Question
In a novel originally written in this language, a failed robbery leads an artist to seal himself into a house with bricks. In a story written in this language, a character convinces himself he must have hallucinated his wife committing adultery. Detectives who speak English and this language investigate a cardboard chess board found next to a dead body in a novel that is set in Alaska by Michael Chabon (“SHAY-bon”). This language, used to write the original The Magician of (*) Lublin, was used for a story in which the Spirit of Evil tempts a baker to urinate in his dough. For 10 points, Isaac Singer’s story “Gimpel the Fool” was written in what language used for stories about Tevye the Milkman, which inspired Fiddler on the Roof? ■END■
ANSWER: Yiddish [accept The Yiddish Policemen’s Union; reject “Hebrew”]
<Ganon Evans, Literature - American - Misc> ~26144~ <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% | 63% | 0% | 80.03 |