Tossup
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 to plan a robbery with the veteran Ferdinand. That author with this surname committed suicide in Brazil the day after 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, The Royal Game is by an Austrian author with what surname and the first name Stefan? ■END■
Buzzes
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | TUH | Conv. % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 50% | 0% | 87.00 |
| Florida | 2025-02-01 | 1 | 0% | 0% | |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | 4 | 100% | 0% | 117.25 |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | 6 | 100% | 17% | 121.33 |
| North | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 100% | 0% | 132.67 |
| Northeast | 2025-02-01 | 5 | 80% | 0% | 135.50 |
| Overflow | 2025-02-01 | 5 | 100% | 0% | 117.00 |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 100% | 0% | 102.50 |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | 4 | 75% | 0% | 126.67 |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | 10 | 90% | 20% | 106.56 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | 7 | 86% | 0% | 111.83 |
| Upstate NY | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 0% | 0% |