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. 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 finds his son in jail for the murder of Arthur Jarvis. For 10 points, name this country, the setting of Alan Paton’s novel Cry, the Beloved Country. ■END■
ANSWER: South Africa [or Republic of South Africa or RSA]
<McGill B + ASU A, World Literature> | Packet B
= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | TUH | Conv. % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | 5 | 100% | 0% | 90.60 |
| UK (South) | UK | 7 | 43% | 0% | 106.67 |
| Northern California | US | 3 | 100% | 0% | 90.33 |
| Southern California | US | 7 | 71% | 14% | 101.20 |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | 4 | 75% | 0% | 104.67 |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | 9 | 78% | 22% | 83.43 |
| Florida | US | 4 | 25% | 0% | 77.00 |
| Great Lakes | US | 11 | 100% | 18% | 94.36 |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | 9 | 89% | 0% | 81.25 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | 12 | 92% | 0% | 82.64 |
| Midwest | US | 9 | 89% | 11% | 89.13 |
| North | US | 3 | 67% | 0% | 110.00 |
| Northeast | US | 12 | 100% | 0% | 97.50 |
| Pacific | US | 8 | 100% | 0% | 93.50 |
| South Central | US | 6 | 83% | 0% | 90.80 |
| Southeast | US | 12 | 100% | 0% | 72.58 |
| Upstate NY | US | 5 | 60% | 20% | 92.33 |