A prologue by this author recounts the development of a joke in which passengers on a steamboat to Alexandria shout “Hans” after two Lebanese men humiliate the title “Tramp from Piraeus.” In a story by this author, a Zulu man spits in the face of a gay public official named Bobby who attempts to pick him up in a bar before being beaten at a checkpoint. Back-to-back stories in a collection by this author follow the insane Man-Man and the poet B. Wordsworth. The linked stories “One out of Many” and “Tell Me Who to Kill” appear in this author’s book In a Free State. The six-fingered title character of a novel by this author lives at the Hanuman House with the Tulsi family. For 10 points, name this Trinidadian author of Miguel Street and A House for Mr. Biswas. ■END■
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattias Ehatamm | Maryland A | NYU B | 67 | 10 |
| Eshan Pant | NYU A | Georgetown A | 82 | 10 |
| Sayan Chandaroy | UMBC A | Catholic University | 82 | 10 |
| Daniel Kim | Maryland B | Notre Dame E | 85 | 10 |
| Gabriel Avrahami | Georgetown B | George Mason C | 118 | 10 |
| Aditya Shivaswamy | Johns Hopkins A | Penn A | 123 | 10 |
| Matthew Bucek | George Mason A | George Washington B | 129 | 10 |
| Asher Lyons | Maryland D | George Washington A | 140 | 0 |
| Jarman Taylor | Johns Hopkins C | Penn B | 140 | 10 |
| Northern California | Main | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 93.00 |
| Southern California | Main | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 117.50 |
| Eastern Canada | Main | Y | 12 | 92% | 0% | 8% | 115.27 |
| Florida | Main | Y | 5 | 40% | 0% | 0% | 128.00 |
| Great Lakes | Main | Y | 7 | 86% | 0% | 14% | 108.50 |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | Main | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 117.40 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic (1) | Main | Y | 9 | 89% | 0% | 0% | 103.25 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic (2) | Main | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 118.40 |
| Lower Midwest | Main | Y | 4 | 100% | 0% | 25% | 123.00 |
| Lower Midwest | Main | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 92.00 |
| Upper Midwest | Main | Y | 11 | 91% | 0% | 9% | 100.30 |
| North | Main | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 113.50 |
| Northeast | Main | Y | 10 | 90% | 0% | 20% | 102.56 |
| Northwest | Main | Y | 4 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 87.75 |
| South Central | Main | Y | 8 | 88% | 0% | 0% | 111.86 |
| Southeast | Main | Y | 8 | 88% | 0% | 25% | 109.86 |
| UK | Main | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 82.00 |
| Upstate NY | Main | Y | 3 | 67% | 0% | 33% | 120.50 |