Question

In a play titled for one of these people, the protagonist is credited with inventing the tractor, setting the Thames on fire, and writing all of Shakespeare’s plays. In another play titled for one of these people, the protagonist cries in agony after he thinks he is shot by a cannonball, and then literally tears apart a captain who says it was just a cap pistol. In a play, one of these people (10[1])is told, “You’re going to die at the end of the show,” by one of his two wives, Marguerite and Marie. (10[1]-5[1])A person (10[1])with this role (10[1])has a protruding belly depicting a spiral in a play (10[1])later staged using puppets. (10[1])The nonsense word (10[1])“merdre (10[2])(“MAIR-druh”)” opens a play titled for (10[3])one of (10[1])these (10[1])people (10[1])who reneges on a promise (10[2])to make Bordure (“bord-YOOR”) the Duke of Lithuania after they kill Wenceslas. For 10 points, what title is taken (10[1])by the hero of Alfred Jarry’s first play (10[1])about (10[1])Ubu? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: kings [or rois; accept Exit the King or Le Roi se meurt (by Eugène Ionesco); accept Ubu Roi or King Ubu]
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y21100%0%5%120.95

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Wenying WuToronto BBritish Columbia7210
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateOhio State9310
Richard NiuCornell AWaterloo A93-5
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AWaterloo B9510
William OrrYaleIndiana9810
Ben WismathToronto CRutgers10810
Teigue KellyPenn StateChicago B11210
Nathan SheffieldMITIllinois B11510
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltMaryland11610
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BVirginia Tech11610
Foster HughesMinnesotaColumbia A12110
Kevin WangGeorgia TechNorth Carolina B12110
Michał GerasimiukStanfordUCF12110
Andrew WangIllinois ARIT12310
Neal JoshiWUSTL ACornell B12410
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AOttawa12510
Olin BoseColumbia BArizona State13010
Henry BonWinona StateWUSTL B13010
Chris SimsNorthwesternJohns Hopkins14810
Guy IndoranteIowa StateFlorida15610
Ned TagtmeierChicago AMichigan15710
Mattias EhatammWaterloo ACornell A15910