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

ANSWER: Tom Stoppard [or Tomas Straussler]
<British Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Rachel Fanous (DII)Michigan A (UG) Ohio State A (UG) 5610
Beckett Gilmore (DII)Jefferson County Scholars (DII)Michigan State B 5710
Sam Hicks-Jirkans (DII)Ohio State B (DII) Miami C (DII) 58-5
Lucas Gagen (DII)Miami A (UG) Michigan B (UG)8410
Ruchir Kodihalli (UG)CWRU A (UG) Miami B (UG) 8610
Anthony Yin (DII)CWRU B (DII) West Virginia B (UG) 91-5
Cade Smith (UG)Michigan State A West Virginia A (UG) 9810
Bailey Steed (DII)Miami C (DII) Ohio State B (DII) 11310

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