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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 (15[1])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 (15[1])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 Jessie. In this play, the boxer Joey is criticized for not going “the whole hog” (10[1])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■

ANSWER: The Homecoming
<Literature - British Literature - Drama>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Stephen LiuWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?Stanford+3515
Eve FleisigBerkeleyCry of the Common Loon6415
Neil GurramA is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairsnumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku13210

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2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%67%0%77.00
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y560%0%20%120.33
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y6100%0%0%138.17
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%0%33%133.33
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y367%33%0%80.50