Question

This play’s protagonist divulges his love for a woman by telling her that he will return with her admirer, then exiting and reentering alone. This play’s protagonist tears off pieces of a bill of exchange to explain the ideal layout of items like a trifle and a fricandeau on a table. At the climax of this play, a woman drops her male disguise and leaves her inn (-5[1])room with a dagger to kill herself, but is saved by running into her lover. In a lazzo from this play, its protagonist seals an opened letter with (*) chewed bread. An adaptation of this play is about the failed (10[1])musician Francis Henshall, a role premiered by James Corden. (10[4])This (10[1])play’s protagonist (10[1])rushes back (-5[1])and forth and stuffs himself with (10[1])food while waiting tables during a feast. (-5[1])For 10 points, Richard Bean’s One Man, Two Guvnors adapts what commedia dell’arte-inspired comedy (10[1])by Carlo Goldoni (10[1])in which Truffaldino (10[1]-5[1])works for multiple employers? ■END■ (10[2]0[2])

ANSWER: The Servant of Two Masters [or Il servitore di due padroni]
<TM, European Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

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Summary

2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y1587%0%27%129.15

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Anwen KelleherNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)genAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet66-5
Tracy Mirkinsticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zoneThe Empire Bikes Back10510
Mitch McCullarAre You There, Chat? It's Me, MargaretAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH11410
Matt BollingerBHSU BI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)11410
Rahul KeyalLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, ChicagoNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)11410
Rob CarsonPunished "Venom" BHSUThe Dyatlov Passement incident11410
Matt JacksonLMM's LLM MLMit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown11510
Ned TagtmeierBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boyvar merchants11710
Chinmay Kansarawhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anythingSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE119-5
Ethan AshbrookGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood VermeerLisan al-Quib12510
John MarvinThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to seeRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A132-5
Walter ZhangMindgoblin of Little HobbesLes Missourables14610
Caleb KendrickWe Need New NamesA Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence14910
Jason HongThe Jeam TeamFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!15210
Jerry VinokurovThe Oldest Men in the WorldCharlotte's Moderately Successful Team152-5
Richard YugenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yetNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)15710
Matt WeinerSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUAREwhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anything15710
Arya KarthikCharlotte's Moderately Successful TeamThe Oldest Men in the World1570
Eric BobrowRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: AThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see1570