Question

This sort of place titles a short story in which a laborer and a street-cleaner both get stomach poisoning after eating mushrooms by a tram stop. A short story collection subtitled for “seasons” in this sort of place is structured as five years of Marcovaldo’s life. In a book (15[1])titled for these places, (15[2])a man asks, “Why do you speak to me of the stones? It is only the arch that matters,” to which his companion replies, “Without stones there is no arch.” A book named for these places ends with the narrator outlining two ways to escape suffering in “the (*) inferno of the living.” The “hooded brothers” duplicate one of these places underground by posing corpses. These places are paired with “Memory,” “Desire,” and “Signs” in the chapter titles of a novel (10[1])in which they have (10[1])female names (10[3])like (10[2])Eusapia (10[3])and Diomira. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])Marco Polo tells Kublai Khan about what title places of an Italo Calvino novel? ■END■

ANSWER: cities [or the city; “Mushrooms in the City” or “Funghi in città”; accept Invisible Cities or Le città invisibili]
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2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y15100%20%0%121.27

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nikhil DesaiFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!Les Missourables4815
Nick JensenLMM's LLM MLMBHSU B5215
Stephen LiuLisan al-QuibLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago5215
Sinecio MoralesCharlotte's Moderately Successful TeamThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see13210
Nathan ZhangAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUHThe Oldest Men in the World13610
Andrew WangPunished "Venom" BHSUA Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence13810
Kenji ShimizuI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)We Need New Names13810
Eve Fleisigit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brownsticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone13810
Henry AtkinsThe Empire Bikes BackThe Dyatlov Passement incident13910
Ned TagtmeierBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago BoygenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet13910
Mitch McCullarAre You There, Chat? It's Me, MargaretNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)14010
Cindy GaoNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)Mindgoblin of Little Hobbes14010
Joy AnThe Jeam TeamSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE14010
Chinmay Kansarawhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anythingvar merchants14210
Ethan AshbrookGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood VermeerRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A14510