Round 11: 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[1])In a play titled for one of these places, a man rants about a “colored queen” in a kimono and describes (10[1])poisoning hamburger meat to kill his landlady’s dog. That one-act play titled for one of these places ends with a man impaling himself on a knife held by (10[1])a stranger. For 10 points, what type of place titles a play in which Peter and Jerry meet on a park bench, by Edward Albee? ■END■

ANSWER: zoos [accept The Zoo Story or Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo]
<Notre Dame B, American Literature> | Packet K - UCF A, Notre Dame B, Durham A, Michigan State A, Swarthmore A, Cambridge B
= Average correct buzzpoint

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Buzzes


Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
California (South)Main Site450%0%95.50
CanadaMain Site1283%25%119.70
Great LakesMain Site4100%50%120.00
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain Site978%11%109.00
NortheastMain Site667%17%107.75
OverflowMain Site3100%0%106.33
SoutheastMain Site8100%25%121.00
UKMain Site683%0%120.40
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site888%13%91.29