Question
One of the earliest modern plays in this language, which translates as “City of Darkness,” describes a foolish king being fooled into hanging himself by a holy man and his two disciples. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this language used for the 2022 International Booker-winning novel Tomb of Sand, which details the journey of the 80-year-old Ma.
ANSWER: Hindi
[10m] Modern Hindi plays were greatly influenced by earlier Sanskrit plays, like a play by Kalidasa about this character who affirms her love through a message on a birch leaf and is “won by valor.”
ANSWER: Urvasi
[10e] Bengali literature has gained widespread international recognition due to the reputation of this Nobel Prize-winning author of the play The Post Office and the poetry collection Gitanjali.
ANSWER: Rabindranath Tagore [or Rabindranath Thakur]
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Summary
| 2023 ARCADIA at Duke | Emory, Duke, Yale | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 0% | 33% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Emory | Emory, Duke, Yale | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Imperial | Imperial | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 0% | 40% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Maryland | Maryland, Online | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 0% | 33% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Ohio State | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA Online | Maryland, Online | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Texas | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| Georgia Tech D | Emory A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia A | Georgia B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech A | Georgia Tech B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech C | Tennesee A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |