Bonus
In this play, a former college professor with a history of seducing teenagers finally feels the pangs of conscience and decides not to entrap the waitress Elma. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this 1955 play whose characters include cowboy Bo Decker, who aggressively pursues aspiring singer Cherie, while they are snowbound in Grace’s diner.
ANSWER: Bus Stop
[10e] Bus Stop is by this American playwright of Come Back, Little Sheba, who won a Pulitzer Prize for Picnic.
ANSWER: William Inge (“inj”)
[10h] Two answers required. These two title characters of a Terrence McNally play are a waitress and short-order cook at a diner, who decide after a one-night stand whether to embark on a relationship, with help from some music by Debussy.
ANSWER: Frankie AND Johnny [accept in either order; accept Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune]
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Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State | North Carolina B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Chicago B | Illinois A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Columbia A | Winona State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Columbia B | UC Berkeley A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cornell B | MIT | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Florida | Yale | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgia State | Stanford | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Georgia Tech | Waterloo B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| LSE | North Carolina A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Maryland | Cornell A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michigan | British Columbia | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| NYU | Toronto C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Northwestern | UCF | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Ottawa | Waterloo A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto A | Texas | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Toronto B | Chicago A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| UC Berkeley B | Ohio State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Vanderbilt | Harvard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Virginia | Rutgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Virginia Tech | Johns Hopkins | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| WUSTL A | Illinois B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 21 | 12.86 | 81% | 48% | 0% |