Question
In a play by this author whose ending audiences are asked not to spoil, “Three Blind Mice” is whistled before Mrs. Boyle is found dead at Monkswell Manor. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this author of the world’s longest-running play, The Mousetrap.
ANSWER: Agatha Christie [or Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan or Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller; accept Mary Westmacott]
[10e] This author parodied The Mousetrap in a play in which the critics Moon and Birdboot watch a murder mystery play, The Real Inspector Hound. This author wrote Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
ANSWER: Tom Stoppard
[10h] An author with this last name who wrote the screenplays for Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile spoofed murder mysteries in the play Whodunnit? His twin brother with this last name wrote Equus.
ANSWER: Shaffer [accept Anthony Joshua Shaffer or Sir Peter Levin Shaffer]
<Jaimie Carlson, Literature - British - Drama> ~22197~ <Editor: Jim Fan>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington | Hoover A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Beavercreek | Hoover A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Bloomington | Okemos | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Durham AT | Walter Payton A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgetown Day | Downingtown STEM | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| McLean B | Thomas Jefferson D | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Mexico | Georgetown Day | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Richard Montgomery B | Detroit Catholic Central B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| St. Mark's | Northmont B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Thomas Jefferson C | Canyon Crest | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Thomas Jefferson D | Chattahoochee | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 11 | 15.45 | 64% | 36% | 55% |