Question

This character claims it’s “funny” that after all the highways, trains, appointments, and years, “you end up worth more dead than alive.” During this character’s funeral, his wife repeatedly cries “we’re free.” This character discusses how a relative “walked in the jungle but came out rich” (10[1])during a conversation with his boss, Howard Wagner. While in Boston, this character gives a pair of silk stockings (10[1])to his mistress, who is called “the Woman.”This character kills himself in a car crash to provide life (-5[1])insurance money for his wife, Linda, and (-5[1])sons, Happy and Biff. For 10 points, name (10[1])this patriarch of the Loman family from Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. ■END■

ANSWER: Willy Loman [prompt on Loman or the salesman before mentioned]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
SaifFordhamDelaware B4510
Ivy Chen (DII)PrincetonNYU A6410
Kaiden Carey (DII)PennMaryland82-5
Shadmehr Khan (UG)RutgersNYU B89-5
Ashish KumbhardareRowanSwarthmore A9710
Geoffrey Wu (UG)Columbia ASwarthmore B11210
Carter HohlColumbia BNYU C11210
Luke McCrory (DII)NYU BRutgers1120
Alex Emmert (DII)MarylandPenn1120

Summary

2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers)10/14/2023Y771%0%29%86.00