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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 (10[1])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 (10[1])of Arthur Jarvis. For 10 points, name this country, the setting of Alan Paton’s novel Cry, the Beloved Country. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: South Africa [or Republic of South Africa or RSA]
<McGill B + ASU A, World Literature> | Packet B
= Average correct buzz position

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Stephen DonoghueSheffield BEdinburgh D2110
Benjamin TurnerYorkEdinburgh C9310
Harry SextonEdinburgh ADurham D11310
Thaddeus HolmesDurham CEdinburgh B11310
Charlie CastletonSheffield ADurham A11310

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