Question

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, a travel author wrote about exploring a deserted amusement park in this country in the book Looking for Transwonderland. An epistolary essay (15[1])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 (10[1])“suggestions.” An author from this country described herself as a “feminist with a small ‘f’” in an essay (10[1])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” in a book adapted from a TED talk. For 10 points, name this home country of the author of We Should All Be Feminists, 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
Taylor HarveyCry of the Common LoonStanford+5815
Jason GolfinosWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?A is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs8410
Vincent Dunumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haikuBerkeley10210

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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