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

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
Vedh Ramesh (DII)Penn A (DII)Fordham A4010
Jason Lee (DII)Rutgers A (UG)Penn B (DII)5310
Nolan Keating (DII)Lehigh B (DII)Maryland B (DII)5810
Derek Chen (UG)Columbia A (UG)Penn A (DII)5810
Andrew YangColumbia BRutgers A (UG)6610
Daniel Kim (DII)Maryland B (DII)Princeton A (UG)6910
Ishan Joshi (DII)Rutgers BRowan A (DII)7210
Jaden Bandy (DII)Rutgers BLehigh B (DII)80-5
Olin Bose (DII)Columbia A (UG)Columbia B8410
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia J (DII)Fordham A8410
Ian Parsons (DII)Maryland A (DII)NYU A (UG)8610
John Shelly (DII)Rowan A (DII)Lehigh A (UG)8610
Hannah Nieuwveld (DII)Penn B (DII)NYU A (UG)8910
Chase Barrick (DII)Lehigh A (UG)Bard A (UG)9310
Lucas Shedlock (UG)Princeton A (UG)NYU B10710