Question

The preface to this play notes that its “confrontation is largely metaphysical” and that it should not be seen as a “clash of cultures.” In this play, (20[1])a joke about holy water offends the servant (20[2])Joseph, (20[1])who is confused by changing drum music. In this play, a character disowns his father by calling him an “eater (20[1])of left-overs.” (20[8]0[1])That character (20[1])in this play returns from studying (*) medicine in England and argues with a woman who wears a tribal mask. (0[1])A character in this play tells the story of the Not-I bird (10[1])to the (10[1])Praise Singer, and strangles (10[1]0[2])himself with his own chains (0[1])after seeing the corpse of his son Olunde (“oh-LUN-day”). Simon Pilkings prevents the ritual suicide of Elesin (10[2])(“eh-LAY-sin”) according to Yoruba (“YOH-roo-buh”) tradition in, for 10 points, (0[1])what play by Wole Soyinka (10[1]0[2])■END■ (10[4]0[5])

ANSWER: Death and the King’s Horseman
<Tony Chen, Literature - World and Miscellaneous&gt; ~17286~ &lt;Editor: Joseph Krol>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2023 PACE NSC06/10/2023Y3275%44%0%77.71

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kyunghwan LimChattahoochee AParkway West2620
Omkar MaratheWilliam FremdThomas Jefferson B3420
Elliott LeeThomas Jefferson AWinston Churchill A3420
Kevin YangStevenson AThomas Jefferson D3520
Cindy GaoBelmontBarrington A5520
Yashwanth BajjiTroyDetroit Catholic Central A5720
Camden WilliamsMexicoChoate Rosemary Hall5720
Sam AsplundWinnebagoHinsdale Central5720
Sinecio MoralesRockford Auburn AHunter A5720
Aeres ZhouDetroit Country DaySt. Mark's5720
Bryce CruiseHeightsThomas Jefferson C5720
Tanay BodducherlaMira LomaMaggie Walker A570
Rachel EzrielevRichard MontgomerySolon5720
Arjun KalaUniversity LabPlymouth5720
Omar HamidDunbarWoodland5920
Ryan DaiCarbondaleLincoln-Way East780
Krish ChintaInnovation Academy AMaggie Walker C9010
Charles HeydtMidtownChattahoochee B9210
Adam WilliamsNorthmont AIrvington A9610
Brodie HenryWest PointHoover B960
Kaiwen XiaoIrvington ANorthmont A960
Kyan van BeekLake HighlandHunter B1010
Braden BoothDallas CountyKinkaid11710
Kaitlyn LeonardBarrington BCarl Sandburg11710
Yaj JhajhriaCanyon CrestJohns Creek A1250
Anila MoparthiLincoln-Way EastCarbondale1300
David BertolasiBelvidereStevenson B13010
Colette KendrickWinston Churchill BWalter Payton1300
Jeffrey XuJohns Creek ACanyon Crest13110
Rohan DalalJohns Creek BNew Brighton13110
Riona DuncanWalter PaytonWinston Churchill B1310
Brielle RachRockford Auburn BDetroit Catholic Central B13110
Joseph HarrisonDetroit Catholic Central CMaggie Walker B1310
Ella SheffieldMercer CountyNorthmont B1310
Clete ReinbergerCincinnati Hills ChristianElkhorn North1310
Thomas BelcherSaint JosephWashington1310
Nathan HaleyNorthmont BMercer County13110