Question

One of these people titles a story in which the narrator's head falls off after a green ribbon around her neck is untied, by Carmen (20[1])Maria Machado. (0[1])A (0[1])character with this relationship to the narrator is "practical in the extreme" and has "an (0[1])intense (0[1])horror of superstition." (0[1])The narrator has to "creep (0[1])over" a character with (20[1])this (20[1])relationship (20[1])to her, (20[1])who faints after using a key under a plantain (20[1])leaf. (20[4]0[7])S. (0[1])(*) Weir (10[1]0[1])Mitchell inspired a physician with this relationship to the narrator, (10[2]0[1])who forbids writing (10[1])as a "rest cure" (10[1])for the "nervous depression" that (10[1])makes her hallucinate about a (10[1])“flamboyant (10[1])pattern.” (10[1]0[3])For 10 points, what familial relationship (10[2]0[1])does John (10[1])have to the narrator of Charlotte (10[1])Perkins (10[1])Gilman's "The Yellow (10[1])Wallpaper"? (10[2]0[1])■END■ (10[9]0[2])

ANSWER: husband [accept "The Husband Stitch"; prompt on spouse or partner or married people; prompt on doctor or physician before mention by asking "what familial relationship does that character have to the narrator?"]
<Literature - American Literature - Short Fiction>
= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Winnie NutkowitzNorthside College PrepLambert B2420
Sophia JonesMontgomery Blair ALexington260
Omkar MaratheFremdBelmont270
Colette KendrickWinston Churchill AGlenbrook South420
Ray ZhaoThomas Jefferson BMilton430
Bryce CareyLindberghEastchester460
Joshua KochGrosse Pointe SouthPark Tudor510
Amber DongAdlai E. Stevenson BWayzata5520
Annie WilliamsonUni School of Nashville BInnovation Academy B5620
Evan TingPark TudorGrosse Pointe South5720
Jasper XuWestwoodRichard Montgomery5920
Soham RayParkway WestEdina6820
Tarun DeviChattahoochee AWest Point690
Sreekar VajjhaClassen SASGreat Valley690
Sanjay Shanmuga PerumalLambert ADetroit Catholic Central A690
Michelle LuoJohns CreekHinsdale Central A6920
Evan SchleckHunter AAudrain County AT6920
Shishir BharadwajLexingtonMontgomery Blair A690
Penelope GrahamUni School of Nashville AMontgomery Blair B690
Jacob HiggsStrake Jesuit ANorthview6920
Samin AsifSeven LakesSaratoga690
Ben NewmanUni of Illinois LaboratoryThomas Jefferson A690
Nathan HaleyNorthmontWalter Payton A6920
Tate OsborneAlabama Cyber TechInnovation Academy A700
Michael PuCarmel AWalker710
Angela SunSolonLincoln-Way East A7110
Haughton NepplGeorgetown DayBarrington8110
Jeev HoraKane County ATSaint Joseph810
Cormac KennedySaint JosephKane County AT8110
Dominic SalazarIrvingtonYukon A8410
Joseph HarrisonDetroit Catholic Central BChattahoochee B8810
Ahya FarhatRussellOkemos9310
Maya PujaraFairfield County ATHunter B9810
Darren KellisMiltonThomas Jefferson B9910
Aidyn CongdonLee's SummitWalter Payton B1000
Micah ChaconPageHomewood-Flossmoor1000
Anna LiaoCarmel BQuince Orchard1000
Jack WilliamsWhite PigeonHerron10010
Brandon TorresCarl SandburgCentennial B10610
Matthew PengThomas Jefferson CThomas Jefferson E1060
Brian HanThomas Jefferson EThomas Jefferson C10610
Amy TanNorth QuincyCoronado10810
Karthik JayaramWalkerCarmel A11410
Arjun VijaykumarSaratogaSeven Lakes11510
Ryan SmithDowningtown STEMCentennial A11810
Kieran BlakeWalter Payton BLee's Summit1190
Anthony ZhaoThomas Jefferson AUni of Illinois Laboratory11910
Ray GuanWinston Churchill BYukon B11910
Daniel SheffieldBelmontFremd12010
Brodie HenryWest PointChattahoochee A12010
Travis JohnsonGreat ValleyClassen SAS12010
Nick MurrayDetroit Catholic Central ALambert A12010
Maximilian LinEastchesterLindbergh12010
Jason YaoMontgomery Blair BUni School of Nashville A12010
Luke De BruinHomewood-FlossmoorPage12010
Evan GniadekQuince OrchardCarmel B12010
Tommy KochDetroit Catholic Central CThomas Jefferson D1200
Hrishi BhoomaThomas Jefferson DDetroit Catholic Central C1200
Hope TherrienLincoln-Way East BVirginia12010

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC06/07/2025Y4188%24%0%93.75