Question
In a play by this author, Annette throws up on a coffee table during a meeting between the parents of Ferdinand and Bruno, who had a fight in the park. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this French author of God of Carnage. Serge purchases an all-white painting on which his friend doodles a skier in this author’s play Art.
ANSWER: Yasmina Reza
[10e] Reza is a four-time winner of a French drama award named for this playwright of Tartuffe and The Misanthrope.
ANSWER: Molière [or Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
[10m] In Art, Serge has this job, which Sganarelle (“zgan-ah-REL”) is forced into “in spite of himself” in a Moliere play. Molière ironically died while playing the character Argan, who will only let his daughter marry a man with this job.
ANSWER: doctor [accept dermatologist; accept The Doctor In Spite of Himself or Le Medecin Malgre Lui]
<Jaimie Carlson, Literature - European - Drama> ~22677~ <Editor: Jaimie Carlson>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 19.17 | 97% | 78% | 17% |