Question

A novel from this country details a woman journeying to an island through a snowstorm to feed her friend's pet bird. (20[1])In a different novel from this country, one character gets flowers painted all over his body prior to (20[1])assaulting his sister-in-law. (20[4]0[1])An author from this country wrote We Do Not Part as "a pair" for an (20[1])earlier novel that covers seven different points of view of an event in this country (0[1])and is (0[1])titled (*) Human Acts. (10[2])A woman stands (0[1])in the (10[1])rain imitating a tree after escaping a psychiatric (10[1])hospital (10[1])in one novel from this country. Earlier in that (10[1])novel (0[1])from this country, that woman slits her wrists after being force (10[1])fed pork. (10[2])For 10 points, The Vegetarian (10[1])is (10[1])a novel (10[3])from what home (10[1])country (10[1])of the 2024 Nobel Prize (10[1])winning author, Han Kang? ■END■ (10[5]0[8])

ANSWER: South Korea [accept Republic of Korea or Daehanminguk; prompt on Korea]
<Literature - World Literature - Misc Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Abigail AuYeungHinsdale Central ABelmont2020
Michelle LuoJohns CreekStrake Jesuit A3820
Satvik JainCentennial AMilton4120
Abigail LeeThomas Jefferson AWestwood410
Arianne AmasolYukon AThomas Jefferson E4120
Kaitlyn LeonardBarringtonUni School of Nashville B4120
Simra KuchayWalter Payton AAdlai E. Stevenson A4120
Tyler SongWinston Churchill AEdina5620
Michael PuCarmel ACarmel B710
Joshua KochGrosse Pointe SouthEastchester730
Camden WilliamsAudrain County ATDetroit Catholic Central A7610
Ananth RamsankarWayzataRichard Montgomery7610
Ayaan GhoriCarl SandburgInnovation Academy B790
Karthik JayaramWalkerQuince Orchard8110
Haughton NepplGeorgetown DaySeven Lakes8910
Ryan SmithDowningtown STEMNorthside College Prep9010
Evan SchleckHunter AAlabama Cyber Tech9910
Ahya FarhatRussellWalter Payton B1000
Shishir BharadwajLexingtonStrake Jesuit B11110
Ben NewmanUni of Illinois LaboratoryLindbergh11310
Soham RayParkway WestMontgomery Blair B11310
Maya HulyalkarAdlai E. Stevenson BNorthmont11810
Sreekar VajjhaClassen SASCentennial B11910
Hariharan AnanthanakrishnanKane County ATFairfield County AT12110
Hamin SongOkemosLee's Summit12110
Evan TingPark TudorMontgomery Blair A12110
Anjali PrasadCarmel BCarmel A12410
Ian ChiuGlenbrook SouthChattahoochee A12510
Arani PittuLambert BWest Point13010
Samanyu BhupalamInnovation Academy BCarl Sandburg1350
Maximilian LinEastchesterGrosse Pointe South13510
Thanh CruzCoronadoHerron1350
Henry NolanHerronCoronado1350
Teddy BerenteSaint JosephHunter B1350
Juni LowenharHunter BSaint Joseph13510
Arjun MurugappanIrvingtonLincoln-Way East B1350
Micah ChaconPageThomas Jefferson C13510
Jasper XuWestwoodThomas Jefferson A13510
Kieran BlakeWalter Payton BRussell1350
Hrishi BhoomaThomas Jefferson DWinston Churchill B1350
Tiger WuWinston Churchill BThomas Jefferson D1350
Presley TateYukon BDetroit Catholic Central C13510

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC06/07/2025Y3485%21%0%95.86