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

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