Question

A character created by this playwright who describes sex as “bitter” calls himself “the captain of a lost ship.” In a play by this author, one character stresses about inviting two stepmothers to his wedding with Catherine, but is distracted by an argument over reading Seneca. A character from one of this author’s plays constantly answers phone calls in order to resolve an issue arising from (15[1]-5[1])side effects of the drug Antril. Martha and the author Parsky alternate inner monologues (15[1])while sitting in a train compartment in this author’s play The (-5[1])(*) Unexpected Man. A woman vomits on a coffee (10[1])table (10[1])in a play (10[2])by this author (10[2])beginning with a fight between the kids Ferdinand and Bruno. (10[1])In a play by this author, the friends Marc and Serge begin fighting (10[1])over Serge’s purchase of an “Antrios” painting that is completely white. For 10 points, name this (10[1])French playwright (10[1])of ‘Art’ and God of Carnage. ■END■ (10[3]0[5])

ANSWER: Yasmina Reza
<Literature - European Literature - Drama>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%33%0%90.67
2024 ARGOS Online03/22/2025N3100%0%0%113.00
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis03/22/2025N3100%0%0%119.67
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y560%0%0%122.00
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y4100%0%0%120.50
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%33%33%123.00
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y367%0%33%129.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Anwen KelleherNJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess)jeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club65-5
Tim MorrisonStanford+A is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs6515
Ryan RosenbergCope is the thing with feathers12 Litres of Green Tea7915
Omer KeskinCien Años de QuizboledadDefying Suavity90-5
Tony ChenSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers9810
Michael HundiingWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?The Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)9910
Dylan MinarikBHSU ReFantazioWashU10210
Jason GolfinosWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?Berkeley10210
Ben Russell JonesSimple VibesCambridge10510
Taylor HarveyCry of the Common Loonnumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku10510
Henry AtkinsCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit11510
Tejas RajeBHSU RebirthMusic to Help You Stop Smoking12810
Halle Friedmanjeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan clubNJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess)14410
Will AlstonWalston et. al.just one more half-dot bro14610
Sinecio Moraleshawk two ofThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days15310
Daoud JacksonDefying SuavityCien Años de Quizboledad15310
Oscar O'FlanaganLimp FranceskitGrzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz1530
Michael WuGrzegorz BrzęczyszczykiewiczLimp Franceskit1530
Yihong ChenModerator Can't Neg me While in AlphaTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken1530
Caleb OttTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha1530
Raymond ChenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfereas rational as the square root of two power bottoms15310
Adrian WongThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up 1530