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In a novel titled for this concept, workers unearth a corpse with two-century-old copper hair inside the Convent of Saint Clara. In that novel titled for this (15[1])concept, the Marquis de Casualdero abandons Sierva Maria, who contracts rabies but falls for Cayetano de Laura. A character in a novel whose title starts with this concept seduces America Vicuna, who later commits suicide. This concept opens the title of a novel in which a character processes the death of the (*) chess player (10[1])Jeremiah before failing to rescue a (10[1])parrot from a (10[1])tree. This (10[1])concept is paired with “Other Demons” in the title of a 1994 novel by a Colombian author. While aboard the New Fidelity, a character in a novel titled for this concept raises a yellow flag to signal a quarantine. (10[1])Florentino Ariza pursues Fermina Daza in a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel titled, for 10 points, what concept in the Time of Cholera? ■END■

ANSWER: love [or Of Love and Other Demons; or Love in the Time of Cholera; or amor]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Annabelle YangWUSTLMichigan C2715
Yashwanth BajjiMichigan ACase Western8110
Andrew ZengStanfordOhio8710
Teigue KellyPenn State AVassar9010
Guy IndoranteIowa StateMichigan B9210
Graham TroyNorth CarolinaPenn State B13110

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2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y6100%17%17%112.83
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%0%0%114.75
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y4100%0%50%129.75
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y6100%17%0%84.67
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y2100%0%0%111.00