Question

An author with this surname began his series The Great War of White Men with a satire about an escaped POW pretending to be a deserter, The Case of Sergeant Grischa. Another author with this surname wrote a novel in which the title woman is discovered not to be the aristocrat “Christiana van Boolen,” leading her to plan a robbery with the veteran Ferdinand. That author with this surname committed suicide in Brazil the day after he finished a memoir reflecting on Hitler’s rise (10[1])to power, The World of Yesterday. In a novella by an author with this surname, imprisonment by the Gestapo leads Dr. B to split his personality into “White” and “Black” in order to play chess against himself. For 10 points, (10[2])The Royal Game is by an Austrian author with what surname and the first name Stefan? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Zweig [accept Stefan Zweig or Arnold Zweig] (The second sentence refers to The Post Office Girl by Stefan Zweig.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Joseph ChambersVirginia ASouth Carolina8310
Chris YooWilliam & MaryUNC D12310
Noah ChinVirginia Tech ADuke12310
Crow HeUNC BLiberty B14010

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