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 to power, The (10[1])World of Yesterday. In a novella by an author with this (10[1])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 (10[1])points, The Royal Game is by an Austrian author with what surname and the first name Stefan? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Zweig [accept Stefan Zweig or Arnold Zweig] (The second sentence refers to The Post Office Girl by Stefan Zweig.)
<HG, European Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Christopher SimsNorthwestern ANotre Dame C8610
Ben KoberleinNotre Dame BNorthwestern B9710
Andrew ZengStanford BNotre Dame A12210
Stan MelkumianPurdueGeorgetown B14010
Rachel EzrielevGeorgetown AIowa14010

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Florida2025-02-01Y10%0%0%0.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y4100%0%0%117.25
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%121.33
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