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This figure partly titles a book by Felicitas Corrigan on a playwright’s friendship with the “infidel” curator Sydney Cockerell and the nun Laurentia McLachlan, which was adapted into Hugh Whitemore’s play The Best of Friends. This figure is killed by a draft of air in South Croydon in a G. K. Chesterton parody titled “How I Found” this figure. An author denied preaching a “final ethical” version of this figure, but addressed the “political need” for this figure in “The Revolutionist’s Handbook and Pocket Companion.” A (*) play partly titled for this figure (10[1])asserts (10[1]-5[1])he was “raked up” (10[1])by a “confirmed worshiper” of the “Life Force.” (10[2]-5[1])In the third act of a play partly titled for this figure, Doña (10[1])Ana predicts his birth (-5[1])in a discussion with Ann Whitefield, the Devil, (10[1])and the Statue. (10[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])“Don Juan in Hell” is part of a play by George Bernard Shaw that is partly titled for what Nietzschean figure? ■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: superman [accept Übermensch or “How I Found the Superman”; prompt on Man and Superman]
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Summary

2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y12100%0%33%124.42

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Mitch McCullarAre You There, Chat? It's Me, MargaretLes Missourables9110
Kenji ShimizuI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)Punished "Venom" BHSU92-5
Ned TagtmeierBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago BoyThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see9210
Matt BollingerBHSU Bit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown9610
Ethan AshbrookGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood VermeerLMM's LLM MLM10410
Eric BobrowRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: AThe Jeam Team10410
William GoldenThe Dyatlov Passement incidentAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH104-5
Mike CheyneThe Oldest Men in the WorldNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)11710
Stephen LiuLisan al-QuibThe Empire Bikes Back121-5
Hazel DePriest-SullivanNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)First Cause, First Cause, make me young!12910
Arya KarthikCharlotte's Moderately Successful TeamgenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet13210
Jim FanMindgoblin of Little Hobbessticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone135-5
Andrew HartPunished "Venom" BHSUI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)15710
Amogh KulkarniAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUHThe Dyatlov Passement incident15710
Henry AtkinsThe Empire Bikes BackLisan al-Quib15710
Aseem Keyalsticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zoneMindgoblin of Little Hobbes15710