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 (10[1])Hodge, (10[1])tutors Thomasina Coverly. (10[1])In another play, this author depicted the Player and the Tragedians hiding in barrels after performing The Murder of Gonzago. (-5[1])A flipped coin lands on heads (10[3])92 times in a play by this author about two minor characters from Hamlet. (10[1])For 10 points, name this British playwright of Arcadia and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (10[1])Are Dead. ■END■ (0[2])

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
Sarah PatelVanderbilt ATennessee A5410
Jeffery XuGeorgia Tech DAuburn B5510
Henry BylinowskiAuburn AGeorgia Tech C5810
Varun VenkatagiriGeorgia AGeorgia Tech E78-5
Towery McNeilMississippi State AClemson A8410
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech AAuburn C8410
Ethan AltshulEmory ATennessee B8410
Sean JacksonSouth Carolina ABelmont9810
Allen XuGeorgia Tech EGeorgia A11110
Colin VessVanderbilt BSouthern1140
Akajiugo AmucheaziSouthernVanderbilt B1140