A character created by this author titles an essay in which Michael Moorcock compares conservative fantasy writers like J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis to this author’s work. P. G. Wodehouse parodied this author as the neglectful father Rodney in response to this author’s criticism of Wodehouse’s broadcasts in Nazi Germany. Seven inconsistencies in a novel by this author are criticized in an essay that opens, “Fiction in any form has always intended to be realistic.” Robert Ablett’s death is investigated by (*) Tony Gillingham at a country house in a novel by this author that was criticized in Raymond Chandler’s essay “The Simple Art of Murder.” This author of The Red House Mystery adapted The Wind in the Willows into the play Toad of Toad Hall. For 10 points, name this creator of the Hundred-Acre Wood and Winnie-the-Pooh. ■END■
| 2025 Chicago Open | 2025-08-09 | Y | 12 | 100% | 33% | 33% | 102.67 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Atkins | No, explaining that your buzz came from watching an isekai is not "Proustian" | Thamos, King of Egypt: The Sahara of the Mozart | 24 | 15 |
| Tim Morrison | BHSU B | The Met on Laserdisc. Bravo! | 35 | 15 |
| Jordan Brownstein | I worship the Pyramid (abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard) | The RAND Coöperation | 77 | 15 |
| John Lawrence | Will They Ever Finish Bruckner’s Ninth Boulevard? | It's not X, but... defenders | 83 | 15 |
| Tracy Mirkin | Floridovician | BHSU X | 85 | -5 |
| Omkar Marathe | Halifax Shipping Services | The True Dharma Eye of the Juan Soto School | 98 | -5 |
| Rob Carson | BHSU X | Floridovician | 107 | 10 |
| Guy Indorante | Big is moving to Evanston! | Do re mi fa serving negs | 107 | 10 |
| JinAh Kim | The True Dharma Eye of the Juan Soto School | Halifax Shipping Services | 114 | 10 |
| Joy An | "real numbers are uncountable" factoid actually just statistical error. diagonal georg | "Real quiz bowl" only consists of the ACF academic pyramidal scene and the late 2010s NAQT scene. | 114 | -5 |
| Nathaniel Hull | Li Bai Chocolate Mushussu Pacha Latte | Broken Socal Scene | 124 | -5 |
| James Orefice | Enjoying the Hole Experience | Mumbo Jumbo Will Labubu | 130 | 10 |
| Anderson Wang | One Microscopic Pog in His Chat-astrophic Plan | Woke Michael Du be like "I'm a genders player" | 137 | 10 |
| Seth Ebner | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2k5, RNBQKBNR b Q - 99 66 | Please sir, may I have some morb? | 139 | 10 |
| Aseem Keyal | Broken Socal Scene | Li Bai Chocolate Mushussu Pacha Latte | 139 | 10 |
| Connor Mayers | "Real quiz bowl" only consists of the ACF academic pyramidal scene and the late 2010s NAQT scene. | "real numbers are uncountable" factoid actually just statistical error. diagonal georg | 140 | 10 |