Question
After his friend dies from AIDS, a man from this city recalls reading Triste Tropiques and contrasts Lévi-Strauss and Foucault in the novel Notes of a Desolate Man. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this city that is the setting of Crystal Boys. A member of this city’s ’90s queer punk scene wrote Last Words from Montmartre and Notes of a Crocodile.
ANSWER: Taipei [or Taipei City; or Táiběi] (Notes of a Desolate Man is by Chu T’ien-wen. Crystal Boys is by Pai Hsien-yung.)
[10h] Qiu Miaojin’s contemporary Chi Ta-wei wrote this 1995 novel, which is set in the 22nd-century underwater dystopia of T City. This novel’s title references the M-skins that record clients’ experiences at the Salon Canary.
ANSWER: The Membranes [or Mó]
[10e] The term “tongzhi” (“tong-jurr”) for gay people inspired the pseudonymous author of the 1996 romance novel Beijing Comrades, which was published in this manner. In 2020, the Chinese government censored a story about Xiao Zhan published in this manner by Archive of Our Own.
ANSWER: online [or on the Internet; accept electronically; prompt on self-published or published as fan-fiction]
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Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 15 | 12.67 | 87% | 40% | 0% |