Question

An author with this surname began his series The Great War of White Men with a satire (10[1])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 (-5[1])the day after he finished a memoir reflecting (10[1]-5[1])on Hitler’s rise to power, The World of Yesterday. (10[2])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, The Royal Game (10[1])is by an Austrian author with what surname and the first name Stefan? (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[3])

ANSWER: Zweig [accept Stefan Zweig or Arnold Zweig] (The second sentence refers to The Post Office Girl by Stefan Zweig.)
<HG, European Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

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Summary

California2025-02-01Y250%0%0%87.00
Florida2025-02-01Y10%0%0%0.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y4100%0%0%117.25
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%121.33
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%132.67
Northeast2025-02-01Y580%0%0%135.50
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%0%117.00
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%102.50
Southeast2025-02-01Y475%0%0%126.67
UK2025-02-01Y1090%0%20%106.56
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y786%0%0%111.83
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y30%0%0%0.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Arya KarthikOxford ASouthampton A1610
Benjamin WatsonOxford CLSE72-5
Seraphina Charlotte FooCambridge ACambridge E80-5
Antoni KluzowskiWarwick ACambridge C8010
Cormac BeirneLSEOxford C8910
Freddy PottsSheffieldImperial B8910
Elliot CosnettOxford BDurham12610
Lily MorrisBristolCambridge D13910
Louis CameronCambridge ECambridge A14010
Josh HowarthWarwick BCambridge B1400
Shiv SeshanCambridge BWarwick B1400
Rahim DinaImperial ANYU C14010
Kai MadgwickManchesterSouthampton B14010
Michael WuSouthampton BManchester1400