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Round 7: Tossup 19

In the final chapter of this novel, the protagonist sings the walking song The Road Goes Ever On as he returns home. In this novel, a character takes the name Barrel-rider (-5[1])before spotting “a large patch in the hollow of [a] left breast.” A character in this novel is unable to answer the riddle “what have I got in my pocket?” (10[2])In this novel, Thorin Oakenshield is mortally wounded during the Battle of the Five Armies. (10[1])In this novel, a quest to reclaim the treasure of Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug is pursued by (10[1])a band of dwarves. For 10 points, Bilbo Baggins appears in what fantasy novel by J. R. R. Tolkien that preceded The Lord of the Rings? ■END■

ANSWER: The Hobbit [or The Hobbit, or There and Back Again]
<Editors, British Literature> | Packet G
= Average correct buzz position

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Hermione LuBerkeley Little PrinceStanford B30-5
Bryce MyersStanford ABerkeley Archer Queen6010
Tymen KoetsierBerkeley Mighty MinerBerkeley Boss Bandit6010
Danny HanStanford BBerkeley Little Prince7510
Hansen JinBerkeley Skeleton KingUCSC9410

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK5100%0%48.80
UK (South)UK8100%13%44.38
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%25%72.25
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%0%56.71
Eastern Canada (1)US4100%0%39.25
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%11%63.89
FloridaUS4100%25%70.50
Great LakesUS1191%27%68.20
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%0%44.33
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS9100%22%62.00
MidwestUS9100%22%55.22
NorthUS4100%0%44.50
PacificUS8100%13%65.38
South CentralUS6100%17%52.33
SoutheastUS12100%8%56.58
Upstate NYUS1100%0%22.00