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

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

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Cameron WiliamsAppalachian State AUNC A5710
Ilyas ChoukriVirginia Tech AAppalachian State B5810
Josh SchmidtLiberty AVirginia6910
Derek AldridgeWilliam & MaryVCU7310
Miller DoerrLiberty BUNC C8210
Jessica PhamDuke ALiberty C8610
Carly HemaniJames Madison AVirginia Tech B94-5
Michael LiDuke BJames Madison B107-5
Malachi LedfordTusculumUNC B11310

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