Question

While in this location, a character identifies several objects in need of “a little rhubarb to purge their excess of bile.” When a woman enters this location, she rushes out and returns with holy water and a sprinkler to exorcise the spirits. A seated man in this location who is surrounded by various creatures appears above a caption about a “world of disorderly notions” in an engraving by Gustave Doré. That man is told by his niece that a (*) magician entered this location in a cloud and stole from it in order to conceal the real reason that the entrance to this place (-5[1])has been plastered shut. Tirant lo Blanch is among the items spared when a priest and a barber set fire to many objects from this location (10[1])in an attempt to end a man’s delusions of grandeur. For 10 points, the book La (10[1])Galatea is found in what room owned by a knight-errant in a Miguel de Cervantes novel? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Don Quixote’s library [or Don Quixote’s study; accept equivalents such as the library in Don Quixote; prompt on library or study by asking “belonging to whom?”; prompt on Don Quixote’s house or equivalents]
<Morrison, Long Fiction>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
King VidorHouston Junior CollegeWorld's Fair Wiggle Walk102-5
Owen RileyRiley et al.The Present King of James is Bald12810
Jason ChengFree-ish AgentsCleo: 5/7 movie14410
Mike BentleyWorld's Fair Wiggle WalkHouston Junior College16110

Summary

2024 ESPN @ Chicago03/23/2024Y683%0%33%129.00
2024 ESPN @ Columbia03/23/2024Y6100%0%0%119.17
2024 ESPN @ Duke03/23/2024Y2100%0%0%126.50
2024 ESPN @ Brown04/06/2024Y1100%0%0%152.00
2024 ESPN @ Brown04/06/2024Y3100%0%33%146.67
2024 ESPN @ Cambridge04/06/2024Y2100%0%50%146.50
2024 ESPN @ Online06/01/2024Y3100%0%33%144.33