1915
Michael HundingIllinois OrangeIllinois Blue4815
David NickelPurdue BChicago B8210
Ryan HappelSIUEPurdue A13410

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