Question

It’s not the Trojan War, but the names of characters are repeated in the script with no dialogue in a play set during this conflict in which a talking dog named Odd-See accompanies Hero. A general returning from this conflict shouts out “She's guilty not medicine!” before dying of poison. (15[1])Zoe poisons herself to escape M'Closky in a play that premiered two years prior to this conflict, written by Dion (*) Boucicault. (-5[1])Christine and Adam Brant murder a general who returns from this war named Ezra Mannon in Eugene O'Neill's trilogy Mourning Becomes Electra. Asa Trenchard is the protagonist of Tom Taylor's play Our American Cousin, (10[1])which was put on (10[1])at (10[1])Ford's Theatre during this war. For 10 points, name this war, the subject of some plays centering on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: American Civil War [or United States Civil War] (the play in the first line is Suzan-Lori Parks’ Father Comes Home From the Wars.)
<Noah Sheidlower, American Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ben Russell JonesFour Neg OmeletteBetrayed by Rita Izzatdust5015
James CarrigyEdinburgh3HK1MM71-5
Michael KohnFoucault's PenndulumOld London Town10510
Claire JonesScottish, Irish, Both or NeitherYes, Moderator10910
Sam FooTabearnacle10 Negs that Shook the Quiz11010
Michael Mays3HK1MMEdinburgh13410

Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%33%0%82.00
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y7100%29%14%86.29
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%50%50%87.50
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%0%0%115.00
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%20%20%101.60
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%25%0%93.25
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y3100%0%33%118.67
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%114.50