Beijing - 2025 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

Censorship of The Bus Stop and other plays of a People’s Art Theatre in this city influenced a playwright’s decision to journey away from it. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this city whose namesake opera tradition was restricted to “eight model plays” by a pro-revolution government.

ANSWER: Beijing [or Peking; accept Beijing opera or Peking opera]

[10h] Censorship of his plays and a false lung cancer diagnosis caused Gao Xingjian (“GOW sheeng-JEN”) to leave Beijing, as recounted in this novel of his. The narrators “I” and “You” travel the countryside in search of the title location in this novel.

ANSWER: Soul Mountain [or Língshān]

[10e] Due to its basis in Gao’s own journey, Soul Mountain has been described as a mix of fiction, travelogue, and this nonfiction genre that gives an account of the author’s life.

ANSWER: autobiography [or memoir]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	7.50	75%	0%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	14.29	100%	43%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	15.56	78%	67%	11%
Florida	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	14.55	91%	27%	27%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	15.56	100%	44%	11%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	15.56	100%	33%	22%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	13.33	100%	22%	11%
North	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	17.50	100%	63%	13%
South Central	Main	Y	6	10.00	83%	17%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	15.00	100%	25%	25%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	10.00	100%	0%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	11.25	100%	13%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%

Data


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