Arcadia - 2025 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

In this play, the tutor Septimus Hodge defines “carnal embrace” as “the practice of throwing one’s arms around a side of beef.” For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this play, whose two narratives alternate between 1809 and the present. In this play, Thomasina Cloverly uses the example of rice pudding to illustrate the Second Law of Thermodynamics.

ANSWER: Arcadia

[10m] Arcadia is a play by this British playwright. A coin lands on heads ninety-two times in a row in this playwright’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.

ANSWER: Tom Stoppard [or Tomas Straussler]

[10e] The title characters from Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead originally appeared in this Shakespeare play. In this play, the title “Prince of Denmark” delivers the soliloquy “To be, or not to be.”

ANSWER: Hamlet [or The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	18.57	100%	86%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	24.00	100%	100%	40%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	21.11	100%	78%	33%
Florida	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	22.73	100%	91%	36%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	17.78	100%	56%	22%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	23.33	100%	89%	44%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	21.11	100%	89%	22%
North	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	20.00	100%	100%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	6	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	20.83	100%	67%	42%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	21.25	100%	75%	38%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%

Data


Stanford A	Berkeley Little Prince	0	0	10	10
UCSC	Berkeley Mighty Miner	0	10	10	20
UCSD A	Claremont A	0	10	10	20
Claremont B	Claremont C	0	10	10	20
UC Irvine	UCLA C	0	10	10	20
UCLA E	UCLA B	0	10	10	20
UCLA D	UCLA F	0	10	10	20
UCSD B	UC Santa Barbara	0	10	10	20
USC B	USC A	0	0	10	10
Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford B	0	0	10	10
Ottawa B	McGill A	0	10	10	20
McGill B	Ottawa A	0	10	10	20
McGill C	Ottawa D	10	10	10	30
Carleton A	McGill E	10	10	10	30
Carleton B	Ottawa C	0	10	10	20
Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Skeleton King	0	0	10	10
Florida A	South Florida A	10	10	10	30
Florida B	UCF A	0	0	10	10
ERAU Daytona A	Florida Tech A	0	0	10	10
Florida State A	Florida Tech B	0	0	10	10
CWRU B	Ohio State B	10	10	10	30
CWRU D	WVU B	0	10	10	20
Michigan State B	Kentucky	0	10	10	20
Louisville D	CWRU A	0	10	10	20
Michigan A	Michigan C	10	10	10	30
Michigan D	Michigan State A	0	10	10	20
CWRU C	Michigan State C	0	0	10	10
Louisville B	Michigan State D	0	10	10	20
Louisville A	Ohio State C	0	10	10	20
Ohio State A	Ohio State D	10	10	10	30
Michigan B	WVU A	10	10	10	30
Duke A	UNC B	0	10	10	20
JMU A	Tusculum A	0	0	10	10
William & Mary C	JMU B	0	0	10	10
NCSU A	Virginia A	0	0	10	10
Virginia Tech B	UNC A	0	10	10	20
UNC D	William & Mary B	10	10	10	30
UNC C	VCU A	0	10	10	20
Liberty C	Virginia Tech C	0	0	10	10
Virginia Tech A	William & Mary A	10	10	10	30
Columbia A	Columbia B	0	0	10	10
Brock A	Waterloo C	0	0	10	10
Guelph A	Toronto D	10	10	10	30
McMaster A	Toronto F	0	10	10	20
Toronto B	McMaster B	0	10	10	20
Toronto C	Toronto E	10	10	10	30
Waterloo A	Toronto G	0	10	10	20
McMaster C	Toronto H	0	0	10	10
Queen's A	Toronto I	10	10	10	30
Toronto A	Waterloo B	0	10	10	20
Rutgers C	Princeton	0	10	10	20
Rutgers D	Johns Hopkins	10	10	10	30
NYU B	Stony Brook	0	10	10	20
Penn	Vassar A	10	10	10	30
Lehigh B	Vassar B	0	0	10	10
Lehigh A	Rowan	0	0	10	10
Rutgers B	Rutgers A	0	0	10	10
George Mason A	Maryland C	10	10	10	30
George Mason B	Maryland A	0	10	10	20
NYU A	George Mason C	10	10	10	30
Maryland B	NYU C	0	10	10	20
Purdue C	Chicago A	0	10	10	20
Chicago B	Indiana B	0	0	10	10
Illinois Champaign	Illinois Canada	0	10	10	20
Illinois Urbana	Illinois Orange	0	10	10	20
Illinois Blue	Indiana A	10	10	10	30
WashU Grolars	Iowa B	10	10	10	30
Purdue B	Rose-Hulman A	0	10	10	20
Purdue A	WashU Grizzlers	0	10	10	20
William Woods University A	Purdue D	0	10	10	20
Iowa State	Michigan Tech	0	0	10	10
Wisconsin A	Macalester	0	10	10	20
Minnesota	Wisconsin C	0	0	10	10
Wisconsin B	St. Thomas	0	10	10	20
Southern Connecticut State University A	Boston College B	0	10	10	20
Washington Pink	Washington Chum	0	10	10	20
Washington Sockeye	Washington Masu	0	10	10	20
Central Oklahoma B	Harding	0	10	10	20
Oklahoma	Kansas State B	0	10	10	20
Murray State College A	Central Oklahoma A	0	10	10	20
Tulsa A	Murray State College B	0	0	10	10
Nebraska A	Rose State	0	10	10	20
Tulsa B	Nebraska C	0	0	10	10
Chipola College	Montevallo	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech F	Clemson B	0	0	10	10
Alabama A	Clemson C	10	10	10	30
Georgia A	Auburn A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech D	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech B	Clemson A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech E	Tennessee B	0	10	10	20
Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt A	10	10	10	30
Auburn B	Sewanne	0	0	10	10
Auburn C	South Carolina A	0	0	10	10
Emory A	Tennessee Tech	10	10	10	30
Tennessee A	Vanderbilt B	0	0	10	10
York	Durham A	0	0	10	10
Washington Chinook	Alberta A	0	10	10	20
Arizona State A	Boise State	0	10	10	20
Arizona State B	British Columbia B	0	10	10	20
Washington Steelhead	British Columbia A	0	10	10	20
British Columbia C	Alberta B	0	10	10	20
Texas	Washington Coho	0	10	10	20
Imperial A	Bristol	10	10	10	30
Cambridge D	Cardiff	0	0	10	10
Cambridge A	Cambridge E	0	10	10	20
Imperial B	Birmingham	10	10	10	30
Imperial D	Cambridge C	0	10	10	20
Cambridge B	LSE	0	10	10	20
Oxford	Southampton	10	10	10	30
Warwick	Imperial C	0	0	10	10
Binghamton A	Cornell C	0	10	10	20
Cornell B	Cornell A	0	0	10	10
ESF	Cornell D	0	0	10	10
Binghamton C	RIT A	0	0	10	10
Rochester	RIT B	0	10	10	20
Durham D	Durham C	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh C	Edinburgh A	0	10	10	20
Sheffield A	Edinburgh D	0	0	10	10
Durham B	Sheffield B	0	10	10	20