Round 11: Tossup 19
This playwright described an air raid on the inventor Captain Shotover’s home in his play Heartbreak House. In a play by this author, the “chocolate-cream soldier” Bluntschli falls in love with Raina during the Serbo-Bulgarian War. A character created by this playwright receives a massive inheritance after jokingly being called the “most original moralist ... in England.” This author scandalized audiences with the line “Walk? Not bloody likely!” in a play that opens at Covent Garden. In that play by this author, Colonel Pickering bets that Henry Higgins can’t make Eliza Doolittle sound like a duchess. For 10 points, name this playwright of Arms and the Man and Pygmalion. ■END■
ANSWER: George Bernard Shaw [or Bernard Shaw]
<Editors, British Literature> | Packet M
= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzzpoint | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Morten | Cardiff | Cambridge B | 109 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Canada (2) | Main | ✓ | 1 | 100% | 0% | 58.00 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main | ✓ | 12 | 83% | 17% | 79.50 |
| Midwest | Main | ✓ | 1 | 100% | 0% | 55.00 |
| Northeast | Main | ✓ | 11 | 91% | 0% | 65.60 |
| Pacific | Main | ✓ | 8 | 100% | 25% | 75.50 |
| Southeast | Main | ✓ | 1 | 100% | 0% | 25.00 |
| Upstate NY | Main | ✓ | 1 | 100% | 0% | 26.00 |
| UK (North) | UK | ✓ | 1 | 100% | 0% | 92.00 |
| UK (South) | UK | ✓ | 1 | 100% | 0% | 109.00 |