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 Bustrófedon. (10[1])The gay poet José Cemí (“say-MEE”) grows up in this city in the 1977 novel Paradiso. An author who was 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 (-5[1])wrote the collection Versos (10[1])sencillos (“sen-SEE-yohs”), which includes the poems (10[1])“I Cultivate a White Rose” (10[3])and “Guantanamera.” (10[1])For 10 points, what capital city was the birthplace of José Martí? ■END■ (10[3])

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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California2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%80.33
Florida2025-02-01Y367%0%33%131.00
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%115.17
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%33%109.17
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%108.00
Northeast2025-02-01Y580%0%60%128.25
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%80%121.20
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%113.50
Southeast2025-02-01Y475%0%50%75.67
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%10%118.80
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y888%0%50%106.00
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%127.67

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Arya KarthikOxford ACambridge D4910
Rafael CastroImperial BBristol109-5
Albert NyangLSESouthampton A11310
Andrei HuiCambridge BOxford C11810
Seraphina Charlotte FooCambridge AImperial A12310
Kai MadgwickManchesterDurham12310
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CWarwick A12310
Andrew FisherSheffieldWarwick B12510
Paritosh PurohitBristolImperial B13810
Elliot CosnettOxford BCambridge C13810
Michael WuSouthampton BCambridge E13810