Question

A play by this author satirizes colonizers such as Mr. Blankensee, who owns the self-proclaimed best flower garden in Africa. (-5[1])In that play by this author, Saïd (“sai-EED”) pursues Leila, the “ugliest woman in town,” during a country’s war of independence. After dying of tuberculosis, (10[1])the drag queen Divine is canonized (-5[1])in a so-called “epic (10[1])of masturbation” that this author wrote while in prison. (10[4])This author of Our Lady of the Flowers (10[2])wrote a play (10[2])in which patrons (10[2]-5[2])of (10[1])the “House of Illusions” dress up as a judge, a bishop, (10[1])and a general, (-5[2])and the prostitute Chantal leads a revolution after (10[1])leaving Irma’s (-5[1])brothel. (-5[1])In another play by this (10[1])author, a poisoned tea is prepared by Solange and Claire, who role-play murdering Madame. (10[2])For 10 points, name this French author (10[2])of The Screens, The Balcony, (10[1])and The Maids. (10[2])■END■ (10[3]0[12])

ANSWER: Jean Genet (“zhawn zhuh-NAY”)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Tom Doyle (UG)VassarNYU B19-5
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicSouth Carolina4310
Paige CrawleyOxford AOxford B49-5
Jack Rado (DII)Columbia BColumbia A5310
Jim Fan (Grad)UNC A (Grad)UNC B (UG)6210
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Virginia A (UG)6210
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayRowan6210
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech AVanderbilt A6210
Andrew HannaPennJohns Hopkins7010
Michael KohnDurham ACambridge A7010
Halle FriedmanNYU AColumbia C7310
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghCambridge B7310
Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)UNC C (UG)7610
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BIowa State76-5
Kevin FlanaganBristolDurham B7610
Enoch YuenImperial AWarwick76-5
Raymond WangCornell ARIT B7710
Kevin ParkClaremont AMichigan State A8810
Roan DowlingIowa ATexas A91-5
Taiga ClarkeImperial BCambridge C91-5
Bryan UgazArizona StateMinnesota C9910
Deepak MuthyalaTexas A&M AAppalachian State101-5
Alessandro BogoKCLKiel102-5
Isaac OlsonUW ASorbonne10710
Andrew Amygdalos (UG)GWU A (UG)Maryland B (UG)12110
Guy IndoranteIowa StateMinnesota B12110
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)Virginia C (UG)12810
Eliza DeanOxford BOxford A12810
Russell NipUBC ATexas A&M B13310
Biyang Zhang (DII)Michigan BKenyon13610
Andrew FisherSheffieldOxford C13610
Rosa XiaCornell BRIT A13710
Abby Keith (DII)Liberty C (DII)JMU A (UG)1370
Carly Hemani (DII)JMU A (UG)Liberty C (DII)1370
Kristy Lau (DII)Virginia B (UG)Liberty B (DII)1370
Joshua Schmidt (DII)Liberty B (DII)Virginia B (UG)1370
Jisoon YooTexas AIowa A13710
Anwitha VempaliIowa BRice A1370
Cameron WilliamsAppalachian StateTexas A&M A1370
Jacob Goodson (DII)Ohio State BCedarville1370
Roxanne Tang (UG)Ohio State AMichigan A1370
James Stevenson (UG)Michigan AOhio State A1370
Emmett Bicknell (DII)CedarvilleOhio State B1370
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU BVassar1370
Thomas HartWarwickImperial A13710
Michael ZhouGeorgia Tech BHarding1370