Question

This author wrote a play about a family whose duty is to carry a dwarf boat out to the river once a year. This author created a group of women that chants “little children are our champions” after their daughters mock and chase away a policeman (10[1])trying to stop a wedding. (10[2])Jaguna’s trap kills the protagonist of a play by this author, in which (10[1])a mentally challenged boy is replaced as the “carrier” by Eman. In a play (10[1])by this (10[1])author (-5[2])of The Strong Breed, (10[1])the (10[1])“mother (10[1])of the market” (10[1])allows the (10[1])protagonist (10[2])to marry and sleep (10[2])with her son’s fiancée. (10[1])Despite his assurances to the Praise-Singer (10[1])in one of (10[1])this author’s (10[1])plays, (10[3])the father of the medical (10[1])student Olunde (10[3])hesitates (10[1])until Simon Pilkings (10[6])stops (10[1])him (10[1])from committing (10[2])ritual suicide. (10[2])For 10 points, name this Nigerian (10[2]-5[1])author (10[1])of Death (10[1])and the King’s (10[1])Horseman. (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[4])

ANSWER: Wole Soyinka [or Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka]
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%69.00
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y888%0%13%111.00
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y989%0%0%105.38
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y7100%0%14%116.71
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y888%0%13%108.14
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%90.67
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford2024-11-16Y11100%0%0%120.64

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ryan FangStanford AStanford L4510
Eve FleisigBerkeley CStanford M5010
Zach TsengGeorgia Tech EGeorgia Tech B5010
Luke Strole (DII)UW BAlberta6310
Yahwanth Bajji (DII)Michigan AMichigan State A7710
Stephen WalshNorthwestern AUIUC C7910
Shourjo Ganguli (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Pitt A80-5
Roan DowlingIowaTexas D80-5
Shardul ParthasarathyUIUC BIndiana B8410
Justin HawkinsIndiana ANotre Dame8510
Truman Fillbrandt (UG)UW AUBC A8610
Braden Booth (D2)MissouriMississippi State8910
Eshan Pant (D2)NYU ATexas C9110
Aden SunUChicago APurdue C9210
Albert NyangLSE ACambridge C9210
Collin Leck (D2)Central OklahomaVassar A9610
Andrei HuiCambridge BBristol A9610
Jisoo YooTexas AColorado College10010
Ethan AltshulEmory BSouth Carolina A10610
Neal JoshiWashU BPurdue A10910
Arnav Lahoti (D2)Texas BArkansas11110
Nathaniel HullBerkeley ABerkeley B11210
Ariel FaederPitt AOhio State A (UG)11210
Justin KeungImperial ACambridge A11210
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltLSE B11710
Malachi LedfordTusculum AGeorgia Tech C11910
Biyang Zhang (UG)Michigan BCWRU D (DII)11910
Eveline OngOxford AManchester11910
Henry BylinowskiAuburn AGeorgia Tech D12010
Bob FreedmanGeorgia AAlabama A12310
Reilly MelvillePurdue BMiami12310
Sai Subramanian (DII)CWRU A (UG)CWRU C (UG)12310
PeterOSU CKenyon A12310
Kevin YeSFUUBC B12310
Mikey BrownBirminghamSouthampton A12310
Luke ZhangEmory AAuburn C12410
Matthew KElley (DII)Michigan C (UG)Michigan State C (UG)12510
Brynn JonesOregon StateOle Miss12710
Chris LevesleyWarwick ASouthampton B12710
Logan MathisSIUE AUChicago B12910
George PurkissWarwick BDurham B12910
Will LockeTennesse BClemson A135-5
Allen XuGeorgia Tech FAuburn B13510
James CarrigyEdinburghBristol B13510
Tom HainesDurham ACam D13610
Ruchir Kodihalli (UG)CWRU B (UG)Michigan D (DII)13810
Benjamin WatsonOxford BImperial B14110
Conner YamnitzWashU CUIUC D14210
Charlie WeaverClemson ATennesse B1430
Henry LytleWashU DPurdue D1430
Arthur Zhang (D2)NYU BMcGill E14310
Luca Balescu (D2)Texas DIowa1430
Chloe Wei (D2)McGill ENYU B1430