Question

In a novel from this country, a writer first encounters the lost novel The Labyrinth of Inhumanity after sleeping with an older acclaimed author he calls the “Spider-Mother.” That novel from this country (10[1])was influenced by Roberto Bolaño, draws from the Yambo Ouologuem (“wo-lo-GHEM”) plagiarism scandal, and is titled The Most Secret Memory of Men. (10[1])In a novel from this country, a woman undergoes forty days of solitude after her polygamous husband Modou dies from a heart attack. An author from this country wrote an epistolary novel in which Ramatoulaye (“rah-mah-too-LYE”) writes to her friend Aissatou (“eye-sah-TOO”) after becoming widowed; that novel is So (10[1])Long a Letter. (-5[1])In 1960, the Négritude poet of (10[1])“Black Woman” became this country’s first president. For 10 points, name (10[1])this home country of Mohamed (10[1])Mbougar Sarr, Mariama Bâ, and Leopold Senghor. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Senegal [or Republic of Senegal; or République du Sénégal; or Réewum Senegaal; or Ndenndaandi Senegaal]
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California2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%87.00
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y5100%0%20%123.40
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y650%0%0%110.67
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%106.83
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%108.00
Overflow2025-02-01Y580%0%40%111.00
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%99.00
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%95.00
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%0%101.25
UK2025-02-01Y1090%0%10%107.11
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y8100%0%0%103.88
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y367%0%0%133.00

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Omer KeskinOxford AWarwick B3210
Seraphina Charlotte FooCambridge AOxford B5310
Albert NyangLSEImperial B10010
Andrei HuiCambridge BCambridge D103-5
Chris LevesleyWarwick AManchester10910
Arvin BoraghiCambridge CCambridge E12010
Justin LeeImperial ADurham12510
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CSouthampton B13310
Percy YuenCambridge DCambridge B14610
Benjamin WatsonOxford CSouthampton A1460
Roselyn DaffinSouthampton AOxford C1460
Kevin FlanaganBristolSheffield14610