Question

Frank reveals his intent to leave his wife Nancy for a person with this job, then orders four stacks of pancakes for his gluttonous friend Tub, near the end of Tobias Wolff’s story “Hunters in the Snow.” A character with this job examines herself in the mirror after putting on a pair of men’s underwear “about twenty sizes too big for her.” At a party, a man fantasizes about a person with this job while the other guests baste his wife with butter to slip her back into her girdle. In a story first published in (*) Pricksongs & Descants, a character with this job receives phone calls from teenagers (10[1])playing (-5[1])pinball at a drugstore. At the end of a story consisting of 108 often-contradictory episodes, (10[1])a character with this job either drowns in a bathtub or puts Jimmy (10[1])and Bitsy (-5[1])Tucker to sleep. For 10 points, a 16-year-old (-5[1])girl (10[1])with what job titles a story by Robert Coover? ■END■ (10[9]0[1])

ANSWER: babysitters [accept “The Babysitter”]
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Summary

2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y1493%0%21%149.15

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Taylor Harveysticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zonePunished "Venom" BHSU10810
Matt BollingerBHSU BWe Need New Names109-5
Henry GoffA Nervy Liberal Nanny HenceThe Dyatlov Passement incident12410
Milan FernandezThe Empire Bikes BackLMM's LLM MLM13710
Raymond WangAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUHLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago139-5
Nikhil DesaiFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!SAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE147-5
Dylan MinarikAre You There, Chat? It's Me, MargaretCharlotte's Moderately Successful Team14810
Rahul KeyalLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, ChicagoAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH1580
Matt WeinerSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUAREFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!15810
Fred GarveyLes MissourablesgenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet15810
Joy AnThe Jeam TeamMindgoblin of Little Hobbes15810
Stephen LiuLisan al-QuibNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)15810
Mike CheyneThe Oldest Men in the WorldRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A15810
Christopher SimsThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to seeGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer15810
Caleb KendrickWe Need New NamesBHSU B15810
Eve Fleisigit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brownI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)15810
Colin Stewartvar merchantsNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)15810