Question

A novel ends with a member of this organization fleeing Dr. Condor and his blind wife at the opera, since they know that his cowardly lies led his fiancée to leap off a terrace years earlier. As he approaches a golden bridge, the title man in this organization realizes that the nine days he spent with Charlotte were a dream in a novella by Alexander Lernet-Holenia. In a novel that features the refrain “We only drink Hennessy!”, a retired member of this organization calls all his servants “Jacques” after the death of a canary-loving valet who always brought him his (*) boots. (10[1])A member of this organization gaffes by asking a paralyzed girl to dance in the novel Beware of Pity. The patriarch of (10[1])three generations that serve in this organization is appalled by a textbook that valorizes him for saving the Emperor from (10[1])snipers. For 10 points, (-5[1])the Von Trottas (10[1])serve in what organization in Joseph Roth’s (10[1])The Radetzky (10[1])March? (10[1])■END■ (10[7]0[3])

ANSWER: Austrian army [or Austro-Hungarian army; or Imperial and Royal Army; or Landstreitkräfte Österreich-Ungarns; accept terms like military or armed forces in place of “army”; prompt on army, military, or synonyms by asking “of what country?”] (The novella is Baron Bagge.)
<JB, European Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Richard NiuAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUHLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago10010
Arya KarthikCharlotte's Moderately Successful TeamAre You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret12210
Matt BollingerBHSU BWe Need New Names14210
Henry AtkinsThe Empire Bikes BackLMM's LLM MLM146-5
Charles HangLes MissourablesgenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet14910
Sam BaileyThe Oldest Men in the WorldRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A15610
Henry GoffA Nervy Liberal Nanny HenceThe Dyatlov Passement incident15810
Christopher SimsThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to seeGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer15910
Michael CoatesBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boywhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anything16010
Nikhil DesaiFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!SAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE16010
Emmett LaurieI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)it's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown1600
Eve Fleisigit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brownI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)16010
Jorrest WeintraubThe Jeam TeamMindgoblin of Little Hobbes16010
Robert WangNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)Lisan al-Quib16010
Rob CarsonPunished "Venom" BHSUsticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone16010
Will AlstonLMM's LLM MLMThe Empire Bikes Back16010
Rohan Khervar merchantsNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)1600
Cindy GaoNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)var merchants1600

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y1593%0%7%150.43