Question

In a play by this author, the experience of seeing a unicorn is “thinned” into seeing a horse with an arrow stuck in its head. In a play by this author, Bernard Nightingale (10[1])owns a tortoise whose name changes from (-5[1])Lightning (10[1])to Plautus. In that play by this author, the “hermit of Sidley Park,” (10[1])Septimus (10[1])Hodge, (10[1])tutors (10[1])Thomasina (10[2]-5[1])Coverly. (10[4]-5[2])In another play, (10[1])this author depicted (-5[1])the Player (10[2])and the Tragedians (10[3])hiding in barrels (10[2])after (10[1])performing The Murder of (-5[1])Gonzago. (10[1]-5[2])A flipped (-5[1])coin lands (10[1])on (10[1]-5[1])heads (10[7]-5[1])92 times (10[7])in a play (10[1]-5[1])by this (-5[1])author (10[1])about (10[3])two (10[1]-5[1])minor characters from Hamlet. (10[3]-5[1])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1])name this British playwright (10[1]-5[1])of Arcadia (10[1]-5[1])and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (10[1])Are Dead. (10[3])■END■ (10[2]0[11])

ANSWER: Tom Stoppard [or Tomas Straussler]
<British Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY956%0%22%88.40
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY786%0%29%82.33
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY667%0%50%92.50
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY989%0%11%78.50
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY978%0%22%76.86
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%20%75.40
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%0%74.13
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY786%0%14%75.33
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY989%0%56%91.38

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Karthik Krishnamurthy (DII)USCUCSD3210
William FosterChicago ANotre Dame B39-5
Vedh Ramesh (DII)Penn A (DII)Fordham A4010
Jason Lee (DII)Rutgers A (UG)Penn B (DII)5310
Sarah PatelVanderbilt ATennessee A5410
Jeffery XuGeorgia Tech DAuburn B5510
Rachel Fanous (DII)Michigan A (UG) Ohio State A (UG) 5610
Beckett Gilmore (DII)Jefferson County Scholars (DII)Michigan State B 5710
Cameron WiliamsAppalachian State AUNC A5710
Rahul Jogadhenu (DII)UCLA CUCLA A57-5
Sam Hicks-Jirkans (DII)Ohio State B (DII) Miami C (DII) 58-5
Henry BylinowskiAuburn AGeorgia Tech C5810
Ilyas ChoukriVirginia Tech AAppalachian State B5810
Derek Chen (UG)Columbia A (UG)Penn A (DII)5810
Nolan Keating (DII)Lehigh B (DII)Maryland B (DII)5810
Stephen HeritageNotre Dame APurdue B58-5
Anila MoparthiIllinois BChicago B6110
Dylan BianchiUW GreedUW Pride64-5
Alec WestSyracuseCornell D6610
Andrew YangColumbia BRutgers A (UG)6610
Josh SchmidtLiberty AVirginia6910
Andrew Nucci (DII)UCLA EClaremont A6910
Daniel Kim (DII)Maryland B (DII)Princeton A (UG)6910
Ishan Joshi (DII)Rutgers BRowan A (DII)7210
Sebastian PujetWashU AIllinois C7210
Derek AldridgeWilliam & MaryVCU7310
Peter SmithBinghamton ARIT B77-5
Beck FalettiUW GluttonyUW Envy7810
Varun VenkatagiriGeorgia AGeorgia Tech E78-5
Elizabeth BowlingIndianaIowa B78-5
Jaden Bandy (DII)Rutgers BLehigh B (DII)80-5
Miller DoerrLiberty BUNC C8210
Anna KuangCornell ECornell C83-5
Aidan CranerU of Rochester AESF8310
Lucas Gagen (DII)Miami A (UG) Michigan B (UG)8410
Towery McNeilMississippi State AClemson A8410
Ethan AltshulEmory ATennessee B8410
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech AAuburn C8410
Daniel Tritasavit (DII)UCLA DUCLA B8410
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia J (DII)Fordham A8410
Olin Bose (DII)Columbia A (UG)Columbia B8410
Theodor MartinWashU BIllinois A84-5
Nayel TekleCornell BPenn State8610
Ruchir Kodihalli (UG)CWRU A (UG) Miami B (UG) 8610
Skand ParvatikarArizona State BBoise State8610
Jessica PhamDuke ALiberty C8610
Ian Parsons (DII)Maryland A (DII)NYU A (UG)8610
John Shelly (DII)Rowan A (DII)Lehigh A (UG)8610
Noah McRedmondNotre Dame BChicago A8610
Matthew WangUBC BArizona State A89-5
Hannah Nieuwveld (DII)Penn B (DII)NYU A (UG)8910
Anthony Yin (DII)CWRU B (DII) West Virginia B (UG) 91-5
Karl Wang (DII)UCLA AUCLA C9210
Kritanu SahaCornell ACornell F9310
Chase Barrick (DII)Lehigh A (UG)Bard A (UG)9310
David MathewPurdue APurdue C9310
Carly HemaniJames Madison AVirginia Tech B94-5
Quinn WhitlowIllinois DNorthwestern B9410
Cade Smith (UG)Michigan State A West Virginia A (UG) 9810
Sean JacksonSouth Carolina ABelmont9810
Brielle RachIowa ASIUE98-5
Aneesh ShrotriyaPurdue BNotre Dame A9810
Adam Hermann (DII)Claremont BClaremont C10010
Anne FjeldAlbertaUW Wrath10110
Florian ChiuUW SlothUW Chastity105-5
Simarya AhujaUW PrideUW Greed10510
Michael LiDuke BJames Madison B107-5
Lucas Shedlock (UG)Princeton A (UG)NYU B10710
Allen XuGeorgia Tech EGeorgia A11110
Bailey Steed (DII)Miami C (DII) Ohio State B (DII) 11310
Malachi LedfordTusculumUNC B11310
Sam AlahiIllinois AWashU B11310
Will HooverRIT BBinghamton A11410
Claire ChambersBinghamton BCornell G1140
Claire WangRIT CRIT A1140
Gianna PettineU of Rochester BBinghamton C1140
Pranaav SenthilkumarCornell CCornell E1140
Elijah O'Sick JohnsonBinghamton CU of Rochester B1140
Brian ChenCornell GBinghamton B1140
Stefan Stealey-EuchnerArizona State AUBC B1140
Andrea YuUW ChastityUW Sloth1140
Colin VessVanderbilt BSouthern1140
Akajiugo AmucheaziSouthernVanderbilt B1140
Waverly O'MalleyIowa BIndiana11410
Danielle WebbSIUEIowa A1140