Question
In the story "The Actor and the Alibi," an actress commits murder while acting in a play named for one of these places, since its staging has Lady Teazle hide behind a screen. For 10 points each:
[10e] Lady Sneerwell plots to stop Charles Surface's marriage in a play named The [what place] for Scandal? As a child, Jane Eyre is punished by Mr. Brocklehurst at the cruel Lowood one of these places.
ANSWER: school [accept The School for Scandal; accept Lowood School; accept boarding school; prompt on Lowood Institution; prompt on campus or boarding school]
[10m] This author of The Rivals did not finish writing The School for Scandal until its actors were already rehearsing.
ANSWER: Richard Sheridan [or Richard Brinsley Sheridan]
[10h] This actor wrote "every drop of blood - that's ink - is spilt for you" in his prologue to The School for Scandal, after Sheridan took over the Drury Lane Theater from him. Joshua Reynolds painted this Shakespearean actor between two women.
ANSWER: David Garrick [accept David Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy]
<Literature - British Literature - Drama>
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| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 35 | 16.00 | 89% | 66% | 6% |