Question
This author completed an English translation of the spiritualist Kabir that celebrates how “God is within us.” The speaker of a poem by this author does not know “how to answer” questions about the meaning of songs as “you sit there smiling.” The conclusion of a collection by this author asks for all his songs to gather “into a single current” and “flow to a sea of silence.” The speaker of a poem by this author searches for a place (*) “where knowledge is free” and “where the mind is without fear.” A “ruler of the minds of all people” is praised in an anthem by this author, who opened a 1910 poetry collection with the declaration “Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure.” For 10 points, name this Bengali poet of Gitanjali. ■END■
ANSWER: Rabindranath Tagore (The anthem is “Jana Gana Mana.”)
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Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
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2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 100% | 8% | 0% | 103.22 |