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In a short story by this author, Victor stabs his mother to death after she cruelly butchers a turtle for soup. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this author, who drew on her toxic relationship with her own mother in “The Terrapin.” A zoologist is eaten alive by a giant carnivorous snail in this author’s “The Quest for Blank Claveringi (“KLAV-uh-RIN-jee”).”
ANSWER: Patricia Highsmith
[10e] Highsmith once smuggled snails into this country under her breasts. Gertrude Stein gave the name “Lost Generation” to a group of expatriate writers living in the capital of this country during the 1920s.
ANSWER: France
[10m] This British author wrote the introduction to Highsmith’s collection The Snail-Watcher and Other Stories. In another story by this author, Old Misery’s house is destroyed by the Wormsley Common Gang.
ANSWER: Graham Greene [or Henry Graham Greene]
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Chicago ANorthwestern010010E
Cornell BColumbia B010010E
FloridaLSE010010E
Georgia TechChicago B0101020EM
IndianaNorth Carolina A0101020EM
MITHarvard010010E
MichiganUCF010010E
MinnesotaVirginia Tech010010E
Ohio StateRIT010010E
OttawaBritish Columbia0101020EM
Penn StateArizona State0101020EM
StanfordIllinois A0101020EM
TexasIowa State010010E
Toronto ARutgers0101020EM
Toronto BCornell A0101020EM
Toronto CJohns Hopkins010010E
UC Berkeley BNYU010010E
VanderbiltIllinois B010010E
VirginiaNorth Carolina B010010E
WUSTL AUC Berkeley A010010E
WUSTL BGeorgia State010010E
Waterloo AColumbia A010010E
Waterloo BYale010010E
Winona StateMaryland010010E

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2412.92100%29%0%