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This character claims that without art, “man would be a coffee-mill” that can only “Eat—grind—shit. Hunt—eat—fight—grind—saw the logs—shit.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this monocle-wearing character who tries to impress Gwendolen by cutting up the words of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 and pulling them out of a hat.
ANSWER: Tristan Tzara [or Tristan Tzara; or Samuel Rosenstock or S. Samyro]
[10m] Tristan Tzara, Vladimir Lenin, and James Joyce mingle with the diplomat Henry Carr in a public library in 1917 Zurich in this 1974 comedy.
ANSWER: Travesties (by Tom Stoppard)
[10e] Tom Stoppard’s Travesties fictionalizes Joyce and Carr’s real-life attempt to stage a production of this play. Tzara and Carr are urged to take up the roles of Jack and Algernon in this Oscar Wilde play.
ANSWER: The Importance of Being Earnest
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TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2217.27100%68%5%