Tossup
An author with this surname drew on the Boko Haram schoolgirl kidnappings in her 2019 final novel Girl, wrote about Cait and Baba in a trilogy beginning with The Country Girls, and had the first name Edna. In a novel by an author with this assumed surname, fourteen one-legged men attempt to prevent the hanging of a nameless man. A press specializing in experimental fiction is named after a novel by an author with this surname that features Saint Augustine and James Joyce. A man created by that author with this surname kills Mathers with a spade and uses a cash box containing omnium to write commentaries on the philosopher De Selby. For 10 points, the Irish modernist author of The Dalkey Archive and The Third Policeman shares what surname with a member of the Thought Police from 1984? ■END■
Buzzes
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | TUH | Conv. % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 67% | 0% | 126.50 |
| Florida | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 50% | 0% | 111.00 |
| Great Lakes | 2025-02-01 | 6 | 83% | 0% | 137.00 |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | 5 | 60% | 20% | 125.00 |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | 6 | 100% | 0% | 123.00 |
| North | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 100% | 0% | 119.67 |
| Northeast | 2025-02-01 | 5 | 60% | 20% | 138.67 |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 100% | 50% | 133.50 |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 100% | 0% | 135.50 |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | 4 | 75% | 0% | 127.67 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | 9 | 67% | 11% | 94.67 |
| Upstate NY | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 33% | 0% | 139.00 |