Question

A character in this play compares his wooing of Fiona to the Western Front, saying that he reconnoitered the ground (10[1])“as far as the actual place,” though ultimately “not into it.” Some people in this play pretend that they were reenacting the Battle of Ypres (“eep”) when they are caught pretending to be in a French brothel where everyone speaks in the subjunctive. A game in which this play’s title characters reenact (-5[1])old movie scenes (10[1])is considered a waste of time by Irwin, who appears in a wheelchair in this play’s flash-forward scenes (-5[1])because he was in a motorbike accident with a colleague. Posner and Dakin are among the (10[1])Oxford- and Cambridge-bound title characters (10[1])of this play, who are (10[2])sexually assaulted (10[3])by a (10[1])teacher. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])the eccentric Hector teaches the title group of grammar school students in what play (10[1])by Alan Bennett? ■END■ (10[3]0[2])

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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2085%0%10%115.29

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