Question

In a play by this author, the experience of seeing a unicorn is “thinned” into seeing a horse with an arrow stuck in its head. In a play by this author, Bernard Nightingale owns a tortoise whose name changes from (-5[1])Lightning to Plautus. In that play by this author, the “hermit of Sidley Park,” Septimus Hodge, tutors Thomasina Coverly. (-5[1])In another play, (10[1])this author depicted the Player and the Tragedians hiding in barrels (10[1])after performing The Murder of Gonzago. (-5[1])A flipped coin lands on heads (-5[1])92 times (10[1])in a play by this author about (10[1])two (10[1])minor characters from Hamlet. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this British playwright of Arcadia and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Tom Stoppard [or Tomas Straussler]
<British Literature>
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Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY956%0%22%88.40
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY786%0%29%82.33
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY667%0%50%92.50
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY989%0%11%78.50
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY978%0%22%76.86
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%20%75.40
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%0%74.13
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY786%0%14%75.33
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY989%0%56%91.38

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
William FosterChicago ANotre Dame B39-5
Stephen HeritageNotre Dame APurdue B58-5
Anila MoparthiIllinois BChicago B6110
Sebastian PujetWashU AIllinois C7210
Elizabeth BowlingIndianaIowa B78-5
Theodor MartinWashU BIllinois A84-5
Noah McRedmondNotre Dame BChicago A8610
David MathewPurdue APurdue C9310
Quinn WhitlowIllinois DNorthwestern B9410
Aneesh ShrotriyaPurdue BNotre Dame A9810
Brielle RachIowa ASIUE98-5
Sam AlahiIllinois AWashU B11310
Waverly O'MalleyIowa BIndiana11410
Danielle WebbSIUEIowa A1140