While leaving this city, the protagonist and her childhood friend Ida promise to “become adults as no one ever had before.” In a novel set in this city, the protagonist’s adulterous, academic parents are contrasted with her working-class aunt, who gives her a bracelet. A woman removes all her things and cuts herself out of photographs before vanishing from this city, as recounted in a phone call by (*) Rino to his mother’s friend. The arrival of two dolls in the mail ends a series about two girls who grew up in this city, where they were terrorised by the Solaras. A novel set in this city, The Lying Lives of Adults, was written by a pseudonymous author who recounted Lenù and Lila’s childhood in this city. For 10 points, the novel My Brilliant Friend begins an Elena Ferrante quartet set in what Italian city? ■END■
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antoni Kluzowski | The Bit and the Penndulum | Hail to the Sheaf | 60 | -5 |
| Joseph Krol | To buzz is to be perceived | Knorr Stock Clue | 67 | 15 |
| Omer Keskin | Penn and the Art of Tossup-Bonus cycle Maintenance | Burnaburiash's Lapis Lazuli | 68 | 10 |
| Andrei Hui | question mark | Bristold | 84 | 10 |
| Joey Goldman | Washed Scrubs | Chimp Brisket | 91 | 10 |
| Jon Violet | 1. Wawa 2. Blank Street 151. Black Sheep at Kings Cross rail | Coughing Baby | 114 | 10 |
| Robert Crawley | Paul Quifford, or, It Was a Dark and Stormy Tournament | Galactic Ombudsmen | 132 | 10 |
| Abdelrahman Elsisi | why is it called a score clue if nobody scores points on it | Of Mice and Penn | 133 | 10 |
| Philip Jordan | Quiztian Bale in Ratman Begins | Alas poor Warwick, I knew him Edinburgh | 137 | 10 |
| Vivek Sasse | Hail to the Sheaf | The Bit and the Penndulum | 144 | 10 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - Stanford | 10/25/25 | Y | 4 | 100% | 25% | 0% | 76.00 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - Northwestern | 10/25/25 | Y | 4 | 100% | 25% | 0% | 87.00 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - Mainsite (UPenn) | 11/01/25 | Y | 6 | 100% | 17% | 17% | 115.33 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - BU | 11/01/25 | Y | 4 | 75% | 0% | 0% | 93.33 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - CWRU | 11/01/25 | Y | 3 | 33% | 33% | 33% | 59.00 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - UNC | 11/01/25 | Y | 3 | 100% | 67% | 0% | 67.67 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - WashU | 11/01/25 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 89.50 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - Ottawa | 11/01/25 | Y | 7 | 86% | 0% | 14% | 105.33 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - UK | 11/01/25 | Y | 9 | 100% | 11% | 11% | 107.78 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - Online | 11/08/25 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 118.00 |
| 2025 Penn Bowl - Murray State | 11/08/25 | Y | 2 | 100% | 50% | 0% | 75.50 |