Bonus
In a 2007 play that was revived on Broadway in 2024, a fictionalized version of this man is hounded for dirt on his banker father by a reporter known only as “Name Withheld on Advice of Counsel.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this real-life author of FOB and Golden Child. This author watches his show Face Value become a massive flop in a metatheatrical play inspired by the casting of Jonathan Pryce in a production of Miss Saigon.
ANSWER: David Henry Hwang [accept DHH, which is how he is referred to in the play]
[10e] That play by Hwang is titled for this practice. Pryce engaged in this racist performance practice in Miss Saigon.
ANSWER: yellowface [accept performing in yellowface makeup; prompt on White actors playing East Asian characters]
[10h] A theater named for Hwang in L.A. now houses this ensemble started in 1965, whose goal is to cultivate Asian-American theatrical talent. One of its founding members, Mako, later voiced Uncle Iroh (“EYE-roh”) in Avatar: The Last Airbender.
ANSWER: East West Players [prompt on EWP]
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Conversion
Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arizona State | Florida | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | M |
British Columbia | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Chicago A | North Carolina A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Cornell A | Iowa State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Harvard | Minnesota | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Indiana | Toronto A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
LSE | WUSTL B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
MIT | Georgia Tech | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Maryland | Cornell B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Michigan | Vanderbilt | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
NYU | Georgia State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
North Carolina B | Illinois B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Northwestern | Illinois A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Ohio State | Winona State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
RIT | UCF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rutgers | UC Berkeley A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Stanford | Columbia A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Texas | Chicago B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Toronto B | Johns Hopkins | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Virginia | Columbia B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
Virginia Tech | Toronto C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Waterloo A | WUSTL A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Waterloo B | Penn State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Yale | Ottawa | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Summary
Tournament | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 24 | 17.08 | 92% | 75% | 4% |