opera singer - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

In a short story, Paul follows a character with this profession whose “indefinable air of achievement” he believes “made her a veritable queen of romance.” For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this profession. In a novel by the same author, Dr. Archie tells a character who aspires to this profession she has been bequeathed six hundred dollars to study in Chicago.

ANSWER: opera singer [or vocalist; accept soprano soloist] (The story is “Paul’s Case: A Study in Temperment.”)

[10e] This author wrote about Thea Kronberg, who aspires to be an opera singer in The Song of the Lark, the second novel of her Great Plains Trilogy. She also wrote My Ántonia.

ANSWER: Willa Cather [or Willa Sibert Cather; accept Wilella Sibert Cather]

[10m] Thea Kronberg hails from a town with this name in The Song of the Lark. In a novel with this name, Sergeant Cuff discovers that Godfrey Ablewhite stole this title object from Rachel Verinder.

ANSWER: moonstone [accept Moonstone, Colorado; accept The Moonstone]

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Summary


California	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%
Canada	Main	Y	5	8.00	80%	0%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	11	12.73	73%	27%	27%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	15.71	100%	43%	14%
Midwest	Main	Y	8	13.75	75%	38%	25%
North	Main	Y	8	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	14.00	80%	40%	20%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	9	14.44	100%	22%	22%
South Central	Main	Y	4	7.50	75%	0%	0%
UK	Main	Y	4	7.50	50%	0%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	20.00	100%	57%	43%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	7	15.71	100%	43%	14%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	3	6.67	67%	0%	0%
Northern California	Main	N	4	10.00	100%	100%	0%
Southern California	Main	N	7	18.57	143%	171%	57%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	N	5	22.00	120%	200%	120%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	N	9	14.44	156%	133%	0%
Florida	Main	N	4	17.50	150%	150%	50%
Great Lakes	Main	N	11	20.00	182%	182%	36%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	N	9	16.67	156%	156%	22%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	N	12	20.00	167%	200%	33%
Midwest	Main	N	9	16.67	133%	178%	22%
North	Main	N	4	20.00	150%	200%	50%
Northeast	Main	N	12	20.00	150%	167%	83%
Pacific	Main	N	8	21.25	200%	200%	25%
South Central	Main	N	7	14.29	114%	143%	29%
Southeast	Main	N	13	19.23	169%	154%	62%
Upstate NY	Main	N	5	12.00	80%	160%	0%

Data


UCSC	Berkeley E	0	10	0	10
Stanford B	Berkeley F	0	10	10	20
Berkeley B	Berkeley D	0	10	0	10
Stanford A	Berkeley C	0	10	10	20
Berkeley A	Stanford C	10	10	0	20
USC	Claremont Scripps	0	10	0	10
UCLA B	UCLA C	0	10	0	10
UCSB	UCI	0	0	0	0
UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	Claremont Pitzer	0	10	0	10
UCSD Vices and Virtues	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	0	10	0	10
Ottawa	Guelph A	10	10	10	30
McMaster A	McMaster B	0	10	0	10
Queen's B	Toronto G	0	0	0	0
Toronto A	McGill A	10	10	10	30
Toronto D	Toronto C	0	10	0	10
Toronto I	Toronto F	0	10	0	10
McGill B	Toronto H	0	0	0	0
Toronto E	Toronto J	0	0	0	0
Toronto B	Toronto Metropolitan	0	10	10	20
McMaster C	Waterloo	0	10	0	10
Queen's A	Guelph B	10	10	0	20
UF B	UCF A	0	10	0	10
UCF B	UF C	0	10	0	10
CWRU A	Kenyon A	0	10	0	10
OSU B	CWRU D	0	10	10	20
Pitt A	Kenyon B	0	10	10	20
OSU A	MSU A	0	10	10	20
Pitt C	OSU C	10	10	0	20
OSU D	MSU B	0	10	0	10
CWRU C	Pitt B	0	10	0	10
North Carolina C	Clemson A	0	10	0	10
South Carolina A	Clemson B	10	10	0	20
Tennessee A	North Carolina A	0	10	10	20
North Carolina B	Roanoke	10	10	10	30
Tennessee B	Liberty C	0	0	0	0
Tusculum	Liberty B	0	0	0	0
Virginia A	Virginia Tech B	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech A	Virginia B	0	10	0	10
George Mason B	Johns Hopkins C	0	10	0	10
Penn A	George Mason C	0	10	0	10
Maryland B	George Washington B	10	10	0	20
George Mason A	Maryland A	0	10	10	20
NYU A	Maryland D	10	10	10	30
NYU B	Georgetown B	0	10	0	10
UMBC A	Georgetown A	0	10	0	10
VCU A	Penn B	0	10	0	10
Columbia A	Rutgers B	10	10	10	30
Lehigh A	Lehigh B	0	0	0	0
Princeton A	Vassar A	0	10	0	10
Rutgers C	Columbia C	0	10	0	10
Swarthmore A	Rowan A	0	10	10	20
Chicago A	Illinois B	10	10	10	30
Indiana A	Chicago B	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame C	Illinois A	0	10	0	10
Illinois C	Notre Dame A	10	10	10	30
Indiana B	Chicago C	0	10	0	10
Michigan A	Louisville A	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame B	Michigan C	0	10	0	10
Purdue A	Michigan D	0	10	0	10
Purdue B	Chicago D	0	10	0	10
Minnesota A	St. Thomas	0	10	0	10
Iowa State	Minnesota B	0	10	0	10
Minnesota C	Macalester A	0	0	0	0
Wisconsin	Carleton	0	10	0	10
Missouri A	Truman State	10	10	10	30
WashU A	SIUE	0	10	0	10
WashU D	WashU B	0	10	0	10
Missouri B	William Woods	0	10	0	10
Alberta	Simon Fraser	10	0	0	10
British Columbia A	British Columbia B	0	10	0	10
British Columbia C	British Columbia D	0	0	0	0
Washington B	Washington A	0	10	0	10
Alberta B	Tulsa	10	10	10	30
Arizona State A	UTD A	0	10	10	20
McGill D	Arizona State B	0	10	0	10
Ohio	Northwestern C	0	10	0	10
Iowa	Texas A	0	10	0	10
Texas B	Northwestern B	10	10	10	30
Northwestern A	UCO	10	10	10	30
Auburn A	Sewanee A	0	10	10	20
Bruin A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Mississippi State A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech D	UAB A	0	10	0	10
Huntsville A	Georgia Tech B	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt A	Alabama B	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt B	Alabama A	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh B	Manchester B	0	10	0	10
RIT A	Cornell-DII	0	10	0	10
Binghamton A	RIT B	0	10	0	10
Binghamton B	Rochester	0	0	0	0
Bristol A	Cambridge A	0	10	0	10