Question

One play by this author ends after the protagonist rips up a note written by a man who is likely her half-brother due to the promiscuity of a reverend. The protagonist of that play by this author takes a job doing actuarial work with Honoria Fraser. (15[1])A popular line in a play by this author which occurs before the declaration, “I am going in a taxi,” was scandalously said onstage by the actress Mrs (*) Patrick (10[1])Campbell. (-5[1])In one (10[1])play by this author, Vivie learns that her mother manages brothels. (10[1])In a different play (10[1])by this author, Ezra Wannafeller leaves part of his (10[1])inheritance to England’s “most original moralist.” That play by this author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession centers on a bet made between Colonel Pickering and Henry Higgins about fixing (10[1])Eliza Doolittle’s Cockney accent. For 10 points, name this Irish-born author of the play Pygmalion. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: George Bernard Shaw (The popular line is “Walk! Not bloody likely.”)
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Ben DahlPurdue BOhio State C4515
Robert CondronChicago AChicago D7410
Yashwanth BajjiMichigan APurdue A75-5
Braden BoothMissouriChicago B7710
Neal JoshiWUSTLSIUE B8810
Shourjo GanguliOhio State ASIUE A9210
Rohan NavaneethaOhio State BChicago C10110
Reilly MelvillePurdue CMichigan B12910
Eylon CaplanPurdue AMichigan A14410

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