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

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

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Karthik Krishnamurthy (DII)USCUCSD3210
Rahul Jogadhenu (DII)UCLA CUCLA A57-5
Andrew Nucci (DII)UCLA EClaremont A6910
Daniel Tritasavit (DII)UCLA DUCLA B8410
Karl Wang (DII)UCLA AUCLA C9210
Adam Hermann (DII)Claremont BClaremont C10010

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