Question

The protagonist of a play by this author kills a vision of a White woman after ordering the death of Moustique (20[1])(“moo-STEEK”). A poem by this author describes a “worm, colonel of carrion” (0[1])crying (20[1])“Waste (20[2])no compassion (20[2])on these separate dead!” (20[1])In a play by this author, Tigre (“TEE-gruh”) is freed from prison after Corporal Lestrade is stabbed (20[1])by Makak. (20[2])This author imagined a (20[1])wind “ruffling the tawny pelt” of the title place in a poem that ponders (20[1])“the (*) English tongue I love” (10[1])and asks (10[2])“How can I turn (0[1])from Africa (10[1])and live?” (10[1]0[1])This author of Dream on Monkey Mountain wrote a (10[1])classically-inspired epic about the fisherman (10[2])Achille (“ah-KEEL”) and Hector, set in the Caribbean. For 10 points, (10[1])name this poet of “A Far Cry From Africa” and Omeros (“OM-eh-ross”), who hails from St. Lucia. (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[9])

ANSWER: Derek Walcott [or Derek Alton Walcott]
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Omkar MaratheWilliam FremdTroy2020
Kyunghwan LimChattahoochee AThomas Jefferson D310
Arjun KalaUniversity LabSolon3220
Joy AnChoate Rosemary HallWalter Payton3320
Ali HamzehKinkaidWinston Churchill A3320
Tanay BodducherlaMira LomaPlymouth3520
Rachel EzrielevRichard MontgomeryDetroit Country Day3520
Rohan KherBarrington AThomas Jefferson B3920
Braden BoothDallas CountyCanyon Crest5520
Camden WilliamsMexicoChattahoochee B5720
Sam AsplundWinnebagoNorthmont A5720
Kevin YangStevenson AParkway West6120
Cindy GaoBelmontJohns Creek A7520
Evan LinWoodlandRockford Auburn A8010
Bryce CruiseHeightsNew Brighton8210
Eleanor HeydtMidtownMaggie Walker C8210
Elliott LeeThomas Jefferson ADetroit Catholic Central A860
Aryan PathakLake HighlandBelvidere8810
Kaitlyn LeonardBarrington BThomas Jefferson C900
Evan SchleckHunter ADunbar9010
Dominic ApapDetroit Catholic Central BMoberly9910
Krish ChintaInnovation Academy AWinston Churchill B10410
Sohum SukhatankarSt. Mark'sMaggie Walker A10410
Kaiwen XiaoIrvington AHinsdale Central11410
Nathan HaleyNorthmont BJohn Adams B13010
Abigail LeeThomas Jefferson CBarrington B13110
Sanjay RanjithThomas Jefferson DChattahoochee A1310
Joseph GeovanesCarl SandburgCarbondale1310
Aiden DombroskyHoover BNorris1310
Brielle RachRockford Auburn BHunter B1310
Eden BlakemoreJohn Adams ANorman1310
Fahian JoyHunter BRockford Auburn B1310
Ryan DaiCarbondaleCarl Sandburg1310
Nick MurrayDetroit Catholic Central AThomas Jefferson A1310
Clete ReinbergerCincinnati Hills ChristianMercer County1310