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Round 2: Tossup 13

In a 2021 novel from this country, Amor signs her family’s house over to the maid Salome in the last of four sections framed by funerals. This home country of Damon Galgut is where a prospective nun stays with Mrs. Lithebe before abandoning her son. Mr. Carmichael represents a burglar accused of murder pro deo in a trial set in this country. (10[1])That novel from this country opens with a minister’s letter informing of Gertrude’s illness. After traveling from this country’s village of Ndotsheni (“in-dot-SHAY-nee”), Stephen Kumalo (10[1])finds his son (10[1])in jail for the murder of Arthur Jarvis. For 10 points, name this country, the setting of Alan Paton’s novel Cry, (10[1])the Beloved (10[1])Country. ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: South Africa [or Republic of South Africa or RSA]
<McGill B + ASU A, World Literature> | Packet B
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Mitchell HackettCentral Oklahoma ANebraska C6110
Mason EvansTulsa ACentral Oklahoma B8510
Rae PrinceMurray State College AKansas State A8810
Robert SzotNebraska BMurray State College B10910
Cole HammansNebraska ATulsa B11110
Luke HasksinsKansas State BHarding1130
Wiz LoayzaHardingKansas State B1130

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK5100%0%90.60
UK (South)UK743%0%106.67
Northern CaliforniaUS3100%0%90.33
Southern CaliforniaUS771%14%101.20
Eastern Canada (1)US475%0%104.67
Eastern Canada (2)US978%22%83.43
FloridaUS425%0%77.00
Great LakesUS11100%18%94.36
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS989%0%81.25
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS1292%0%82.64
MidwestUS989%11%89.13
NorthUS367%0%110.00
NortheastUS12100%0%97.50
PacificUS8100%0%93.50
South CentralUS683%0%90.80
SoutheastUS12100%0%72.58
Upstate NYUS560%20%92.33