Question

One character in this play relates how he met “a certain lady” by the docks who made a “certain proposal,” leading him to punch her and contemplate murdering her. A character in this play calls the others “objects” who can’t maintain “intellectual equilibrium” or understand his philosophical works. In a sexually-charged scene in this play, a woman asks a man to lie down so she can pour a glass of water down his throat. This play’s first line, “What have you done with the scissors?”, appeared in the author’s head before he wrote the play according to his (*) Nobel lecture “Art, Truth & Politics.” In this play, Sam collapses after admitting that MacGregor had sex with his sister-in-law (-5[1])Jessie. In this play, the boxer Joey (-5[1])is criticized for not going “the whole hog” with his brother’s wife Ruth. For 10 points, Teddy and his wife return to his family house in England in what Harold Pinter play? ■END■ (10[1]0[3])

ANSWER: The Homecoming
<Literature - British Literature - Drama>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Joel MilesThompson et al.throw away your cards, rally in the streets117-5
Kevin WangCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!UBC124-5
Henry BonI wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retireAw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms1570
Camden WalkerAw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big boomsI wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire1570
Tai BelkeUBCCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!1570
Ariel Faederthrow away your cards, rally in the streetsThompson et al.15710

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2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis03/22/2025Y3100%33%33%120.67
2024 ARGOS Online03/22/2025Y333%0%67%157.00