An early commentator on this work had a pseudonym meaning “Inkstone Studio.” John Minford helped complete the seminal English translation of this work by David Hawkes. A significant dispute in this work’s namesake “-ology” centers on whether its last forty chapters were a later addition to its first eighty chapters. Feminist criticism of this work often contrasts the female-dominated space of the Grand View Garden with the patriarchal outside world and discusses the 12 Beauties of Jīnlíng. In this novel, the Disenchantment Fairy is visited by a priest and a monk carrying the protagonist, who is reincarnated as a boy with a piece of jade in his mouth. For 10 points, the tragic love story of Jiǎ Bǎoyù and Lín Dàiyù is detailed in what classic Chinese novel? ■END■
| Northern California | Main | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 52.80 |
| Southern California | Main | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 82.00 |
| Eastern Canada | Main | Y | 12 | 92% | 0% | 33% | 77.00 |
| Florida | Main | Y | 6 | 33% | 0% | 0% | 117.50 |
| Great Lakes | Main | Y | 7 | 57% | 0% | 14% | 65.25 |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | Main | Y | 8 | 75% | 0% | 38% | 92.00 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic (1) | Main | Y | 10 | 90% | 0% | 10% | 81.78 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic (2) | Main | Y | 5 | 60% | 0% | 20% | 70.33 |
| Lower Midwest | Main | Y | 4 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 81.25 |
| North | Main | Y | 5 | 60% | 0% | 40% | 89.00 |
| Northeast | Main | Y | 12 | 100% | 0% | 8% | 76.92 |
| Northwest | Main | Y | 4 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 54.75 |
| South Central | Main | Y | 8 | 88% | 0% | 13% | 71.00 |
| Southeast | Main | Y | 8 | 75% | 0% | 13% | 72.17 |
| UK | Main | Y | 13 | 77% | 0% | 15% | 53.30 |
| Upstate NY | Main | Y | 4 | 75% | 0% | 25% | 121.00 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rayhana Amjad | Edinburgh A | Southampton A | 11 | 10 |
| Abdelrahman Elsisi | Sheffield A | Imperial A | 25 | 10 |
| Albert Nyang | LSE A | Birmingham A | 28 | -5 |
| Lovel Hearn | Edinburgh B | Oxford B | 33 | 10 |
| James Wong | Cambridge B | Warwick B | 33 | 10 |
| Elliot Cosnett | Oxford A | Cambridge C | 39 | 10 |
| CT Tang | Sheffield B | Durham A | 39 | 10 |
| Andrei Hui | Cambridge A | Bristol A | 40 | 10 |
| Antoni Kluzowski | Warwick A | Manchester A | 69 | 10 |
| Shlok Dev | LSE B | Durham B | 82 | -5 |
| Zachary Foster | City St George's A | Imperial C | 117 | 10 |
| Mikey Brown | Birmingham A | LSE A | 127 | 10 |
| Jake Wingfield | Bristol B | Cambridge D | 128 | 0 |
| Sam Eddon | Cambridge D | Bristol B | 128 | 0 |
| Jack Didsbury | Durham B | LSE B | 128 | 0 |
| Tevin Francis | Southampton B | Lancaster A | 128 | 0 |
| Eoin Neale | Lancaster A | Southampton B | 128 | 0 |