Fences - 2024 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

When this play’s protagonist brings his illegitimate daughter Raynell home, Rose calls him a “womanless man,” prompting him to sing a song about a man begging a train captain for a ticket. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this play set in Pittsburgh that depicts garbage collector Troy Maxson trying to stop his son Cory from joining a football team.

ANSWER: Fences

[10e] In August Wilson’s play Fences, Troy played in the Negro leagues in this sport. In The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago is inspired by the ability of “the great DiMaggio” in this sport, and declares “have faith in the Yankees my son.”

ANSWER: baseball

[10h] This other August Wilson play set in Chicago is partially titled for a blues singer. In this play, the trumpet player Levee stabs the piano player Toledo while attempting to record the title song.

ANSWER: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	9	23.33	100%	89%	44%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	7	20.00	100%	71%	29%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	12	19.17	100%	75%	17%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	10	18.00	100%	60%	20%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	16.25	100%	50%	13%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	22.22	100%	67%	56%

Data


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