One of this author’s characters frames a letter from Maxim Gorky after publishing a novel about a boy who is abducted by a seaweed-like extraterrestrial. In a novel by this author, a former architect designs the cover of the literary magazine Lee Harvey Oswald, which contained poems from the architect’s “poetess” daughters Angelíca (“ahn-heh-LEE-kah”) and María. In a novel by this author, Liz (*) Norton returns to the wheelchair-using Piero Morini, ending their initial search for the pseudonymous author Hans Reiter. In another novel by this author, Ulises Lima and Arturo search for Cesárea Tinajero (“say-SAH-ray-uh tee-nah-HEY-roe”), the mysterious founder of Visceral Realism. For 10 points, name this Chilean novelist who wrote 2666 and The Savage Detectives. ■END■
| 2025 Penn Bowl - Stanford | 10/25/25 | Y | 4 | 75% | 25% | 25% | 72.67 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - Northwestern | 10/25/25 | Y | 4 | 75% | 25% | 0% | 67.00 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - Mainsite (UPenn) | 11/01/25 | Y | 6 | 67% | 17% | 33% | 79.00 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - BU | 11/01/25 | Y | 4 | 100% | 0% | 25% | 106.25 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - CWRU | 11/01/25 | Y | 3 | 100% | 33% | 0% | 82.00 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - UNC | 11/01/25 | Y | 3 | 67% | 0% | 33% | 98.00 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - WashU | 11/01/25 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 98.00 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - Ottawa | 11/01/25 | Y | 7 | 71% | 0% | 29% | 92.60 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - UK | 11/01/25 | Y | 9 | 100% | 11% | 33% | 92.00 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - Online | 11/08/25 | Y | 2 | 100% | 50% | 0% | 65.00 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - Murray State | 11/08/25 | Y | 2 | 50% | 0% | 50% | 92.00 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daoud Jackson | To buzz is to be perceived | Alas poor Warwick, I knew him Edinburgh | 43 | 15 |
| Jon Violet | 1. Wawa 2. Blank Street 151. Black Sheep at Kings Cross rail | Hail to the Sheaf | 52 | -5 |
| Abdelrahman Elsisi | why is it called a score clue if nobody scores points on it | Burnaburiash's Lapis Lazuli | 76 | -5 |
| Omer Keskin | Penn and the Art of Tossup-Bonus cycle Maintenance | Quiztian Bale in Ratman Begins | 78 | 10 |
| Andrei Hui | question mark | Washed Scrubs | 78 | 10 |
| Antoni Kluzowski | The Bit and the Penndulum | Knorr Stock Clue | 88 | 10 |
| Michael Wu | Coughing Baby | Galactic Ombudsmen | 98 | -5 |
| Ben Russell Jones | Burnaburiash's Lapis Lazuli | why is it called a score clue if nobody scores points on it | 98 | 10 |
| Oscar O’Flanagan | Chimp Brisket | Bristold | 108 | 10 |
| Charlie Lowman | Paul Quifford, or, It Was a Dark and Stormy Tournament | Of Mice and Penn | 109 | 10 |
| Daniel Hobba | Galactic Ombudsmen | Coughing Baby | 113 | 10 |
| Oliver Hargrave | Hail to the Sheaf | 1. Wawa 2. Blank Street 151. Black Sheep at Kings Cross rail | 113 | 10 |