Question

A character of this ethnicity notes that a girl "likes looking at the walls" and "linoleum (20[1])roses on the floor." That character of this ethnicity claims, (20[2])"I'll shake the sky / like a hundred (20[1])violins" in a poem that leads her aunt to say, "You must keep writing." (20[2])An angry dentist leads an author of (0[1])this ethnicity (0[1])to wonder (0[1])how to "tame a wild tongue" in an essay (20[3])from (0[1])Borderlands. (20[1])A character of this ethnicity (20[1])lives in the title "sad red" (*) building (10[1])that (10[1])"says goodbye (10[2])sometimes." (10[3])In a series of vignettes, (10[2])a girl of this ethnicity (10[3])walks in heels (10[1])with Lucy and Rachel (10[2])and is (10[1])assaulted at a carnival (10[1])after (10[2])Sally (10[1])leaves (10[1])her. (10[1])For 10 points, the narrator of The House on Mango Street (10[1])is (10[1])of (10[1])what (10[1])ethnicity (0[1])of Chicana authors Gloria Anzaldúa (10[2])and Sandra (10[1])Cisneros? (0[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Mexican-American [or Chicano or Chicana until "Chicana" is read; prompt on Latino or Latina or Hispanic or Chicanx or Latinx or Latine]
<Literature - American Literature - Short Fiction>
= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Amber DongAdlai E. Stevenson BCentennial B1520
Steven ZhaoHinsdale Central ALambert A2520
Christopher StewartYukon AUni of Illinois Laboratory2520
Harini RamakrishnanSaratogaAudrain County AT3320
Camille PimentelHunter BSeven Lakes4720
Ian Droessler WilsonInnovation Academy BLincoln-Way East B4720
Sreekar VajjhaClassen SASThomas Jefferson C540
Travis JohnsonGreat ValleyGlenbrook South560
Spencer ManningAdlai E. Stevenson ARichard Montgomery580
Winnie NutkowitzNorthside College PrepCarmel A6720
Shishir BharadwajLexingtonCentennial A6720
Simra KuchayWalter Payton AThomas Jefferson D6720
Joseph HarrisonDetroit Catholic Central BWayzata680
Omkar MaratheFremdThomas Jefferson B6920
Evan TingPark TudorHomewood-Flossmoor7420
Evan SchleckHunter AWest Point8110
Sheehan BankaNorthviewGrosse Pointe South8210
Sophia JonesMontgomery Blair AHerron8410
Jason YaoMontgomery Blair BNorth Quincy8410
Andrew GaoBelmontEdina8510
Parker BrathwaiteThomas Jefferson ECarl Sandburg8510
Jacob HiggsStrake Jesuit AWestwood8510
Colette KendrickWinston Churchill ADetroit Catholic Central A9010
Maya PujaraFairfield County ATDetroit Catholic Central C9010
Akilan GanesanChattahoochee ALincoln-Way East A9510
Haughton NepplGeorgetown DayWalter Payton B9510
Andy RossitchWalkerLee's Summit9510
Anjali PrasadCarmel BNorthmont9810
Safiya HasanLindberghThomas Jefferson A10210
Evan GniadekQuince OrchardVirginia10210
Ophelia Cherry-PulayUni School of Nashville ASaint Joseph10410
Kate GuIrvingtonDowningtown STEM10810
Krish ChintaInnovation Academy AStrake Jesuit B10910
Soham RayParkway WestMilton10910
Tate OsborneAlabama Cyber TechLambert B11010
Ananth RamsankarWayzataDetroit Catholic Central B11110
Ahya FarhatRussellWinston Churchill B11210
Maximilian LinEastchesterBarrington12310
Hamin SongOkemosYukon B12410
Jeev HoraKane County ATJohns Creek12510
Micah ChaconPageUni School of Nashville B12610
Eli OsterSolonCoronado1270
Arnav JasaparaChattahoochee BWhite Pigeon13210
Nam DangRichard MontgomeryAdlai E. Stevenson A13210
Matthew PengThomas Jefferson CClassen SAS13410
Thanh CruzCoronadoSolon1350
Ian ChiuGlenbrook SouthGreat Valley13610

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC06/07/2025Y4298%26%0%89.85