Question
In the first line of a novel, this author evocatively describes the smell of cyanide and associates it with “the fate of unrequited love.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Colombian author of Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude.
ANSWER: Gabriel García Márquez [prompt on Garcia or Márquez]
[10m] One Hundred Years of Solitude opens with Aureliano Buendía facing the firing squad and remembering the day his father took him to discover this substance.
ANSWER: ice [or hielo]
[10h] In the first line of a different García Márquez novella, this character gets up at five-thirty to wait for the bishop, despite getting back late from a wedding the day before.
ANSWER: Santiago Nasar [or Santiago Nasar] (From Chronicle of a Death Foretold.)
<Joseph Krol, Literature - World and Miscellaneous> ~23315~ <Editor: Jim Fan>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 35 | 20.57 | 100% | 83% | 23% |