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.” (10[1])A son insults his father by calling him an “eater of leftovers,” and leaves for England to study medicine (10[1])in a play (10[1])by this author. The story of the “Not-I” bird is told by one of this author’s characters who later strangles himself (10[1]-5[1])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 (10[1])were written by what Nigerian playwright? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Wole Soyinka [or Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Tai BelkeUBC AUW Greed3810
Beck FalettiUW GluttonyUW Pride5710
Erin ChenUBC BUW Wrath6010
Stefan Stealey-EuchnerArizona State AAlberta81-5
Haylee WeisnerUW LustBoise State8110
James O'ReillyArizona State BUW Chastity11510
Liam MarklandAlbertaArizona State A12210
Gavin MorrowUW EnvyUW Sloth12210

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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