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 (-5[1])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 (10[1])is told by one of this author’s characters (10[1])who later strangles (10[1])himself upon seeing the corpse of his son. In that play, Simon Pilkings intervenes (10[1])in the ritual suicide of Elesin Oba. For 10 points, The Lion and the Jewel and Death (10[1])and the King’s Horseman were written by what Nigerian playwright? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Wole Soyinka [or Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia J (DII)Penn A (DII)44-5
Olin Bose (DII)Columbia A (UG)NYU A (UG)6910
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (DII)Rutgers A (UG)7710
Ethan Furman (DII)Penn A (DII)Columbia J (DII)8010
Sidhant Chaliha (DII)Princeton A (UG)Bard A (UG)9410
Rohit Chintala (DII)Maryland B (DII)Rowan A (DII)11110
Andrew YangColumbia BFordham A12210

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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY743%0%14%85.33
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY956%0%11%92.60
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY7100%0%14%85.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1486%0%14%103.42
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY6100%0%0%99.50
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY1100%0%0%50.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY6100%0%17%92.17
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%22%101.67