Question

An author with this first name wrote a novel about a brewer’s son who falls in with the hunchbacked Putricides and the seductive Princess di Ticonderoga. In a novel by an author with this first name, a man gives a speech that claims, “We have no need of other worlds. We need mirrors.” An author with this first name wrote a novel in which Zip succumbs to the soma-like Murti-Bing pill amid a Chinese (15[1])invasion. The first chapter of (*) The Captive Mind discusses (-5[1])that novel by (10[1])an author nicknamed “Witkacy” (“VEET-kotz-eh”) with this first name, titled Insatiability. An author with this first name wrote a novel whose protagonist arrives at a research site after the suicide of Gibarian, where he meets Snaut, Sartorius, and a copy of his (-5[1])dead wife. In that novel, Kris Kelvin investigates (-5[1])a sentient (10[1])ocean (10[1])on the title planet. For 10 points, give this first name of the Polish author of Solaris. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Stanisław [accept Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz; accept Stanisław Lem]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt JacksonChicago A Minus MinusBHSU7315
John LawrenceNoli Me TangerineCharlotte Mewing to get that chiseled farmer’s bride jawline82-5
Tanis Nielsenpurdoobie brothersChicago B8510
Nick Jensen>:3Nobodaddy but you126-5
Charles HangOh the MissouriMichigan134-5
Michael Hunding2 days into college and I'm 3 lectures behindmalcolm in the middlemarch (Purdue 1)13610
Mitch McCullarNobodaddy but you>:313710
Yashwanth BajjiMichiganOh the Missouri1550
Taylor HarveyCharlotte Mewing to get that chiseled farmer’s bride jawlineNoli Me Tangerine15510

Summary

2024 ESPN @ Chicago03/23/2024Y683%17%50%117.20
2024 ESPN @ Columbia03/23/2024Y786%29%29%124.67
2024 ESPN @ Brown04/06/2024Y367%0%0%128.00
2024 ESPN @ Cambridge04/06/2024Y250%0%50%141.00
2024 ESPN @ Online06/01/2024Y4100%25%25%117.75