Question

This character flunks out of school after spending time in taverns playing dominoes. This character's first wife starts coughing up blood a week after he learns she lied about her wealth. This character is told to conjugate the Latin phrase "ridiculus sum" (0[2])twenty times (0[1])after being mocked for being the only boy in the classroom who does not throw his cap on the floor. (20[1]0[2])This character (20[1])accidentally causes Hippolyte's ("ih-poh-LEET'S") leg to be (*) amputated (10[8]0[2])after (10[2])trying (0[1])to treat a club foot. (10[2]0[1])After the death (10[2])of Heloise (10[1])("el-oh-EEZ"), this character (10[1])marries a woman who has affairs with Léon ("LAY-on") and Rodolphe (10[2])("roh-DOLF") before killing (10[1])herself with arsenic. (10[1]0[1])For 10 points, name this country doctor, who is the husband of the title character of a Gustave Flaubert (10[1])("goo-STAHV flow-BAIR") novel. (0[3])■END■ (10[5]0[5])

ANSWER: Charles Bovary ("sharl BOH-vuh-ree") [or Charles Bovary or Monsieur Bovary or M. Bovary or Mr. Bovary; accept Emma Bovary's husband or Madame Bovary's husband or Emma's husband or equivalents; reject "Madame Bovary" or "Emma Bovary"]
<Literature - European Literature - Long Fiction>
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Arjun VijaykumarSaratogaClassen SAS410
Aditya KhambekarSeven LakesGreat Valley410
Joseph HarrisonDetroit Catholic Central BThomas Jefferson C430
Monit KarmakarAdlai E. Stevenson AFremd630
Joshua KochGrosse Pointe SouthWestwood6320
Travis JohnsonGreat ValleySeven Lakes630
Ahya FarhatRussellLincoln-Way East A6520
Kevin YangAdlai E. Stevenson BHinsdale Central A720
Sheehan BankaNorthviewBelmont7210
Ben NewmanUni of Illinois LaboratoryLambert A7210
Jason YaoMontgomery Blair BChattahoochee A720
Hamin SongOkemosSolon7210
Simra KuchayWalter Payton APark Tudor7210
Soham RayParkway WestThomas Jefferson B7210
Sahil PrasadCentennial AUni School of Nashville A7210
Brodie HenryWest PointMilton7210
Micah ChaconPageYukon B7210
bTeam 2Team 17310
Arani PittuLambert BWinston Churchill A7310
Nam DangRichard MontgomeryLindbergh740
Tate OsborneAlabama Cyber TechWayzata7910
Nick MurrayDetroit Catholic Central AEastchester7910
Sophia JonesMontgomery Blair AJohns Creek790
Winnie NutkowitzNorthside College PrepGlenbrook South8210
Abigail LeeThomas Jefferson AInnovation Academy A8210
Jeev HoraKane County ATNorth Quincy8410
Nathan HaleyNorthmontStrake Jesuit B8610
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Evan GniadekQuince OrchardInnovation Academy B9610
Kaitlyn LeonardBarringtonCarmel B9810
Ava MadrazoHerronSaint Joseph10110
Andrew LaoChattahoochee BThomas Jefferson D1010
Matthew YangCentennial BUni School of Nashville B12010
Abigail AuYeungHinsdale Central AAdlai E. Stevenson B1210
Michelle LuoJohns CreekMontgomery Blair A1210
Akilan GanesanChattahoochee AMontgomery Blair B1210
Sreekar VajjhaClassen SASSaratoga12210
Kieran BlakeWalter Payton BCoronado1220
Reed KarosichCoronadoWalter Payton B1220
Omkar MaratheFremdAdlai E. Stevenson A12210
Luke De BruinHomewood-FlossmoorThomas Jefferson E12210
Jack WilliamsWhite PigeonLee's Summit12210
Tommy KochDetroit Catholic Central CLincoln-Way East B1220
Josephine BaxaLincoln-Way East BDetroit Catholic Central C1220
Matthew PengThomas Jefferson CDetroit Catholic Central B1220
Samuel LiThomas Jefferson DChattahoochee B12210

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC06/07/2025Y3678%6%0%87.96