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An author from this country is warned “pride goeth before a fall” and told to pray for forgiveness after telling her teacher she wanted to write like Wordsworth. After the death of her father seventeen years prior, (-5[1])a travel author wrote about exploring a deserted amusement park in this country in the book Looking for Transwonderland. An epistolary essay by an author from this country uses the example of Theresa May and her husband to argue against “Feminism Lite” in one of its (*) fifteen title “suggestions.” An author from this country described herself as a “feminist with a small ‘f’” in an essay recounting her education prior to writing her novel Second Class Citizen. An author from this country noted “there’s a problem with gender as it is today” (10[1])in a book adapted from a TED talk. (10[2])For 10 (10[1])points, name this home country of the author of We Should All Be Feminists, (10[1])Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. ■END■

ANSWER: Nigeria [or Federal Republic of Nigeria; or Najeriya; or Naìjíríyà] (The unnamed authors are Buchi Emecheta and Noo Saro-Wiwa.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Yihong ChenModerator Can't Neg me While in AlphaThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange36-5
Erik ChristensenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers12810
Gareth ThorlaksonSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country13610
Mattias EhatammYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitas rational as the square root of two power bottoms13610
Raymond ChenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA InterfereTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken13810
Adrian WongThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha15210

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2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%33%0%81.33
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y5100%0%20%138.00
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y6100%17%17%123.00
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%0%0%110.67