Question
In a story, a man proposes hunting these animals after musing on a girl’s name that mixes “memory and desire.” A story titled for these animals opens by describing a woman reading an article titled “Sex Is Fun –– or Hell” while waiting for men to finish using hotel phones. The protagonist of a story recounts the “tragic life” of these animals, who gorge themselves in their (*) feeding holes until they become too large to escape. In a story titled for these animals, a young girl named Sybil Carpenter converses on the beach and has her feet kissed by Seymour Glass, who later commits suicide. For 10 points, J. D. Salinger wrote a story about “A Perfect Day for” what fictional fruit-eating animals? ■END■
ANSWER: bananafish [accept “A Perfect Day for Bananafish”; accept bananafishes; prompt on fish]
<Wonyoung Jang, Literature - American - Short Fiction> ~27223~ <Editor: Chandler West>
= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 35 | 100% | 51% | 0% | 63.14 |