Question

In a story, a woman is unnerved by her ability to manipulate one of these things belonging to Sgt. Derek Zeiger, causing him to forget seeing the red wire that led to his friend’s death. Beverly uses a controversial therapy to change one of these things in Karen Russell’s “The New Veterans.” A man keeps seeing one of these things, as well as his shoes on fire under a burning tree, while trying to sleep on a mission cot after surviving a tractor accident. A man who goes by the (*) initials “O.E.” looks at a picture of one of these things and sees a pair of “still, straight, all-demanding” eyes in a “flat, stern, Byzantine” face. A set of these things created by a time-traveling woman appears in the frame story of a collection (10[1]-5[1])that includes “The Long Rain.” (10[3])For 10 points, (10[2])what images (10[2])central to Flannery (10[1])O’Connor’s story “Parker’s Back” (10[1])also appear (10[1])on Ray (10[1])Bradbury’s “Illustrated Man”? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: tattoos [prompt on pictures, images, or synonyms; prompt on eyes or faces; prompt on answers like flashbacks or memories by asking “what is the physical representation of that memory?”]
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Summary

2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y13100%0%8%144.23

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Mike CheyneThe Oldest Men in the Worldit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown13310
Joy AnThe Jeam Teamvar merchants133-5
Mitch McCullarAre You There, Chat? It's Me, MargaretA Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence13810
Kevin YeBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago BoyBHSU B13810
Emmett LaurieI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)Read slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A13810
Arya KarthikCharlotte's Moderately Successful TeamWe Need New Names14110
Jim FanMindgoblin of Little HobbesFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!14110
Rob CarsonPunished "Venom" BHSULying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago14310
Amogh KulkarniAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUHsticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone14310
Hazel DePriest-SullivanNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)The Dyatlov Passement incident14610
Cindy GaoNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)There are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see15010
Henry AtkinsThe Empire Bikes BackSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE15210
Joel MilesGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeerwhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anything15410
Rohan Khervar merchantsThe Jeam Team15810