Question

In a story titled for this kind of person, the protagonist steps out her front door one night and sees a horse pulling a rickety wagon slip on ice and fall down right in front of her. In a novel whose title refers to the protagonist as this kind of person, the protagonist is told to “cultivate some inhibitions” by Sigmund Freud. A story titled for this kind of person ends after the protagonist is told to “cheer up” by the black maid Nettie after she gives the toast “Here’s (*) mud in your eye.” This is the [emphasize] second type of person in the title of a novel whose protagonist tricks men like Francis Beekman with her friend Dorothy Shaw. Two vials of veronal are used in an attempted suicide by Hazel Morse in a story (-5[1])titled for a “big” one of (10[1])these (-5[1])people written by Dorothy Parker. For 10 points, Lorelei Lee is the protagonist of a novel by Anita Loos titled Gentlemen Prefer (10[1])what type of women? (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: blonde [accept “Big Blonde”; prompt on big by asking “how else does the title describe the protagonist?”; accept Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]
<Literature - American Literature - Short Fiction>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Eshan Pantjust one more half-dot brojeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club135-5
John LawrenceWalston et. al.12 Litres of Green Tea14110
Hazel Depreist-SullivanNJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess)Cope is the thing with feathers142-5
Halle Friedmanjeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan clubjust one more half-dot bro16410
Ryan RosenbergCope is the thing with feathersNJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess)16810

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2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%0%0%106.33
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y5100%0%40%151.60
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y6100%0%33%162.17
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%0%67%157.67
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%0%0%158.00