Question

One play by this author ends with the stage direction “They embrace. But they do not know the secret in (10[1])the poet’s heart.” In a play by this author, the stage direction “there is nothing: all existence seems suspended infinitely” appears before a transition back into the Spanish Sierra Nevada. (10[1])A stage (10[1])direction (10[1])in a play by this author (10[2])notes that the protagonist “smiles for the first time” as she searches for (10[1])a ring thrown into a fireplace. In one of this author’s plays, the note (10[1])“One recognizes the Mozartian strain” (10[1])appears before the “Don Juan in Hell” (10[1])sequence. (10[13]-5[1])The (10[1])protagonist (10[2])throws slippers (10[1])at a man (10[1])in a play (10[1])by this author that begins with Freddy running into a flower (10[1])girl in Covent Garden. (10[1])For 10 points, name this (10[1])playwright (10[1])of (10[1])Man and Superman (10[2])and Pygmalion. ■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: George Bernard Shaw (The first line is from Candida.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kai MadgwickDurham ASheffield1910
Parth JagtapEdinburghCambridge C4910
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicGeorgia Tech B5110
Nathaniel HullBerkeley ABerkeley B5210
Tim MorrisonStanford AStanford C5810
Raymond WangCornell ABinghamton5810
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Liberty C (DII)7110
Ethan Furman (DII)HaverfordColumbia C8510
Moses KitakuleColumbia ANYU B9010
Andrew ZengStanford BBerkeley C9710
Rosa XiaCornell BCornell C9810
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)Liberty B (DII)9810
Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)Maryland C (DII)9810
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)Virginia B (UG)9810
Guy IndoranteIowa StateMinnesota B9810
Andrew HannaPennColumbia B9810
Eshan Pant (DII)NYU AJohn Jay9810
Oliver HargraveOxford AKCL9810
Harrison WhitakerCambridge AOxford C9810
Enoch YuenImperial ABristol98-5
Jack LewisMTSUAlabama9810
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt AHarding9810
Eli IssoksonBrandeis ABoston University9810
Karsten RynearsonYale AHarvard B9810
Khushi UmarwadiaSouth CarolinaTennessee9910
Yashwanth Bajji (DII)Michigan AMichigan C10010
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech AVanderbilt B10010
Thomas HartWarwickDurham B10210
Ivvone Zhou (UG)UNC B (UG)JMU B (UG)10510
Bryan UgazArizona StateMinnesota C10810
Rohan Navaneetha (DII)Ohio State AOhio State B11910
Sam Macchi (DII)VassarRowan12310
William DouganDartmouth ABrandeis B12810
Noah Dean (DII)KenyonCedarville12910
Ian DewanKielCambridge B13010
Will HooverRIT ARIT B13310
Elliot CosnettOxford BImperial B13310
Meredie Cohen (DII)William & Mary A (UG)GWU B (Grad)13610
Alice Zhong (DII)UNC D (DII)GWU A (UG)13610
Emily Bussa (UG)Maryland B (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)13610
Carly Hemani (DII)JMU A (UG)Virginia C (UG)13610
Ted WarnerBristolImperial A13610