Bonus
In print ads for this lyricist duo’s musical Subways Are for Sleeping, David Merrick used positive quotes from laypeople he had invited who had the same names as theatre critics. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this lyricist duo whose musicals include On the Town and Wonderful Town. As part of Arthur Freed’s “unit,” they wrote the screenplay for Singin’ in the Rain.
ANSWER: Betty Comden AND Adolph Green
[10m] The cast of Comden and Green’s musical Billion Dollar Baby watched silently as this choreographer of Fiddler on the Roof fell into the orchestra pit while yelling at them during rehearsal. On the Town is based on this choreographer’s ballet Fancy Free.
ANSWER: Jerome Robbins [or Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz]
[10e] This studio produced Comden and Green’s films for the Freed unit. This studio produced The Wizard of Oz and uses the Leo the Lion logo.
ANSWER: MGM [or Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer]
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Conversion
Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
British Columbia | Michigan | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Georgia State | Stanford | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Harvard | Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Illinois A | Chicago B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
MIT | Cornell B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | M |
Maryland | Cornell A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
North Carolina A | LSE | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
North Carolina B | Arizona State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Ohio State | UC Berkeley B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Rutgers | Virginia | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Toronto A | Texas | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Toronto B | Chicago A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Toronto C | NYU | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
UC Berkeley A | Columbia B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
UCF | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Virginia Tech | Johns Hopkins | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
WUSTL A | Illinois B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Waterloo A | Ottawa | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Waterloo B | Georgia Tech | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Winona State | Columbia A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Yale | Florida | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Summary
Tournament | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 21 | 14.76 | 95% | 52% | 0% |