Question

In a play by this author, two characters sing, “I’ve had all your whiskey and downed all your wine / Just sitting here lonesome and passing the time.” A scene by this author denotes an elongated rest, or “spell,” (10[1])by repeating characters’ names directly after one another in the script without any dialogue. (10[1])The enslaved man Hero changes his name to Ulysses (-5[1])at the end of this author’s trilogy (10[1])Father Comes Home From the Wars. In a play by this author, (10[1])characters state “one good pick will get you in, 2 good picks (10[1])and you gone win” as part of a monologue for their street hustle. A 500-dollar (10[1])inheritance (10[1])is kept in a nylon stocking in a play by this author (10[1]-5[1])in which a man shoots (-5[1])his brother (10[2])during a disagreement over a game of Three-Card (10[2]-5[1])Monte (10[1])(“monty”). For 10 points, name this contemporary (10[1])playwright (10[1])who wrote about an Abraham Lincoln impersonator (-5[1])and his brother (10[1])Booth in her play Topdog/Underdog. (10[2])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Suzan-Lori Parks
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2095%0%25%117.79

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Wenying WuToronto APurdue A3810
Nathan ZhangCornell AIowa State A5210
Elijah ScheinsonColumbia ARutgers B61-5
William GrogerColumbia BSouth Carolina A6810
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech AFlorida B8010
Justin HawkinsIndiana AFlorida A9210
Matt JacksonChicago AHouston A10710
Ricky LiMIT AIllinois A10810
Tim MorrisonStanford AClaremont A12010
Gideon KpurubuVanderbilt AMaryland A120-5
Daniel SheinbergYale AUC Berkeley B125-5
Seth EbnerJohns Hopkins AImperial A12710
Justin ChenNYU ANorthwestern A12710
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BCornell B13510
Mazin OmerHarvard APenn A13510
Ani PerumallaPenn State AChicago C135-5
Amogh KulkarniChicago BVirginia A13610
Walter ZhangBrown AMinnesota B14210
Collin AceRutgers BColumbia A14310
Ryan SunUC Berkeley ANorth Carolina A150-5
Jisoo YooTexas AMcGill A15310
Caleb KendrickMaryland AVanderbilt A15810
Jim FanNorth Carolina AUC Berkeley A15810
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BYale A15910