Question

One of these characters steals a peach and seduces a “lithe lady” who had turned the speaker down in the poem “I Asked a Thief.” The narrator shows one of these characters his “eternal lot,” which consists of a room of cannibalistic monkeys whose bones transform into Aristotle’s Analytics, in the fourth “Memorable Fancy.” In that work, one of these characters “sitting at the tomb” with his works as “linen clothes folded up” symbolizes Emanuel Swedenborg. One of these characters (15[1])wielding a “bright key” tells (15[1])(*) Tom that (-5[2])“if he’d be a good boy,” he’ll “never want joy” in “The Chimney Sweeper.” A poet proclaimed that Milton (10[1])“wrote in fetters” when he wrote of these figures, but “at liberty” when he wrote of their counterparts, (10[2])because (10[1])he was a “true poet.” (10[1])For 10 points, William Blake symbolized religious conformity with what figures, (-5[1])the attendants in the first of two places whose “marriage” titles (10[1]-5[1])one of his works? ■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: angels (Unattributed clues are from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.)
<JB, British Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Taylor Harveysticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zoneFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!7915
LouLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, ChicagoThe Jeam Team8415
Chinmay Kansarawhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anythingCharlotte's Moderately Successful Team86-5
Ned TagtmeierBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boyit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown86-5
Henry AtkinsThe Empire Bikes BackLes Missourables10510
Mike CheyneThe Oldest Men in the WorldThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see12310
Azura Gollamudivar merchantsI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)12310
Eric MukherjeeLMM's LLM MLMWe Need New Names12410
Andrew HartPunished "Venom" BHSURead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A12910
Dylan MinarikAre You There, Chat? It's Me, MargaretSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE140-5
Conor ThompsonGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood VermeergenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet15110
William GoldenThe Dyatlov Passement incidentMindgoblin of Little Hobbes151-5
Stephen LiuLisan al-QuibA Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence15610
Arya KarthikCharlotte's Moderately Successful Teamwhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anything15610
Eve Fleisigit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brownBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy15610
Michael HundingSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUAREAre You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret15610
Walter ZhangMindgoblin of Little HobbesThe Dyatlov Passement incident15610

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y13100%15%31%130.62