Question

One character in this play relates how he met “a certain lady” by the docks who made a “certain proposal,” leading him to punch her and contemplate murdering her. (15[1])A character in this play calls the (15[1])others “objects” who can’t maintain “intellectual equilibrium” or understand his philosophical works. In a sexually-charged scene in this play, a woman asks a man to lie down so she (15[1])can pour a glass of water down his throat. This play’s first line, “What have you done with the scissors?”, appeared in the author’s head before he wrote the play according to his (*) Nobel lecture “Art, Truth & Politics.” In this play, Sam collapses (-5[1])after (-5[1])admitting that MacGregor (10[1])had sex with his sister-in-law (10[2])Jessie. (10[1])In this play, (10[1])the boxer Joey is criticized (10[1])for not going “the whole hog” (10[3])with (10[1])his brother’s wife Ruth. For 10 points, Teddy and his wife return to his family (10[1])house in England in what (10[1])Harold Pinter play? ■END■ (10[2]0[5])

ANSWER: The Homecoming
<Literature - British Literature - Drama>
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Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%67%0%77.00
2024 ARGOS Online03/22/2025N333%0%67%157.00
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis03/22/2025N3100%33%33%120.67
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y560%0%20%120.33
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y6100%0%0%138.17
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%0%33%133.33
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y367%33%0%80.50

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Claire JonesDefying SuavityGrzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz2815
Stephen LiuWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?Stanford+3515
Eve FleisigBerkeleyCry of the Common Loon6415
Tony ChenSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up 108-5
Hazel Depreist-SullivanNJ TRANSit (and anwenCope is the thing with feathers109-5
Mattias EhatammYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha11210
Eshan Pantjust one more half-dot brojeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club11710
Caleb OttTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Kenas rational as the square root of two power bottoms11710
Matt BollingerBHSU ReFantaziohawk two of11810
Ned TagtmeierThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)Clown Senpais12110
John LawrenceWalston et. al.12 Litres of Green Tea12610
Michael HundiingWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?Northeast by Northwestern13210
Raymond ChenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA InterfereCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country13210
Neil GurramA is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairsnumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku13210
Omer KeskinCien Años de QuizboledadSimple Vibes13310
Tejas RajeBHSU RebirthNotre Dame14810
Charles HangWashUThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days15310
Matt LaferMusic to Help You Stop SmokingClown Squad15710
Benjamin WatsonLimp FranceskitCambridge1570
Ian McDowellCambridgeLimp Franceskit1570
Ryan RosenbergCope is the thing with feathersNJ TRANSit (and anwen15710
Erik ChristensenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up Simpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut1570
Adrian WongThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers1570
Jack van NostrandRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange1570