Question

A woman in this play first enters madly singing to Hymenaeus and Hecate while waving a torch lit (15[1])for her (15[1])own wedding, which she proclaims will take place in Hades. An antagonist of this play is warned that “no lover…can forget his passion” after sarcastically asking if his wife has put on weight. Jean-Paul Sartre’s final work for the stage was a politically-charged adaptation of this play. This play begins as (*) Poseidon and Athena discuss an appropriate punishment (-5[1])for a rape committed by (-5[1])Ajax the (10[1])Lesser. Near the end of this play, the herald Talthybius (10[1])enters with the dead body (10[1])of the infant (10[2])Astyanax, (10[1])who has been thrown (10[1])from the city walls. (10[3])For 10 points, name this Euripides play about the desolate lives (10[1])of Hecuba, (10[2])Andromache, (10[1])and Cassandra after their city’s defeat. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: The Trojan Women [or the Women of Troy; or Troades]
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Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%33%17%78.00
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Mitch McCullarIllinoisChicago B1715
Matt JacksonChicago ASenpai Notice Me1915
Milan FernandezMilan et al.The Vulture's Guide to Buzz77-5
Chinmay KansaraMojo ShojoMichigan82-5
Stephen Liu[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]Berkeley B8410
Charles HangWUSTLNorthwestern9410
Jordan BrownsteinMaryland B-Purdue9910
Eve FleisigBerkeley AIt's Joever10210
KrolMagisters LudiBuzzers Karamazov10210
Henry AtkinsNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleCameron et al.10310
Chris RayOSUEpic Games10710
Tim MorrisonStanford AStanford B11110
OmerOxford HornetsBroken Imperial Nomads11110
Mattias EhatammThe Vulture's Guide to BuzzMilan et al.11110
Jonathan MaginMaryland B+The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs12210
Jim FanFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find ThemGlass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery12410
Stevie MillerMaryland ARutgers Diaspora12410
Tony ChenThe Passion According to C.H.Parth et al.12510
Conor ThompsonMichiganMojo Shojo13210