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Round 4: Tossup 10

A play by this author opens with the patriarch of a family inventing the alphabet and the wheel. (10[2])Cain is renamed Henry after killing Abel in a play by this author, in which the Antrobus family survives a great flood and (10[1])an ice age. In the “Daily Life” section of a play by this author, a choir sings “Blessed be the Tie that Binds” (10[1])under the direction of the alcoholic Simon Stimson. A character (10[1])created by this playwright asks, (10[1])“Do any human (10[1])beings ever realize life while they live it?” This author of The Skin of Our Teeth depicted Emily Webb reliving her (10[1])12th (10[1])birthday in a play where the Stage Manager narrates about life in Grover’s Corners. For 10 points, name this playwright of Our Town. ■END■

ANSWER: Thornton Wilder [or Thornton Niven Wilder]
<Editors, American Literature> | Packet E
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Kevin YangIllinois BlueIndiana A1710
Camden WalkerWashU GrolarsIowa B1710
Ethan EnochianPurdue DWilliam Woods University A4010
Colette GiezentannerWashU GrizzlersPurdue A6310
Beckett PurseyPurdue BRose-Hulman A7310
Elizabeth BowlingIndiana BChicago B7810
Lily HughbanksPurdue CChicago A8110
Adriana KimIllinois ChampaignIllinois Canada10210
Samarth MajmudarIllinois UrbanaIllinois Orange10310

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
Northern CaliforniaMain✓367%67%99.00
Southern CaliforniaMain✓771%0%93.40
Eastern Canada (1)Main✓580%40%87.75
Eastern Canada (2)Main✓786%29%97.50
FloridaMain✓3100%0%93.33
Great LakesMain✓1173%45%77.63
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain✓888%25%76.57
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain✓10%0%
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain✓9100%11%88.78
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain✓2100%0%118.00
MidwestMain✓9100%0%63.78
NorthMain✓475%25%79.00
NortheastMain✓1100%0%71.00
PacificMain✓8100%0%92.00
South CentralMain✓580%20%71.25
SoutheastMain✓1191%9%67.20
Upstate NYMain✓475%0%81.33