Question
This author modified a Quranic term for revelations called “amthal” for a concept of limit testing. Lesley Blanch’s book The Sabres of Paradise inspired this author’s usage of Caucasian customs such as a double-bladed knife called a kindjal. Car repair manual company Chilton Books published this author, who named a fictional event after “Darwin Among the Machines” author Samuel (*) Butler. This author created a series of creatures after watching maggots eat away at psychedelic mushrooms. This author was inspired by environmental stabilization projects in an Oregon national park to depict the terraforming efforts of Indigenous people called Fremen (“FREH-men”). Oil is analogized to a resource called “spice” in a 1965 novel by this author set on the planet of Arrakis. For 10 points, name this author of Dune. ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Sasha Fillbrandt | Paddington in Peru (2024) | The cult of SGA | 46 | 15 |
Aryan Desarapu | bingy academy | In the Mood for Buzz | 62 | 10 |
Andrew Zeng | Madmen and Specialists | she limp on my waltz till i feel pathetique | 74 | 10 |
Owen Riley | Toyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming Titans | Old and Young | 100 | 10 |
Denis Liu | ASU->Stanford->ASU pipeline | Social credit go vroom | 105 | 10 |
Summary
2024 ARCADIA at Claremont | 2024-11-02 | Y | 3 | 100% | 67% | 0% | 60.33 |
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 4 | 75% | 25% | 25% | 57.00 |
2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo | 2024-11-09 | Y | 5 | 100% | 40% | 0% | 75.60 |
2024 ARCADIA at Penn State | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 112.50 |
2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech | 2024-12-06 | Y | 4 | 100% | 0% | 25% | 94.00 |
2024 ARCADIA at BU | 2024-12-06 | Y | 8 | 100% | 13% | 0% | 71.13 |
2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 20% | 94.60 |
2024 ARCADIA at Warwick | 2024-12-06 | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 60% | 99.80 |
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 108.50 |
2024 ARCADIA at Duke | 2024-12-06 | Y | 3 | 100% | 33% | 0% | 68.67 |
2024 ARCADIA at Missouri S&T | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 103.00 |
2024 ARCADIA Online | 2025-05-17 | Y | 5 | 100% | 20% | 0% | 77.40 |