Question

In a play set in one of these places, a man uses Paul Éluard and Tintin to explain a description given by someone from Shepherd’s Bush. A word for this sort of place titles a play in which a duchess is among several characters who have tufts of hair fall off while sleeping. (15[1])Chiwetel Ejiofor debuted the role of Chris in a play set in one of these places that is titled for his description of a bowl of fruit, (15[1])Joe Penhall’s Blue/Orange. A word for this sort of place titles a play (15[1])in which Jesus, Queen Victoria, and (*) Patrice Lumumba (10[1])all appear in Sarah’s apartment, by the Black Arts writer Adrienne Kennedy. While being led to (10[1])one of these places at the end of a play, a woman is handed a paper lantern and tells a man that “whoever you are (10[1]) I have always depended (10[3])on the kindness (10[1])of (10[1])strangers.” (10[3])For 10 points, name this type of place where Blanche goes at the end of A Streetcar Named Desire. ■END■

ANSWER: mental hospitals [or psychiatric hospitals; accept mental asylums or insane asylums; accept mental institutions or psychiatric institutions; accept Funnyhouse of a Negro; prompt on hospitals, institutions, or houses]
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2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y14100%21%0%126.43

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Amogh KulkarniAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUHThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see5215
Rahul KeyalLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, ChicagoGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer7915
Will AlstonLMM's LLM MLMA Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence9215
Stephen LiuLisan al-QuibCharlotte's Moderately Successful Team10010
Caleb KendrickWe Need New NamesPunished "Venom" BHSU11610
Dylan MinarikAre You There, Chat? It's Me, MargaretThe Oldest Men in the World14110
Hazel DePriest-SullivanNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)Read slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A14610
Kevin WanggenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yetSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE14610
Eve Fleisigit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brownThe Empire Bikes Back14610
Joy AnThe Jeam Teamwhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anything14910
Jim FanMindgoblin of Little HobbesBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy15010
Aidan MehiganFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!var merchants15110
Anwen KelleherNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)Les Missourables15110
Jeremy TsaiI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)The Dyatlov Passement incident15110