Round 7: Tossup 9

This character meets a man occupied by “matters of consequence” and refers to him as a “mushroom.” People refuse to believe the detection of this character’s home due to the discoverer’s Turkish costume. This character (15[1]-5[1])meets a businessman who (-5[1])is busy counting the 500 million stars he claims (15[2])to own. (15[1])This character heats his breakfast with (15[1])(*) volcanoes and falls in love with a thorny rose. The author’s own experience as an aviator inspired a narrator who meets this character after crash landing in the Sahara (10[1])desert. (10[1])The asteroid B-612 (10[1])is home to, for 10 points, what title royal of a work by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry? ■END■

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