Question

In a play by this author, a man accidentally reveals his affair with a “blonde on a train” while talking to his lover Josie. In another play by this author, a man states that he once boarded a ship bound for Buenos Aires in speech (-5[1])where he states his wish to have been born as a “seagull or a fish.” The protagonist of a play by this author threatens to sell his land to T. Steadman Harder and evict Phil Hogan. (15[1])In a play by this (-5[1])author, a (*) Swinburne-quoting (-5[1])character constantly refills his father’s whiskey bottle with water. (10[1]-5[1])This author’s play A Moon for the Misbegotten is a sequel to his play about a family whose matriarch has an addiction (10[1])to morphine (10[2]-5[1])which troubles her tuberculosis-afflicted (10[1])son Edmund. For 10 (10[1])points, name this playwright who created the Tyrone family for Long Day’s (10[1])Journey into Night. (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: Eugene O’Neill [or Eugene Gladstone O'Neill]
<SP, American Literature>
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Summary

2023 ILLIAC (Cornell)2023-10-21Y475%0%50%131.67
2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite)2023-10-21Y8100%13%38%121.50

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Raymond WangCornell EarthRochester C44-5
Yashwanth BajjiMichigan AChicago C8015
Neal JoshiWUSTLMissouri85-5
Nathan ZhangCornell WindRIT88-5
Eylon CaplanPurdue AChicago B97-5
Shourjo GanguliOhio State AOhio State C9710
Ryan HappelSIUE BOhio State B11910
Robert CondronChicago ASIUE A121-5
Max HodesChicago DPurdue C12110
Ben DahlPurdue BMichigan B12110
Forrest WeintraubColumbia Ly-αRochester B12510
Ryan XuCornell FireRochester A12910
Cade ReinbergerRITCornell Wind14110
Braden BoothMissouriWUSTL14410
Archita AmudhanRochester CCornell Earth1450
Giifti BentiSIUE AChicago A14510
Henry CafaroChicago BPurdue A14510