Wole Soyinka - 2024 PACE NSC

Question

A work by this author opens with a dead couple rising from the ground in the title location to ask people to “take their case.” In a play by this author, Aumsa is disgusted when two characters wear costumes to a ball that (20[1])they had (20[1])earlier (20[1])removed from locals. (20[3])The title dictator of a play by this author requests a ceremonial (20[1])dish (20[1])but is (20[1])unexpectedly presented (20[1])with a head. (20[1])In a different play by this author, (20[1])the (*) praise-singer (10[1])criticizes (10[2])a character’s eagerness to get praise from (10[1])women in the marketplace. Later in that play by this author of Kongi’s Harvest, (10[2])the wrapped (10[3])body (10[1])of Olunde (10[1])prompts Elesin (10[1])to commit suicide. (10[1])For 10 points, name this author (10[1])who commented on the modernization of Nigeria in plays like Death and the (10[1])King’s (10[1])Horseman. (10[1])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: Wole Soyinka [or Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka] (The unnamed works are Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth and A Dance of the Forests.)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Abigail Lee	Thomas Jefferson B	Lightridge	42	20
Omkar Marathe	William Fremd	McLean A	44	20
Abigail AuYeung	DuPage County AT	Detroit Catholic Central C	45	20
Ben Newman	University Lab	Barrington	48	20
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Alabama Cyber Tech	48	20
Manu Sankaran	Lambert	Innovation Academy A	48	20
Hazel DePreist-Sullivan	Hastings	Richard Montgomery A	60	20
Kevin Yang	Stevenson A	Innovation Academy B	61	20
Beckett Gilmore	Owensboro	James W. Robinson	63	20
Andrew Gao	Belmont	Kinkaid	65	20
Stephen McCollum	Hoover A	Winston Churchill A	68	20
Camden Williams	Mexico	McLean B	75	20
Akilan Ganesan	Chattahoochee	Hunter B	77	10
Aditya Shivaswamy	St. Mark's	Hunter A	78	10
Aditya Khambekar	Seven Lakes	Detroit Catholic Central A	78	10
Abigail Cutugno	Beavercreek	Northmont B	85	10
Aiva Rudolph	Lindbergh	Durham AT	99	10
Adam Williams	Northmont A	Strake Jesuit	99	10
Dominic Apap	Detroit Catholic Central B	Bloomington	101	10
Michelle Luo	Johns Creek B	Canyon Crest	101	10
Brodie Henry	West Point	Solon	101	10
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Thomas Jefferson C	102	10
Addison Baker	Walter Payton A	Richard Montgomery B	104	10
Risshi Naavaal	Maggie Walker A	Georgetown Day	106	10
Alex Zhang	Okemos	Winston Churchill B	109	10
Sky Hong	Choate Rosemary Hall	Cincinnati Hills	115	10
Teddy Berente	Saint Joseph	Norfolk Academic Guild	128	10
Ryan Dai	Carbondale	St. Thomas	129	10
Bladen Kidd	Maggie Walker B	Carl Sandburg	130	10
Sophia Wu	Livingston A	Johns Creek A	131	10
Arav Kaushik	Livingston B	Thomas Jefferson D	131	10
Maya Pujara	Fairfield County AT	St. Xavier	131	10
Chris Yoo	Thomas Jefferson A	Heights	131	10
Connolly Nugent	Walter Payton B	Hoover B	131	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2024 PACE NSC	06/08/2024	Y	34	100%	35%	0%	90.12