Question

The brief marriage between this novel's author and an architecture school classmate may have inspired its description of a character's failed marriage to Larry McCaslin. In this novel, the observation "it is best to be prepared" is one of "Two Thoughts" (0[1])sealed (0[1])in a (20[3])jam (20[1]0[1])container. (20[3])A metaphor used by the Rhodes Scholar Chacko in this novel (20[1])leads its narrator (20[1])to (20[1])refer to an abandoned hut (20[1])as the (*) History House. (10[5])During (10[2])a screening of The Sound of Music, (10[1])a character in this novel is molested (10[1])in a cinema by the (0[1])Orangedrink Lemondrink (0[1])Man. (10[4])This novel's "Love Laws" (10[1])are broken when Ammu falls in love with Velutha ("VEL-oo-tuh"), a Dalit. For 10 points, name this debut novel by Arundhati (10[1])("uh-ROON-duh-tee") Roy whose protagonists are the twins Estha (10[1])and Rahel. (10[2])■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: The God of Small Things
<Literature - World Literature - Long Fiction>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Abigail AuYeungHinsdale Central ANorthview400
Maximilian LinEastchesterThomas Jefferson A410
Krish ChintaInnovation Academy AWestwood4320
Jacob HiggsStrake Jesuit APark Tudor4320
Evan SchleckHunter ARichard Montgomery4320
Sreekar VajjhaClassen SASBarrington4420
Ryan SmithDowningtown STEMChattahoochee A440
Kevin YangAdlai E. Stevenson BLexington4520
Camden WilliamsAudrain County ATGrosse Pointe South4520
Simra KuchayWalter Payton AFremd4520
Jo AdamEdinaWest Point5620
Kate GuIrvingtonYukon B5920
Arjun DesikanSeven LakesInnovation Academy B6020
Ben NewmanUni of Illinois LaboratoryWayzata6520
Monit KarmakarAdlai E. Stevenson AMontgomery Blair A6910
Michael PuCarmel AUni School of Nashville B6910
Travis JohnsonGreat ValleyGeorgetown Day6910
aTeam 1Team 26910
Jason YaoMontgomery Blair BThomas Jefferson B6910
Arjun VijaykumarSaratogaCentennial B7010
Manu SankaranLambert ALindbergh7010
Andy RossitchWalkerCarl Sandburg7710
Satvik JainCentennial ALambert B8410
Joseph HarrisonDetroit Catholic Central BPage890
Ava MadrazoHerronRussell910
Andrew GaoBelmontNorthmont9210
Andrew LaoChattahoochee BWinston Churchill B9210
Darren KellisMiltonUni School of Nashville A9210
Arianne AmasolYukon AVirginia9210
Angela SunSolonLee's Summit9610
Samuel ShottesHunter BCoronado11610
Belle LiNorth QuincyOkemos12310
Akilan GanesanChattahoochee ADowningtown STEM12510
Soham RayParkway WestGlenbrook South12510
Micah ChaconPageDetroit Catholic Central B12610
Ahya FarhatRussellHerron12610
Sheehan BankaNorthviewHinsdale Central A12610
Felix SacksLincoln-Way East AWalter Payton B12610
Abigail LeeThomas Jefferson AEastchester12610
Brady ShihDetroit Catholic Central CThomas Jefferson C12610

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC06/07/2025Y35100%31%0%82.94