Question

In a play titled for this profession, Davenport investigates the murder of a man in Louisiana (10[1])who cries “they still hate you!” (10[1])just before dying from a gunshot wound. After hearing that Pope Paul VI is visiting New York City, Ronnie, who has this profession, plots to kill him with a bomb in a play by John Guare (“gwair”). Vernon (-5[1])Waters realizes (-5[1])the futility of his efforts to appeal to white people just before his death in a play (-5[1])titled for this profession (-5[1])by Charles Fuller. In another (10[1])play, a man with this profession plots to get rich by selling a gold toilet seat he pilfered from a palace (10[1]-5[1])belonging (-5[1])to a dictator’s son. (-5[1])The hand of that character with this profession is bitten off by the title animal (10[1]-5[1])while he guards its cage. (-5[1])For 10 points, Kev and Tom have what profession in Rajiv Joseph’s (-5[1])play Bengal Tiger (10[1])at the Baghdad (-5[1])Zoo? (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[10])

ANSWER: soldiers [accept military officials; accept sergeants; accept U.S. Army or G.I.s; accept Marines or U.S. Marine Corps; accept A Soldier’s Play; prompt on officers or captains] (The John Guare play is The House of Blue Leaves.)
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y1942%0%58%100.75

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Darren PetrosinoRutgers APenn A1510
Ethan AshbrookMinnesota AVanderbilt A2110
Ned TagtmeierChicago AMaryland A58-5
Anson BernsBrown ANYU A60-5
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AVirginia A77-5
Rahim DinaImperial AChicago B81-5
Tim MorrisonStanford AMinnesota B8610
Steven YuanUC Berkeley BOhio State A10710
Karsten RynearsonYale BToronto A107-5
Richard NiuCornell BClaremont A108-5
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AFlorida A112-5
Jack ObermanSouth Carolina AIndiana A127-5
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech AMichigan A12710
Ani PerumallaPenn State ADuke A132-5
Mitch McCullarIllinois AFlorida B144-5
Vittal BhatNorth Carolina ACornell A14710
Cormac BeirneMcGill AWUSTL B150-5
Caleb KendrickMaryland AChicago A15110
Maximillian NieburJohns Hopkins AIowa State A1520
Guy IndoranteIowa State AJohns Hopkins A1520
Kevin ParkClaremont ACornell B1520
Justin HawkinsIndiana ASouth Carolina A1520
David BassVirginia AUC Berkeley A1520
Halle FriedmanNYU ABrown A1520
Tiffany ZhouFlorida BIllinois A1520
Michał GerasimiukYale ARutgers B1520
Collin AceRutgers BYale A1520
Wenying WuToronto AYale B1520
Amogh KulkarniChicago BImperial A15210