Question

A character in this play lifts her hands and claims to have eight fingers while speaking with a boy who delivers her groceries. Another character in this play forces a girl to take the “solemn oath of a knight” as part of blackmailing her for stealing (15[1])a bracelet. To refute a character in this play, a woman repeatedly insists that there’s no keyhole on her door. In this play’s first scene, a girl with a lisp cuts (15[1])her peer’s hair while another character rehearses lines from The (*) Merchant of Venice. After a girl in this play feigns a heart attack, a woman calls in her doctor fiancé Joe Cardin. After two women in this play lose a libel suit, Karen Wright (10[1])hears Martha Dobie shoot herself. For 10 points, name this play in which the schoolgirl Mary Tilford accuses two of her teachers (-5[1])of having a lesbian affair, written by Lillian Hellman. ■END■ (0[1])

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<Darren Petrosino, American Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
RaymondToronto RoflWaterloo Miku4515
Benjamin ChapmanToronto WearyWaterloo Hatsune7615
Henry AtkinsLibrary of Babel School of Continuing StudiesToronto Joy12010
Ian ChowLa Clique du ChâteauMixed-Affiliated Contingency, Off the Team & Absent: Wong, Adrian142-5
Kane NguyenMixed-Affiliated Contingency, Off the Team & Absent: Wong, AdrianLa Clique du Château1520

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2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y683%33%17%91.60
2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y250%0%50%118.00
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y580%20%60%117.50
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y475%50%25%80.33
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%0%50%123.00
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y333%0%67%148.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%50%0%113.50