Question

A dramatist satirized this modern-day country’s response to a military victory by depicting its aftermath in a cabaret-style musical entitled You, Me, and the Next War. A novel from this country is composed of two parallel storylines about a girl who is kidnapped for busking on the street and a boy who finds the busker’s dog and resolves to find its owner. An author from this country wrote the novel Someone to Run With, as well as a novel about a comedian who counts the number of (10[1])people who leave during his (10[1])increasingly (10[1])unhinged (10[2])stand-up (10[1])routine. (10[2])Another author (10[1])from this modern-day (10[1])country wrote a memoir about his mother Fania’s death and his literary mentor Zelda. A Tale of Love (10[1])and Darkness (10[2])is by a writer from this country, (10[1])who described Hannah’s disintegrating marriage (-5[1])in his novel My Michael. For 10 points, name this home country of David Grossman and (10[1])Amos Oz (10[1])(“ah-MOSE OHZ”), who (10[1])wrote in Hebrew. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Israel [or State of Israel; or Medīnat Yīsrā’ēl; or Dawlat Isrā’īl; reject “Palestine”] (The dramatist in the first sentence is Hanoch Levin.)
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y20100%0%5%116.75

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Mazin OmerHarvard ARutgers A8610
Tim MorrisonStanford ACornell B9110
Andrew HannaVanderbilt AHouston A9210
Mitch McCullarIllinois AGeorgia Tech A9310
Claire JonesChicago AMinnesota A9310
Seth EbnerJohns Hopkins AVirginia A9410
Tracy MirkinFlorida ASouth Carolina A9510
Ani PerumallaPenn State AFlorida B9510
Ashish SubramanianDuke AMichigan A9710
Raymond WangCornell AImperial A10010
Matthew SiffYale BWUSTL A11810
Clark SmithOhio State ATexas A12010
John MarvinChicago BIowa State A12010
Raymond ChenToronto AIndiana A12710
Dean Ah NowClaremont ANorthwestern A132-5
Alex PijanowskiPurdue AColumbia B14810
Kevin FanMcGill AUC Berkeley B15010
Collin AceRutgers BWUSTL B15110
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AClaremont A15510
Halle FriedmanNYU AGeorgia Tech B15510
Robert CondronChicago CMIT A15510