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 Lightning to Plautus. In that play by this author, the “hermit of Sidley Park,” Septimus Hodge, tutors Thomasina Coverly. In another play, this author depicted the Player (10[1])and the Tragedians hiding in barrels after performing The Murder of (-5[1])Gonzago. A flipped coin lands on (10[1]-5[1])heads 92 times (10[1])in a play by this author about (10[1])two minor characters from Hamlet. For 10 points, name this British playwright of Arcadia and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. ■END■ (10[1]0[6])

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
Alec WestSyracuseCornell D6610
Peter SmithBinghamton ARIT B77-5
Anna KuangCornell ECornell C83-5
Aidan CranerU of Rochester AESF8310
Nayel TekleCornell BPenn State8610
Kritanu SahaCornell ACornell F9310
Will HooverRIT BBinghamton A11410
Brian ChenCornell GBinghamton B1140
Claire ChambersBinghamton BCornell G1140
Elijah O'Sick JohnsonBinghamton CU of Rochester B1140
Gianna PettineU of Rochester BBinghamton C1140
Pranaav SenthilkumarCornell CCornell E1140
Claire WangRIT CRIT A1140