Naguib Mahfouz - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

A novel by this author that ends with a teacher buying a black necktie also details the political rise of that man's gay nephew. In a novel by this author whose translation was managed by Jackie Kennedy, (20[2])a woman who always wakes at midnight without an alarm clock is kicked out of her (0[1])home for visiting a shrine. (20[1])In another novel by this author, a man who is rejected by the lute player Zanuba (20[2])mourns (20[1])his lawyer son (*) Fahmy's shooting during a protest. (10[1])This author of The Thief and the Dogs (10[9])described (10[3])Amina (10[3])being (10[1])exiled (10[2])from her home after being struck by a car (10[2])because (10[1])she left home without permission. (10[1]0[1])For 10 points, name this author who chronicled three generations of the (10[1])al-Jawad family in his Cairo Trilogy. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Naguib Mahfouz [or Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Krish Chinta	Innovation Academy A	Grosse Pointe South	36	20
Shishir Bharadwaj	Lexington	Northmont	36	20
Simra Kuchay	Walter Payton A	Johns Creek	52	0
Ananth Ramsankar	Wayzata	Hunter A	57	20
William Condron	Strake Jesuit B	Hinsdale Central A	73	20
Brodie Henry	West Point	Uni School of Nashville A	73	20
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Lindbergh	74	20
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Carl Sandburg	82	10
Camden Williams	Audrain County AT	Eastchester	90	10
Omkar Marathe	Fremd	Park Tudor	90	10
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Glenbrook South	90	10
Jason Yao	Montgomery Blair B	Northside College Prep	90	10
Sheehan Banka	Northview	Adlai E. Stevenson B	90	10
Sanjay Shanmuga Perumal	Lambert A	Richard Montgomery	90	10
Anthony Xu	Thomas Jefferson B	Chattahoochee A	90	10
Arjun Vijaykumar	Saratoga	Uni School of Nashville B	90	10
Darren Kellis	Milton	Winston Churchill A	90	10
Anjali Prasad	Carmel B	Centennial B	91	10
Robert Young Jr	Page	Lincoln-Way East B	91	10
Teddy Berente	Saint Joseph	Walter Payton B	91	10
Michael Pu	Carmel A	Barrington	92	10
Arianne Amasol	Yukon A	Homewood-Flossmoor	92	10
Andrew Lao	Chattahoochee B	Virginia	92	10
Karthik Jayaram	Walker	Innovation Academy B	93	10
Jasper Xu	Westwood	Detroit Catholic Central A	94	10
Arani Pittu	Lambert B	Edina	94	10
Maya Pujara	Fairfield County AT	North Quincy	103	10
Evan Gniadek	Quince Orchard	Georgetown Day	103	10
Felix Sacks	Lincoln-Way East A	Coronado	104	10
Ava Madrazo	Herron	Hunter B	109	10
Angela Sun	Solon	White Pigeon	109	0
Jeev Hora	Kane County AT	Lee's Summit	121	10
Brady Shih	Detroit Catholic Central C	Irvington	127	10
Michelle Luo	Johns Creek	Walter Payton A	128	10
Jacob Higgs	Strake Jesuit A	Montgomery Blair A	128	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	34	97%	18%	0%	90.73