Bonus
This playwright moved to East Berlin after his testimony to the House Un-American Activities Committee. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this German dramatist whose development of epic theatre sought to promote left-wing causes. This playwright attacked the capitalistic support for war in his play Mother Courage and Her Children.
ANSWER: Bertolt Brecht (“brekt”) [or Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht]
[10e] Brecht satirized the leader of this political party as a cauliflower mobster in his play The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. Brecht depicted the rule of this political party in Fear and Misery in the Third Reich.
ANSWER: Nazi Party [or Nazis or NSDAP; or National Socialist German Workers Party; or Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei]
[10h] Brecht critiqued capitalism in The Threepenny Opera by depicting Jonathan Peachum selling licenses allowing these people to operate. The Threepenny Opera was adapted from a John Gay opera titled for these people.
ANSWER: beggars [accept The Beggar’s Opera; reject any synonyms]
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| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
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| 2 | 104 | 16.73 | 98% | 60% | 10% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 8 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 18.57 | 100% | 71% | 14% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 11 | 20.00 | 100% | 73% | 27% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 100% | 56% | 11% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 100% | 44% | 0% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 89% | 56% | 11% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 88% | 75% | 13% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 17.50 | 100% | 58% | 17% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |