Question

A character in this play who calls herself “A live coal in others' hearts” claims that she’s “not a baby-snatcher” when discussing her jealousy over an 18 year-old dancing with another woman. This play ends with the line “well, well, let’s get on with it,” (10[1])which is (10[1])said by a man who strokes a bronze ornament attached to a mantelpiece. (10[1])A character in this play (10[1])dies after her lover, who is married to her cousin Florence, turns the gas on while they sleep. A character in this play uses a paper-knife to try to kill another woman, and earlier recalls a trip to Switzerland in which she drowned her bastard child. A valet with no eyelids escorts (10[1])this play’s (10[2])protagonists to a Second-Empire style room. For 10 points, Inèz and Estelle are told by Garcin that “Hell is other people!” in what play (10[1])by Jean-Paul Sartre? ■END■

ANSWER: No Exit [or Huis Clos]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jack RadoColumbia BRutgers A4410
Eshan PantNYU APrinceton A4610
Richard NiuCornell CColumbia A5910
William OrrYale AVassar6410
Yixi YangYale CPenn B11610
Alex MoonPenn ARutgers B11810
Ethan FurmanHaverfordPrinceton B11810
Rico-ian BantingNYU BRowan A14310

Summary

2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia11/11/2023Y8100%0%0%88.50