Round 4: Tossup 7

A child is chastised in this play for describing a rat who was “big as a cat” and went “BAM! BAM! BAM!” A scene in which a woman jokes about a bombing is often removed from this play. A character in this play that reminisces about his time at the Green Hat jazz club yells “FLAMING SPEAR! HOT DAMN!” before jumping on a table. A character in this play is given a nickname meaning “one for whom (*) bread is not enough” by a man who calls straightening hair “mutilation.” Willy Harris steals life insurance money (-5[1])in this play. (10[1])For 10 points, Karl Lindner attempts to stop the Youngers from moving into a white neighborhood in what play by Loraine Hansberry? ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: A Raisin in the Sun
<Literature - American, Khang Le> | VAULT II Packet 04
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Buzzes


Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-246100%83%0%47.83
Triangle Cup2026-03-133100%67%33%62.33
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-133100%67%0%59.67
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13475%25%25%90.33
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-135100%40%20%87.60
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24367%0%33%104.00
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-244100%0%25%115.25
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30475%75%0%50.33
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-195100%60%40%65.60
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-178100%88%0%60.13