Question
This author wrongly described part of the African interior as a desert in a novel in which the servant Joe Wilson and hunter Dick Kennedy assist Dr. Samuel Ferguson. In a novel by this author, a man is arrested in Liverpool after being mistaken for the bank robber James Strand, making him miss a train on a day he thinks is December 21. The remains of the Battle of Vigo Bay are described in a novel by this author, in which the (*) Abraham Lincoln's passengers Conseil ("con-SAY") and Ned Land help pursue a sea monster that turns out to be a submarine operated by Captain Nemo. For 10 points, what author's adventure novels include Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days? ■END■
ANSWER: Jules Verne [or Jules Gabriel Verne] (The first line references Five Weeks in A Balloon.)
<Literature - European Literature - Long Fiction>
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Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Andrew Lao | Chattahoochee B | Thomas Jefferson D | 72 | 20 |
Hamin Song | Okemos | Solon | 85 | 10 |
Evan Giles | Uni School of Nashville B | Centennial B | 126 | 10 |
Summary
Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
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2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 126.00 |