Flannery O’Connor - Northeast

Round 6: Tossup 15

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” (10[1])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 (10[1])after her son Julian scolds her for her racist behavior on the bus. (10[1])The cat Pitty Sing (10[1])causes an accident (10[1])in a short story by this author in which the Grandmother is killed by the Misfit. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this Southern Gothic author of “Everything That Rises (10[1])Must Converge” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” ■END■

ANSWER: Flannery O’Connor [or Mary Flannery O’Connor]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	UConn A	28	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Brown A	58	10
Maisie Quinn	Brown B	Dartmouth B	71	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Vermont B	75	10
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	Boston College A	78	10
Kayla Drajpuch	Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	94	10
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Amherst B	97	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Brandeis Mozart	106	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
South Central	US	7	71%	0%	87.20
Southeast	US	13	92%	8%	73.00
Upstate NY	US	5	60%	0%	83.67