Question
A woman dressed in feathers decides to not go to this event after her daughter calls her “Betty the loon,” her nickname in high school. For 10 points each:
[10h] Identify this event from a 1965 play, during which two girls give speeches interrupted by gongs. One of those girls proclaims, “the day will come when mankind will thank God for the strange and beautiful energy from the atom.”
ANSWER: the science fair from The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds [prompt on science competition; prompt on fair]
[10m] While her children are at the science fair in that Paul Zindel play, Beatrice chloroforms one of these animals. Elwood claims to have an invisible “pooka” friend who resembles one of these animals in Mary Chase’s play Harvey.
ANSWER: rabbit [or bunny]
[10e] The other girl in the science fair boiled off the skin of one of these animals for her experiment. In a play with one of these animals in its title, Brick Pollitt reveals that he hasn’t gotten over the death of his friend Skipper.
ANSWER: cat [accept Cat on a Hot Tin Roof] (by Tennessee Williams)
<Literature - American Literature - Drama>
Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| UBC | Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Thompson et al. | CLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU! | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| throw away your cards, rally in the streets | I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |