Question

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 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 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 (10[1])dealings with the diamond smuggler Yusuf, the protagonist of this (-5[1])novel, a police officer, commits suicide. For 10 points, Major Henry Scobie is (-5[1])the protagonist of what novel by Graham Greene set in West Africa? ■END■ (0[2])

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<Literature - British Literature - Long Fiction>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Eve FleisigBerkeleyWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?11710
Neil GurramA is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairsStanford+127-5
Hari ParameswaranCry of the Common Loonnumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku140-5
Tim MorrisonStanford+A is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs1530
Ryan Sunnumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haikuCry of the Common Loon1530

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y333%0%67%117.00
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y425%25%25%77.00
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y650%0%17%133.33
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y367%0%33%147.50
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y367%0%0%135.00