Question

Description acceptable. In one play, two men who dress up as the spirits of Rape and Murder are killed by its title character before being subjected to this action. For 10 points each:
[10h] Describe this action, which that character performs to desecrate the corpses of Demetrius and Chiron in revenge for their violent mutilation of his daughter Lavinia.
ANSWER: baking them into a pie [or equivalents; prompt on descriptions of cooking or eating them that do not mention "pie" by asking "into what food?"]
[10m] To write Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare likely drew from this Roman tragedian's play Thyestes, whose title character is fed pies made from his sons to avenge an affair with his brother's wife.
ANSWER: Seneca the Younger [or Lucius Annaeus Seneca]
[10e] In the Victorian penny dreadful The String of Pearls, Mrs Lovett makes pies from the victims of this serial killer, the "Demon Barber of Fleet Street".
ANSWER: Sweeney Todd [or Sweeney Todd]
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TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 PACE NSC06/07/2025Y316.67100%33%33%