Question

A play by this author ends when a character who had a stroke says her happiest moment is “when it’s all done.” At the start of a play by this author, a character quotes Bette Davis’ line “what a dump?” This author wrote about the title characters A, B, and C in the play Three Tall Women. (10[1])In another play by this author, Jerry impales himself on Peter’s knife (-5[1])at Central Park. A telegram in another play by this author reveals that an imaginary character (10[1])died in a car crash. This author wrote about Nick and Honey, who play games like “Get the Guests” (10[1])at a party hosted by George and Martha. For 10 points, (10[1])name this author of The Zoo Story and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Edward Albee
<American Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Karthik Krishnamurthy (DII)USCUCLA B5610
Rahul Jogadhenu (DII)UCLA CUCSD68-5
Karl Wang (DII)UCLA AClaremont C8410
Adam Hermann (DII)Claremont BUCLA E10310
Daniel Tritasavit (DII)UCLA DClaremont A11410
Fish Tsai (DII)UCSDUCLA C1280

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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY650%0%33%91.00
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%0%74.63
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY580%0%20%95.50
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY11100%0%0%79.91
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY888%0%0%88.71
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY580%0%20%89.25
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY683%0%0%69.20
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY978%0%11%71.29