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A “fairy-tale” told in this book concerns a prince of Kif who makes good on his threat to run over people in the way of his Rolls-Royce. The last word of this book’s title is swapped with “Furies” in the title of an oral history by Nisid Hajari. When his wife is offended by remarks about her name in this novel, its narrator pens a “paean to Dung.” The protagonist of this novel, who recalls the memory of a fisherman’s pointing finger, describes creating jars labelled with the names of this novel’s chapters in a closing passage that introduced the coinage (*) “chutnification.” This “Booker of the Bookers” winning (-5[1])novel’s frame story is set in the Braganza Pickle Factory owned by Mary Pereira, who switches the name-tag of this (10[1])novel’s protagonist at birth with that of his large-kneed rival Shiva. (10[1])For 10 points, name this novel narrated by Saleem Sinai (10[1])and written by Salman Rushdie. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Midnight’s Children
<Literature - World Literature - Long Fiction>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Aaron Dos RemediosModerator Can't Neg me While in AlphaYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit107-5
Adrian WongThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers12710
Henry AtkinsCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere13810
Benjamin ChapmanSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up 14810
Jared HeYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha15310
Maude-Sophie Lockmanas rational as the square root of two power bottomsTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken15410

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%0%0%111.67
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y5100%0%20%144.00
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y6100%17%0%109.83
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%33%0%107.00
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%33%0%94.00