John Millington Synge - 2026 ACF Regionals

Packet C: Tossup 16

Bertolt Brecht adapted a play by this author to the Spanish Civil War in his play Señora Carrar’s Rifles. Near the end of a play by this author, a woman laments that “I’ll have no call now to be going down and getting Holy Water (10[1])in the dark nights” (10[2])after receiving news of an event she foretold. (10[2])In that play by this author, Maurya sees her (10[2])son (10[1])riding (10[1])a horse followed (10[1])by (10[1])a (10[1])ghost (10[4])as a sign of her last son’s impending (-5[1])death. (10[2]-5[2])In another play (10[1])by this author, an older (10[1])man recognizes the protagonist (10[2])after he wins a mule race. (10[5]-5[1])Christy Mahon (10[2])impresses (10[2])townspeople (10[2])by (-5[1])claiming to have murdered his father (-5[1])in a play by (10[1])this author (10[1])that (10[1])caused riots at the Abbey (10[1])Theatre (10[6])with a line (10[2])about (-5[1])women (10[1])in shifts. (10[3])For 10 points, name (10[1])this Irish author (10[1])of (10[1])Riders to the Sea (-5[3])and The Playboy of the Western (10[1])World. (10[3]0[1])■END■ (10[9]0[10])

ANSWER: John Millington Synge (“sing”) [or J. M. Synge; or Edmund John Millington Synge]

<UBC A, British Literature> | Packet C - Virginia Tech A, Waterloo A, UCSD A, UBC A

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzzpoint	Value
Kevin Ye	Simon Fraser	Western B	44	10
Eve Fleisig	Berkeley A	Stanford B	48	10
Thomas Tibbetts	Central Florida C	Florida A	48	10
Jakob Meyers	Indiana A	Northwestern C	56	10
Eshan Pant	NYU A	Johns Hopkins B	56	10
Ali Hamzeh	Edinburgh A	Oxford C	65	10
Jerry Vinokurov	John Jay	Maryland B	65	10
Andrew Zeng	Stanford A	Berkeley D	66	10
Rohan Ganeshan	Harvard A	Dartmouth B	67	10
Kevin Wang	Georgia Tech A	Claremont	70	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue A	Chicago B	71	10
Andrew Wang	Illinois A	Chicago D	72	10
Nathaniel Hull	Berkeley C	Berkeley B	73	10
Travis Johnson	Pittsburgh	Ohio State C	73	10
William Orr	Yale	Brandeis A	73	10
Mitch McCullar	Penn State	Rochester	73	10
Raymond Chen	Toronto B	Toronto E	81	-5
Jisoo Park	Illinois B	Illinois C	82	10
Teddy Fogel	Birmingham	Warwick A	82	-5
Charles Young	Columbia A	Vassar	82	10
Sinecio Morales	Johns Hopkins A	Columbia B	82	-5
Yashwanth Bajji	Michigan A	CWRU B	85	10
Jisoo Yoo	Texas A	Murray State A	90	10
Hiten Umarnani	Imperial C	Cambridge C	94	10
Gus Vanskike	Maryland C	Georgetown	94	10
Rachel Fanous	Michigan B	Ohio State B	100	10
Yrwin Batan	MIT	Southern Connecticut State	100	10
Braden Booth	Missouri A	Carleton College	100	10
Jack Lewis	Bruin	Georgia Tech D	100	10
Beckett Gillmore	Louisville B	Sewanee	100	-5
Albert Nyang	LSE	Edinburgh B	100	10
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto G	Carleton University	102	10
Ishan Joshi	Toronto Metropolitan	Queen's	102	10
Pranav Jothi	Georgia Tech B	Alabama A	103	10
Richard Pollard	UCL	Cambridge B	103	10
Matteo Fronduti	Durham	Imperial A	104	10
Oscar Despard	Cambridge A	Warwick B	104	10
Davis Johnson	Purdue B	Chicago A	105	-5
Jacob Finley	Notre Dame A	Indiana B	111	-5
Brandon Weiss	Columbia C	Maryland A	115	10
Jesse Chusing	Ottawa	McMaster B	117	10
Cole Hennessy	Central Florida A	Central Florida B	118	10
Rayton Lin	Waterloo B	McGill B	123	10
Philip Yao	Brown	Harvard B	124	10
Parker McCoig	Tennessee A	WashU A	124	10
Olivia Kiser	Kentucky	Vanderbilt B	124	10
Kai Madgwick	Manchester	Montpellier	124	10
Gus Redding	Imperial B	Southampton B	124	10
Ben Hellman	Swarthmore	NYU C	124	10
Milan Fernandez	Brock	McGill A	127	10
Cade Reinberger	RIT	Cornell B	127	10
Michael Wu	Southampton A	Cardiff	128	-5
Matthew Sumanen	Georgia Tech C	Alabama B	129	10
Tai Belke	UBC B	Toronto C	131	10
Simon Zimmerman	Ohio State A	CWRU A	131	10
Ted Warner	Bristol	Oxford A	131	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph	Western A	135	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Western C	138	10
Megan Ha	Chicago C	Northwestern B	139	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Bowdoin A	143	-5
Carson Kessler	Washington B	Iowa State	143	-5
Owen Gilroy	Texas B	Texas A&M A	143	-5
Noah McRedmond	Notre Dame B	Indiana C	149	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan C	Michigan State	150	10
Freddie Lancett	Cardiff	Southampton A	150	0
Antoni Kluzowski	Warwick A	Birmingham	150	10
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt	NYU B	Catholic	150	10
Amir Dolansky	Toronto E	Toronto B	151	10
Khanh Nguyen	Florida C	Florida B	151	0
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	Florida C	151	0
Alvin Guo	Chicago A	Purdue B	151	10
Nermeen Rahman	Indiana B	Notre Dame A	151	10
Dash Rumble	Bowdoin A	Dartmouth A	151	0
Jack Granahan	Brandeis B	Bowdoin B	151	0
Joseph Xu	Bowdoin B	Brandeis B	151	0
James Horsley	Iowa State	Washington B	151	0
Sasha Fillbrandt	Washington A	Missouri B	151	10
Dwight Solano	Texas A&M A	Texas B	151	10
Towery McNeil	Mississipi State	Tennessee B	151	10
Matt Sheldon	Oxford B	City St. George's	151	0
Zach Foster	City St. George's	Oxford B	151	10
Jack Rado	Columbia B	Johns Hopkins A	151	10
Eli O'Sick Johnson	Binghamton B	Cornell A	151	0
Kevin Peng	Cornell A	Binghamton B	151	0
Elizabeth Larkin	Cornell C	Binghamton A	151	0
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	Cornell C	151	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	Conv. %	Neg %	Avg. Buzz
California (North)	Main Site	✓	3	100%	0%	62.33
Canada	Main Site	✓	10	100%	10%	117.00
Florida	Main Site	✓	3	67%	0%	83.00
Great Lakes	Main Site	✓	5	100%	0%	107.80
Midwest	Main Site	✓	8	100%	25%	108.88
Northeast	Main Site	✓	6	67%	17%	91.00
Overflow	Main Site	✓	4	75%	25%	107.00
South Central	Main Site	✓	2	100%	50%	120.50
Southeast	Main Site	✓	7	86%	14%	121.83
UK	Main Site	✓	12	92%	17%	113.64
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	8	100%	13%	104.63
Upstate NY	Main Site	✓	4	75%	0%	117.00