Question
A professor of this language who is slowly going blind teaches it to a mute woman in a 2011 Han Kang novel that was translated into English in 2023. A book in this language is the only possession of László de Almásy that survives a plane crash in Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient. A city drinks its dead king's blood in the title "Communion Rite" of Wole Soyinka's adaptation of a play in this language. The blind man (*) Seven Seas represents an author who used this language in a poem that reimagines his characters as St. Lucian fishermen. A gay romance novel inspired by a work in this language was the debut novel of Madeline Miller. For 10 points, a work in what language inspired Margaret Atwood's Penelopiad? ■END■
ANSWER: Ancient Greek [or Classical Greek; or Hellēnikḗ; accept Greek Lessons; reject "modern Greek"]
<Literature - World Literature - Misc Literature>
= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Evan Schleck | Hunter A | Detroit Catholic Central A | 24 | 20 |
Omkar Marathe | Fremd | Innovation Academy A | 68 | 20 |
Shishir Bharadwaj | Lexington | Strake Jesuit A | 81 | 0 |
Jacob Higgs | Strake Jesuit A | Lexington | 128 | 10 |
Summary
Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
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2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 3 | 100% | 67% | 0% | 73.33 |