Question

A play set in this city ends after an unnamed writer, a stand-in for the author, leaves a boarding house run by Mrs. Wire. In another play set in this city, a mother says that her son almost joined a Buddhist monastery after watching birds eat baby turtles in the Galápagos. A play set in this city ends as a husband soothes his wife by repeating “Now, love” while swelling music is played by a “blue piano.” In a play set in this (10[1])city, Catherine reveals that while staying in Cabeza de Lobo, Sebastian Venable was “devoured” by children. (10[1]-5[1])In another play (10[1])set in this city, (10[1])a man throws a radio out of a window during (10[1])a game of poker. This city is the setting (10[1])of Suddenly Last Summer and a play in which Stanley Kowalski rapes Blanche Dubois. For 10 points, Tennessee (-5[1])Williams’s play A Streetcar Named Desire is set (10[1])in what Southern city? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: New Orleans (The first clue is about Williams’s play Vieux Carré.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghImperial A8210
Omer KeskinOxford AWarwick98-5
Bella ThomasDurham BOxford B9810
Harrison WhitakerCambridge ACambridge B10110
Ian DewanKielBristol10510
Michael KohnDurham AImperial B11510
Andrew FisherSheffieldKCL12410
Linus LuuCambridge COxford C142-5
Oscar SiddleWarwickOxford A15010
Eileen PengOxford CCambridge C15510