Question

An actor from this family named his cottage for The Count of Monte Cristo after starring in a dramatic adaptation of it over 6,000 times. That cottage inspired the setting of a play by an author from this family about 16-year-old Richard Miller, which begins on July 4. An actress from this family dated J. D. Salinger and was disowned (10[1])by her father for eloping with Charlie Chaplin. (10[1])Phil Hogan’s landlord James is based on (10[1])a member (10[1])of this real-life family in the [emphasize] sequel to a play in which a (-5[1])fictionalized member of this family complains about a (10[1])foghorn. An author from this family (-5[1])wrote A Moon for the Misbegotten as part of a series of plays that fictionalized his morphine-addict mother as Mary Tyrone. For 10 (10[1])points, what family was fictionalized by one of its members in Long Day’s Journey into (10[1])Night? (10[1]0[1])■END■

ANSWER: O’Neill family [accept James O’Neill or Oona O’Neill or Jamie O’Neill or Ella O’Neill or Eugene O’Neill; prompt on Mary Ellen Quinlan; prompt on Lady Chaplin until “Chaplin” is read] (The play in the second sentence is Ah, Wilderness!)
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Summary

2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley2024-11-16Y2100%0%100%142.50
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y1100%0%0%143.00
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y989%0%22%98.25
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y8100%0%0%110.88
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%115.00
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida2024-11-16Y560%0%40%143.00
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford2024-11-16Y888%0%13%119.71

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Michael HundingUIUC AUChicago B5910
Sam KonkelUChicago CIndiana A6710
Neal JoshiWashU BPurdue B7410
Jisoo ParkUIUC CPurdue A7610
Noah McRedmondNotre DameUChicago A90-5
Arjun KalaUIUC BPurdue D9810
Logan MathisSIUE AWashU D104-5
Emmett ChoUChicago DNorthwestern A12710
Max HodesUChicago ANotre Dame14210
Sophia MadrazoPurdue CUIUC D14310
Roy YangWashU DSIUE A1430