In a play by this author, a character remarks, “I hate brandy… it stinks of modern literature” while at an Italian restaurant. In that play by this author, that character reminisces about taking a speedboat to Torcello to read Yeats alone. At the end of a different play by this author, a character who had left to get a drink of water returns stripped of some of his clothing and his gun. A character in that play by this author yells “Kaw!” after reading about a “child of eight” killing a cat and a “man of eighty-seven” crawling under a lorry. Two characters in a play by this author argue about the difference between the phrases “light the kettle” and “put on the kettle” and send items like a stale Eccles (“ECK-ulls”) cake up the title device. For 10 points, what playwright of Betrayal wrote about the hitmen Gus and Ben in The Dumb Waiter? ■END■
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Rosenberg | NYU A | Maryland D | 36 | 10 |
| Noah McRedmond | Notre Dame E | Maryland C | 68 | 10 |
| Gus Vanskike | Maryland B | George Washington B | 71 | 10 |
| Evan Schleck | Georgetown A | UMBC A | 96 | 10 |
| Mattias Ehatamm | Maryland A | George Mason A | 97 | 10 |
| Margaret Withers | George Mason B | Johns Hopkins C | 123 | 10 |
| Gabriel Avrahami | Georgetown B | NYU B | 123 | 10 |
| Fern Fang | VCU A | Penn B | 126 | 10 |
| Srikar Venkatesan | Penn A | George Mason C | 130 | 10 |
| Marianthe Dresios | Johns Hopkins B | Catholic University | 149 | 10 |
| Northern California | Main | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 109.80 |
| Southern California | Main | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 124.20 |
| Eastern Canada | Main | Y | 12 | 83% | 0% | 8% | 120.90 |
| Florida | Main | Y | 5 | 40% | 0% | 0% | 119.50 |
| Great Lakes | Main | Y | 7 | 86% | 0% | 14% | 115.00 |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | Main | Y | 7 | 100% | 0% | 29% | 133.29 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic (1) | Main | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 101.90 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic (2) | Main | Y | 5 | 80% | 0% | 0% | 100.00 |
| Lower Midwest | Main | Y | 4 | 100% | 0% | 25% | 124.00 |
| Upper Midwest | Main | Y | 10 | 80% | 0% | 20% | 94.38 |
| North | Main | Y | 5 | 60% | 0% | 20% | 95.33 |
| Northeast | Main | Y | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.00 |
| Northwest | Main | Y | 4 | 100% | 0% | 25% | 106.50 |
| South Central | Main | Y | 8 | 88% | 0% | 0% | 93.14 |
| Southeast | Main | Y | 8 | 88% | 0% | 0% | 104.29 |
| UK | Main | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 125.67 |
| Upstate NY | Main | Y | 4 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 117.25 |