Question

A work by this author opens with men wagering body parts for a dice game and Dr. Bero torturing his father. This author of Madmen and Specialists featured a play-within-a-play where four women call a camera “the one-eyed box.” A son insults his father by calling him an “eater of leftovers,” and leaves for England to study medicine in a play by this (10[1])author. The story of the “Not-I” bird is told by (10[1])one of this author’s characters who later strangles himself upon seeing the corpse of his son. In that play, Simon Pilkings intervenes in the ritual suicide of Elesin Oba. For 10 points, The Lion and the Jewel and Death and the King’s Horseman (-5[1])were written by what Nigerian playwright? ■END■ (10[1]0[6])

ANSWER: Wole Soyinka [or Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Pranaav SenthilkumarCornell CSyracuse6210
Anna KuangCornell ERIT B7210
Alec RisoCornell DBinghamton A115-5
Ethan MaddoxU of Rochester ACornell A1220
Pierce DeCainCornell FCornell B1220
Nayel TekleCornell BCornell F1220
Giuseppe PiccirilliBinghamton ACornell D1220
Elijah O'Sick JohnsonBinghamton CRIT A1220
Tom ScheriRIT ABinghamton C1220
Gianna PettineU of Rochester BBinghamton B12210

Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY743%0%14%85.33
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY956%0%11%92.60
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY7100%0%14%85.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1486%0%14%103.42
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY6100%0%0%99.50
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY1100%0%0%50.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY6100%0%17%92.17
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%22%101.67