Round 12: Tossup 9

A resident of one of these places is killed amid violence spurred by a Slim Jim in a play in which he was debuted by Robin Williams. In a play titled for one of these places, a man is called a “slightly near-sighted vegetable” and is told “that’s the way the cookie crumbles” over his inability to have a son. A resident of one of these places maims one soldier and is shot by another in a play set in Baghdad by Rajiv Joseph. (10[3])In a play titled for one of these places, a man rants about a “colored queen” in a kimono and describes poisoning (-5[1])hamburger meat (-5[1])to kill his landlady’s dog. (10[1])That one-act (10[1])play titled for one of these places ends with a man impaling (10[1])himself on a knife (10[1])held by a stranger. For 10 points, (-5[1])what type of place titles a play in which Peter and Jerry meet (10[1])on a park bench, by Edward Albee? ■END■ (10[2]0[3])

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