A poem by this author wishes that “the abode dressing in mourning open its door to the purple and ardent vibrating of your word.” Another poem by this author calls poets “heavenly lightning rods,” like “rustic peaks, breakwaters of eternities!” When this poet visits, the title character of The Autumn of the Patriarch asks how this poet can write so beautifully with the hand that wipes his ass. This poet’s line (*) “If Segismundo grieves, Hamlet feels it” is an epigraph for Giannina Braschi’s United States of Banana. This poet included “To King Oscar” and “Poets! Towers of God!” in his collection Songs of Life and Hope. This poet tells the addressee “you join the cult of Hercules and the cult of Mammon” in a poem that invokes the “voice of the Bible, or the verse of Walt Whitman.” For 10 points, name this poet of “To Roosevelt.” ■END■
| 2025 Chicago Open | 2025-08-09 | Y | 12 | 100% | 0% | 8% | 124.92 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Orefice | Enjoying the Hole Experience | The Met on Laserdisc. Bravo! | 67 | -5 |
| Anuttam Ramji | Li Bai Chocolate Mushussu Pacha Latte | One Microscopic Pog in His Chat-astrophic Plan | 97 | 10 |
| Mattias Ehatamm | Woke Michael Du be like "I'm a genders player" | BHSU X | 97 | 10 |
| Matt Bollinger | BHSU B | Floridovician | 105 | 10 |
| Stephen Liu | Will They Ever Finish Bruckner’s Ninth Boulevard? | I worship the Pyramid (abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard) | 114 | 10 |
| Jaimie Carlson | The True Dharma Eye of the Juan Soto School | "real numbers are uncountable" factoid actually just statistical error. diagonal georg | 116 | 10 |
| Mitch McCullar | Thamos, King of Egypt: The Sahara of the Mozart | "Real quiz bowl" only consists of the ACF academic pyramidal scene and the late 2010s NAQT scene. | 116 | 10 |
| Rahul Keyal | The RAND Coöperation | Halifax Shipping Services | 120 | 10 |
| Charles Hang | It's not X, but... defenders | Mumbo Jumbo Will Labubu | 146 | 10 |
| Guy Indorante | Big is moving to Evanston! | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2k5, RNBQKBNR b Q - 99 66 | 147 | 10 |
| Jason Cheng | Broken Socal Scene | No, explaining that your buzz came from watching an isekai is not "Proustian" | 147 | 10 |
| Henry Atkins | No, explaining that your buzz came from watching an isekai is not "Proustian" | Broken Socal Scene | 147 | 0 |
| Stephen Walsh | Do re mi fa serving negs | Please sir, may I have some morb? | 147 | 10 |
| Jerry Vinokurov | The Met on Laserdisc. Bravo! | Enjoying the Hole Experience | 147 | 10 |