Question

A character created by this playwright who describes sex as “bitter” calls himself “the captain of a lost ship.” In a play by this author, one character stresses about inviting two stepmothers to his wedding with Catherine, but is distracted by an argument over reading Seneca. A character from one of this author’s plays constantly answers phone calls in order to resolve an issue arising from side effects of the drug Antril. Martha and the author Parsky alternate inner monologues while sitting in a train compartment in this author’s play The (-5[1])(*) Unexpected Man. A woman vomits on a coffee table in a play by this author (10[1])beginning with a fight between the kids Ferdinand and Bruno. In a play by this author, the friends Marc and Serge begin fighting over Serge’s purchase of an “Antrios” painting that is completely white. For 10 points, name this French playwright of ‘Art’ and God of Carnage. ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

ANSWER: Yasmina Reza
<Literature - European Literature - Drama>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Omer KeskinCien Años de QuizboledadDefying Suavity90-5
Ben Russell JonesSimple VibesCambridge10510
Daoud JacksonDefying SuavityCien Años de Quizboledad15310
Oscar O'FlanaganLimp FranceskitGrzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz1530
Michael WuGrzegorz BrzęczyszczykiewiczLimp Franceskit1530

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2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%33%0%90.67
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y560%0%0%122.00
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y4100%0%0%120.50
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%33%33%123.00
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y367%0%33%129.00