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 (*) Unexpected Man. A woman vomits on a coffee (10[1])table in a play by this author beginning with a fight between the kids Ferdinand and Bruno. (10[1])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[3])

ANSWER: Yasmina Reza
<Literature - European Literature - Drama>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Tony ChenSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers9810
Henry AtkinsCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit11510
Caleb OttTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha1530
Yihong ChenModerator Can't Neg me While in AlphaTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken1530
Raymond ChenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfereas rational as the square root of two power bottoms15310
Adrian WongThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up 1530

Summary

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