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 (10[1])to plan a robbery with the veteran Ferdinand. That author with this surname committed suicide in Brazil the day after (10[1])he finished a memoir reflecting on Hitler’s rise 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[1])The Royal Game is by an Austrian author with what surname and the first name Stefan? (10[2])■END■ (10[1]0[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
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay CollegeMaryland A5510
William OrrYale ANYU B7510
Jack RadoColumbia BNYU A12310
Audrey ChoHaverford AColumbia C13910
Aum MundheRutgers AGeorge Washington A13910
Sam MacchiVassar AJohns Hopkins A1400
Gus VanskikeMaryland BPenn A14010
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins AVassar A1400

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