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 author. The story of the “Not-I” bird is told by 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 were written by what Nigerian playwright? ■END■
ANSWER: Wole Soyinka [or Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka]
<World Literature>
= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jason Qin (DII) | Columbia J (DII) | Penn A (DII) | 44 | -5 |
Olin Bose (DII) | Columbia A (UG) | NYU A (UG) | 69 | 10 |
Andy Yu (DII) | Maryland A (DII) | Rutgers A (UG) | 77 | 10 |
Ethan Furman (DII) | Penn A (DII) | Columbia J (DII) | 80 | 10 |
Sidhant Chaliha (DII) | Princeton A (UG) | Bard A (UG) | 94 | 10 |
Rohit Chintala (DII) | Maryland B (DII) | Rowan A (DII) | 111 | 10 |
Andrew Yang | Columbia B | Fordham A | 122 | 10 |
Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 7 | 43% | 0% | 14% | 85.33 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 9 | 56% | 0% | 11% | 92.60 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 7 | 100% | 0% | 14% | 85.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 14 | 86% | 0% | 14% | 103.42 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 99.50 |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 50.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 17% | 92.17 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 22% | 101.67 |