birthday party - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

During one of these events, a character is asked questions like “why did the chicken cross the road?” and “is the number 846 possible or necessary?” For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this type of event during which Stanley tries to rape Lulu during a game of Blind Man’s Bluff. In a play, this title event is attended by Meg, Goldberg, and McCann.

ANSWER: birthday party [accept The Birthday Party, accept Stanley Webber’s birthday party; prompt on Stanley’s party or Stanley’s birthday]

[10m] This British Nobel Laureate wrote the play The Birthday Party. This author also wrote about the hitmen Ben and Gus in the play The Dumb Waiter.

ANSWER: Harold Pinter

[10e] Emily Webb relives her twelfth birthday after her death in this Thornton Wilder play about Grover’s Corners.

ANSWER: Our Town

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	10.00	44%	33%	22%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	20.00	88%	63%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	15.00	67%	50%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	11	20.00	82%	55%	64%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	16.67	78%	56%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	16.00	80%	40%	40%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	18.75	88%	63%	38%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	13.33	67%	44%	22%

Data


CWRU B (DII)	Michigan B (UG)	10	10	10	30
CWRU C (UG)	Miami A (UG)	0	0	10	10
Miami B (UG)	Michigan C	0	0	10	10
Jefferson County Scholars (DII)	Miami C (DII)	10	10	10	30
Michigan State B	West Virginia A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Ohio State A (UG)	Michigan D (UG)	0	10	10	20
Michigan State A	Ohio State B (DII)	0	10	10	20
Auburn B	Alabama A	10	0	0	10
Belmont	Emory Oxford	0	0	10	10
Maryland B (DII)	Bard A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Columbia A (UG)	Penn B (DII)	10	10	10	30
ESF	Binghamton A	0	0	0	0
Syracuse	Binghamton B	0	10	10	20
Cornell A	RIT C	0	0	0	0
Cornell F	Cornell C	0	0	0	0
Cornell B	Cornell E	0	0	0	0
Cornell D	Cornell G	0	10	10	20
RIT B	Penn State	10	10	10	30
U of Rochester A	RIT A	0	0	0	0
U of Rochester B	Binghamton C	10	0	10	20
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	10	30
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	10	30
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	10	30
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	10	30
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	10	30
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	10	30
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	10	30
Mississippi State A	Furman	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech A	Clemson A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech B	0	10	10	20
Emory Oxford	Georgia Tech C	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech D	South Carolina B	10	10	10	30
Clemson B	South Carolina A	0	0	10	10
Tennessee B	Auburn A	10	0	0	10
Vanderbilt A	Vanderbilt B	10	10	10	30
Columbia B	Lehigh A (UG)	0	0	10	10
Princeton A (UG)	Fordham A	0	0	0	0
Penn A (DII)	Maryland A (DII)	10	10	10	30
Columbia J (DII)	NYU A (UG)	0	10	10	20
Rutgers A (UG)	Rowan A (DII)	0	10	10	20
Rutgers B	NYU B	0	0	10	10
West Virginia B (UG)	Ohio State C (DII)	10	0	0	10
Alberta	Boise State	10	0	10	20
UW Pride	Arizona State A	0	10	10	20
UBC A	Arizona State B	0	10	10	20
UW Lust	UW Chastity	10	10	10	30
UW Wrath	UW Envy	0	0	0	0
UW Sloth	UW Greed	0	0	0	0
Appalachian State B	Tusculum	0	0	0	0
William & Mary	Duke A	0	0	10	10
James Madison A	James Madison B	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech A	Liberty C	10	10	10	30
NC State	Appalachian State A	0	0	10	10
UNC A	Liberty B	0	10	0	10
UNC C	Duke B	0	0	10	10
VCU	Virginia	10	10	10	30
UNC D	Virginia Tech B	10	10	10	30
UCLA C	Claremont A	10	10	10	30
UCLA D	UCLA A	0	10	10	20
Claremont C	UCLA B	0	0	0	0
Claremont B	UCSD	10	0	10	20
UCLA E	USC	0	0	10	10
Chicago B	Illinois A	0	0	10	10
Illinois C	Purdue C	0	0	0	0
Notre Dame C	Indiana	0	0	10	10
Illinois D	Iowa A	0	10	10	20
Northwestern A	Iowa B	0	0	0	0
Northwestern B	WashU A	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame A	WashU B	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame B	SIUE	0	10	10	20
Illinois B	Purdue B	0	0	0	0