Question

In an epilogue set in a movie theater in this city, a man loses his wedding ring, watch, and cufflinks between the legs of a woman he fondles. A novel set in this city that retells the killing of Trotsky in multiple styles also includes the wordplay-heavy dialogue of (-5[1])Bustrófedon. The gay poet José Cemí (“say-MEE”) grows up in this city in the 1977 novel Paradiso. An author who was (10[1])an exile to London wrote about his sexual exploits in this city in a novel published in English as [his name]’s Inferno, and used this city’s dialects in his Joycean novel Three Trapped Tigers. A poet born in this capital city wrote the collection Versos sencillos (10[1])(“sen-SEE-yohs”), which includes the poems “I Cultivate a White Rose” (10[2])and “Guantanamera.” (10[1])For 10 points, what capital city was the birthplace of José Martí? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Havana [or La Habana] (José Lezama Lima wrote Paradiso. Guillermo Cabrera Infante wrote Infante’s Inferno and Three Trapped Tigers.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ethan NewmanMichigan StateCarnegie Mellon A48-5
Yashwanth BajjiMichigan AMichigan D6810
Biyang ZhangMichigan BKenyon11410
Calvin BostlemanOhio State AMichigan C12310
Elie AounCase Western AOhio State B12310
Anthony YinCase Western BCarnegie Mellon B12510
Ryan JudgeCarnegie Mellon AMichigan State13810

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