Tossup
In one story by this author, a woman who shouts “Jesus stab me in the heart!” is later gored in the chest by a bull. This author of “Greenleaf” also described a man “waiting like Saint Sebastian” while a woman puts on her new green and purple hat. That woman from a story by this author has a stroke after her son Julian scolds her for her racist behavior on the bus. The cat Pitty Sing causes an accident in a short story by this author in which the Grandmother is killed by the Misfit. For 10 points, name this Southern Gothic author of “Everything That Rises Must Converge” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” ■END■
ANSWER: Flannery O’Connor [or Mary Flannery O’Connor]
<Editors, American Literature>
= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vivian Fan | Claremont A | Claremont B | 52 | 10 |
| March Delfin | UCSD A | UC Santa Barbara | 63 | 10 |
| Nikola Wu | UCLA D | UCLA B | 68 | 10 |
| Joseph Wang | UCLA E | USC B | 70 | 10 |
| Katherine Mack | UC Irvine | UCLA F | 80 | 10 |
| Yuv Magan | UCSD B | UCLA C | 94 | 10 |
| Serena Salfiti | USC A | UCLA A | 102 | -5 |
| Delilah Brumer | UCLA A | USC A | 117 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | TUH | Conv. % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern California | US | 4 | 75% | 25% | 82.67 |
| Southern California | US | 7 | 100% | 14% | 77.71 |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | 5 | 60% | 0% | 63.00 |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | 8 | 75% | 13% | 88.67 |
| Florida | US | 3 | 100% | 0% | 81.00 |
| Great Lakes | US | 12 | 92% | 8% | 72.45 |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | 9 | 89% | 22% | 71.25 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | 2 | 100% | 0% | 79.00 |
| Midwest | US | 9 | 89% | 11% | 68.50 |
| North | US | 4 | 75% | 0% | 90.00 |
| Northeast | US | 8 | 100% | 0% | 75.88 |
| Pacific | US | 8 | 100% | 13% | 79.50 |
| Southeast | US | 13 | 92% | 8% | 73.00 |
| Upstate NY | US | 5 | 60% | 0% | 83.67 |