Question
A character in this story is placed behind a high green folding screen so that “privacy and society” could be conjoined. In an area that is “as deserted as Petra” on a Sunday, this story’s narrator is distressed to discover a “sole spectator of a solitude” keeping a blanket under a desk. An elderly man in this story repeatedly mentions being held in high opinion by John Jacob Astor and cries “Ah, Humanity” when a character dies after being sent to the (*) Tombs for vagrancy. In this story from the Piazza Tales, Turkey, Nippers, and Ginger Nut are vexed by an employee’s refusal to copy legal documents. For 10 points, a clerk who frequently responds with “I would prefer not to” titles what “Story of Wall Street” by Herman Melville? ■END■
ANSWER: “Bartleby the Scrivener” [or “Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street”]
<Literature - American Literature>
= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Caleb Ott | Waterloo Bust | Toronto Tony Jingyu Chen eats quizbowl | 91 | 10 |
Raymond Chen | Toronto Penguin World War | Waterloo Cali | 95 | 10 |
Gareth Thorlakson | Toronto Sprout | Toronto Pilk | 96 | 10 |
Ishan Joshi | Ottawa | Toronto cDNA | 109 | 10 |
Summary
2024 Booster Shot (Columbia) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 100% | 50% | 17% | 81.33 |
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 4 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 97.75 |
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt) | 03/02/2024 | Y | 3 | 33% | 0% | 33% | 90.00 |
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 6 | 100% | 67% | 0% | 78.50 |
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 1 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 36.00 |
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 3 | 100% | 33% | 33% | 100.67 |