Packet N: Bonus 2
A play by this author ends with a man covering his face with a handkerchief and sitting silently. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this playwright, who ended a different play with the title character listening to the silence of a recording he made when he was 39 years old.
ANSWER: Samuel Beckett [or Samuel Barclay Beckett] (The plays are Endgame and Krapp’s Last Tape.)
[10e] This play silently ends as Vladimir and Estragon resolve to leave, but instead do not move. The title character of this Samuel Beckett play never arrives.
ANSWER: Waiting for Godot [or En attendant Godot]
[10m] Beckett was a member of the Theatre of the Absurd, whose other playwrights include this author of The Dumb Waiter, which ends with a silent staredown as Ben points his gun at Gus.
ANSWER: Harold Pinter
<Editors, British Literature> | Packet N
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
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| 10 | 20.00 | 100% | 40% | 60% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland A | George Mason A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Maryland C | Rutgers A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | HE |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
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| Southern California | Main | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | Main | ✓ | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main | ✓ | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 50% | 100% |
| Northeast | Main | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 25% | 50% |
| Southeast | Main | ✓ | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| UK (North) | UK | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |