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To entertain a sick boy, the protagonist of this novel reads the book A Bishop among the Bantus and pretends it’s about pirates. Near the end of Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah, when Ifemelu reunites with Obinze, they discuss this novel, his mother’s favorite. This novel’s (-5[1])protagonist is haunted by the signature “Dicky” on a suicide note and imagines the word “Ticki,” the pet name his wife calls him, in its place. During an interview in Chinua Achebe’s No Longer (15[1])at Ease, Obi humorously says that this novel was ruined by its “happy ending.” In this novel, the (*) agent Wilson despises the protagonist for having an affair with Helen Rolt. Soon after his servant Ali is killed due to his dealings with the diamond smuggler Yusuf, the protagonist of this novel, a police officer, commits suicide. For 10 points, Major Henry Scobie is the protagonist of what novel by Graham Greene set in West Africa? ■END■ (0[4])

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<Literature - British Literature - Long Fiction>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Raymond ChenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfereas rational as the square root of two power bottoms43-5
Mattias EhatammYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country7715
Caleb OttTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha1530
Maude-Sophie Lockmanas rational as the square root of two power bottomsShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere1530
Adil HaiderThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up 1530
Erik ChristensenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up The Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange1530

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2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y333%0%67%117.00
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2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y367%0%0%135.00