Question

In one play, a character with this profession poisons an entire group of nuns with rice porridge. In that play, (15[1])a character with this profession dies in a boiling (-5[1])cauldron intended for Calymath. (-5[3])This profession is held by Barrabas in a play by Christopher Marlowe. (15[1])While disguised as a lawyer, (*) Portia demands for one character to show “mercy” to (10[1])a (-5[1])character in this profession, (10[1])whose ships are lost at sea. In that play, a character in this profession (10[1])is sued (10[1])by Shylock, who demands a pound of flesh from him. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this profession, that in a play by William (0[1])Shakespeare, is held by Antonio in Venice. (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: merchants [accept The Merchant of Venice]
<Literature - British Literature - Drama>
= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ryan SmithDowningtown STEMmoving finger A1915
Ophelia Cherry-PulayUSN AMerrol-Hyde28-5
Evan SchleckHunter AEast Brunswick A32-5
Gabriel AvrahamiStuyvesant AMather A32-5
Evan GilesUSN BUSN MS32-5
Rian KacmarczykHastings AEastchester4415
Travis JohnsonGreat ValleyHunter B5810
Theo McCabeHastings BMather C59-5
Luke Zhangmoving finger BStuyvesant B6310
Aiden YounessianMather BNorth Babylon A7710
Ismaeel MoskinzadaUSN CVanderbilt7910
Madhavendra ThakurTrinity Amoving finger C89-5
Clio Cherry-PulayUSN MSUSN B1010
Maya BakerBASIS-Independent BrooklynTrinity B10810
Shiven MishraEast Brunswick BDaniel Boone Academy10910
Maya PujaraMather AStuyvesant A10910
Luca BousteadMather CHastings B10910
Hubert Zhengmoving finger CTrinity A10910

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
Snowball Fight 21/11/2025Y333%0%67%79.00
2024 FARSI @ Columbia12/08/2024Y1191%18%36%80.50