Bonus
A play by this author begins with an excerpt of a real-life chat log between an 18-year-old boy and a former mayor of Spokane, Washington, using the handle “theright-biguy.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this American playwright who depicted three teenagers’ plan to expose their predatory teacher in Speech and Debate. This author won a Tony Award for Best Play in 2016 for The Humans.
ANSWER: Stephen Karam (“CARE-um”)
[10m] In Speech and Debate, the precocious Diwata performs a one-woman musical centered on a maid from this play. That character gives a pregnant woman a “poppet” stuck with a needle in this play.
ANSWER: The Crucible (by Arthur Miller)
[10e] In 2016, Karam produced a semi-translated vernacular adaptation of a play by this author. Christopher Durang’s play Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike riffs on Uncle Vanya and other plays by this Russian author.
ANSWER: Anton Chekhov
<HG, American Literature>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 49 | 15.31 | 94% | 55% | 4% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol | Warwick B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Cambridge B | LSE | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Cambridge C | Imperial A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Durham | Southampton B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Manchester | NYU C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Oxford A | Oxford C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Oxford B | Cambridge E | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Sheffield | Cambridge D | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Southampton A | Imperial B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Warwick A | Cambridge A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| Florida | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 3.33 | 33% | 0% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | 2025-02-01 | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| North | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| Overflow | 2025-02-01 | 5 | 16.00 | 80% | 80% | 0% |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | 10 | 16.00 | 100% | 50% | 10% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | 8 | 15.00 | 100% | 38% | 13% |
| Upstate NY | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |