A Doll’s House - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

A character in this play’s statement that the lies of an “immoral man” poison his children causes a character (10[1])based on Laura Petersen to end its (10[1]-5[1])first (10[1])act with the line “Never, never, never (10[1])ever could it be true.” Performing in both this play and its film adaptation inspired the title of Claire Bloom’s memoir about her marriage to Philip Roth. (10[2])Before (10[1])attending the Sternborgs’ party dressed (-5[1])as a Neapolitan fisher, (10[1])a (10[1])woman in this play (10[2])dances (10[2])the tarantella (10[10]-5[1])to (10[4])distract (10[6]-5[3])her (10[2])husband. (10[13]-5[4])In this play, (10[1])Kristine Linde (10[1])hides (-5[1])the (10[1])sewing of a macaroon-loving (10[1])woman nicknamed (10[1])“skylark” (10[1])by her husband. (10[1])This (10[1])play’s protagonist is blackmailed by (-5[1])Krogstad after forging (10[2])a loan to secure (10[1])money for a year-long (10[1]-5[1])trip to Italy with her husband, Torvald. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this play centering on (-5[1])Nora Helmer by Henrik Ibsen. (10[1])■END■ (10[13]0[1])

ANSWER: A Doll’s House [or Et dukkehjem; accept Leaving a Doll’s House]

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Summary


2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	93%	0%	36%	81.69
North	Main	Y	10	100%	0%	10%	91.00
Overflow	Main	Y	3	100%	0%	0%	78.67
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	100%	0%	30%	101.70
Florida	Main	Y	12	100%	0%	8%	89.83
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	88%	0%	38%	97.29
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	13%	86.00
Southeast	Main	Y	11	100%	0%	9%	87.55

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Abhinav Dinesh	LSE B	Manchester B	18	10
Rufus Gladwell	Durham B	Imperial C	25	-5
Isobel Dobbie	Sheffield A	Warwick A	25	10
Adil Soubki	Cambridge D	Southampton B	26	10
Henry Bylinowski	Auburn A	Bruin A	33	10
William Orr	Yale A	Williams	60	10
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge C	Lancaster A	60	10
Nathan Sheffield	MIT A	Amherst A	61	10
Mikey Brown	Birmingham A	Imperial A	66	-5
Arjun Kala	Illinois A	Louisville B	70	10
Evan Schleck	Georgetown A	Penn B	71	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods	WashU D	75	10
Justin Hawkins	Indiana A	UIC	75	10
Matthew Bucek	George Mason A	Penn A	76	10
William Gillard	Warwick B	Bristol A	76	10
Yusuf Baig	McMaster A	Toronto C	78	10
Raymond Chen	Toronto B	Toronto A	78	10
Aditya Shivaswamy	Johns Hopkins A	Maryland A	78	10
Davis Johnson	Purdue B	Michigan A	78	-5
Kevin Yang	Illinois C	Louisville A	78	10
Joshua Koch	Michigan A	Purdue B	78	10
Sam Kemeny	Brandeis Clemenceau	Brown C	78	10
Rajiv Pujara	Dartmouth	Cornell-UG	78	10
Kayla Drajpuch	Brandeis Wilson	Brandeis Orlando	78	10
Pranav Jothi	Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech C	78	10
Matteo Fronduti	Durham A	Oxford B	78	10
Gavin Ge	Waterloo	Guelph B	79	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	McGill A	79	10
Michael Xu	McMaster C	Queen's A	79	10
Ryan Hppel	SIUE	Missouri A	79	10
Ella Tang	McGill C	Toronto I	80	10
Ishan Joshi	Toronto Metropolitan	Toronto J	80	-5
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	Ottawa	80	10
Margaret Withers	George Mason B	VCU A	80	10
Andrew Massaro	Catholic University	George Washington A	80	10
Carter Pisocky	Michigan B	Indiana B	80	-5
Luke Simon	Alberta B	Northwestern A	80	10
Gavin Markoff	Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech D	80	10
Michael Wu	Southampton A	Sheffield C	80	-5
Jack Meyers	Brown B	Brandeis Lloyd George	81	10
Bryan Ugaz	Arizona State A	Texas A	81	10
Sarah Khan	Queen's B	McMaster B	82	10
Sean Gao	Toronto K	McGill B	82	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland C	George Washington B	82	10
Camden Walker	WashU B	Truman State	82	10
Justin Drees	Notre Dame D	Chicago A	82	-5
Jacob Finley	Notre Dame A	Chicago D	82	10
Philip Yao	Brown A	Harvard	82	10
Andrew Pham	MIT B	BU	82	10
Peter Nelson	Yale B	BC A	82	-5
Collin Leck	UCO	Northwestern B	82	10
James Ferrabee	McGill D	Texas B	82	10
Waverly O'Malley	Iowa	UTD A	82	-5
Mason Evans	Tulsa	UTD B	82	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanee A	Huntsville B	82	10
Charlie Lowman	Imperial A	Birmingham A	82	10
Albert Nyang	LSE A	Edinburgh A	82	10
Paige Crawley	Oxford A	Manchester A	82	-5
Jackson McDonald	Alabama A	Alabama B	85	10
Stuart Chandler-Baas	Carleton	Toronto H	87	10
Gabriel Avrahami	Georgetown B	Maryland B	88	-5
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	Tufts A	89	10
Sawyer Smith	Mississippi State A	UAB A	93	10
Lesley Kwarteng	Johns Hopkins C	UMBC A	95	10
Andrei Hui	Cambridge A	Edinburgh B	96	10
Omer Korkmaz	Johns Hopkins B	Maryland D	99	10
Madison Hughes	Huntsville A	Auburn B	100	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt B	Georgia Tech B	105	-5
Olivia Kiser	Kentucky	Michigan D	108	10
Gus Redding	Imperial B	Bristol B	108	10
Zaid Asif	NYU B	Notre Dame E	112	10
Adrian Dooley	Notre Dame B	Purdue C	116	10
CT Tang	Sheffield B	City St George's A	116	-5
Rae Meyers	Arizona State B	Ohio	123	-5
Matthew Vidal	Northwestern C	Rose State	131	-5
Alvin Guo	Chicago A	Notre Dame D	136	10
Zaire Gibbons	Toronto J	Toronto Metropolitan	137	10
Platon Gorokhov	Toronto F	Toronto G	137	10
Kevin Liu	Maryland B	Georgetown B	137	10
Sarah Dong	Michigan C	Chicago B	137	10
Nermeen Rahman	Indiana B	Michigan B	137	10
Ethan Erickson	BC B	Bowdoin B	137	10
Blake Johnson	BC A	Yale B	137	10
Young Fenimore Lee	Ohio	Arizona State B	137	10
Elijah Pollock	UTD A	Iowa	137	10
S. A. Shenoy	Georgia Tech B	Vanderbilt B	137	10
Kai Madgwick	Manchester A	Oxford A	137	10
Zachary Foster	City St George's A	Sheffield B	137	10
Ian Costigan	Sheffield C	Southampton A	137	0
Juliette Flatau	Imperial C	Durham B	137	10

2025 ACF Nationals

2025-08-09

93%

36%

81.69

North

Main

100%

10%

91.00

Overflow

Main

100%

78.67

Pacific Northwest

Main

100%

30%

101.70

Florida

Main

100%

89.83

Upper Mid-Atlantic

Main

88%

38%

97.29

Upstate NY

Main

100%

13%

86.00

Southeast

Main

100%

87.55

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Abhinav Dinesh

LSE B

Manchester B

Rufus Gladwell

Durham B

Imperial C

-5

Isobel Dobbie

Sheffield A

Warwick A

Adil Soubki

Cambridge D

Southampton B

Henry Bylinowski

Auburn A

Bruin A

William Orr

Yale A

Williams

Daniel Hobba

Cambridge C

Lancaster A

Nathan Sheffield

MIT A

Amherst A

Mikey Brown

Birmingham A

Imperial A

-5

Arjun Kala

Illinois A

Louisville B

Evan Schleck

Georgetown A

Penn B

Alex Dzurick

William Woods

WashU D

Justin Hawkins

Indiana A

UIC

Matthew Bucek

George Mason A

Penn A

William Gillard

Warwick B

Bristol A

Yusuf Baig

McMaster A

Toronto C

Raymond Chen

Toronto B

Toronto A

Aditya Shivaswamy

Johns Hopkins A

Maryland A

Davis Johnson

Purdue B

Michigan A

-5

Kevin Yang

Illinois C

Louisville A

Joshua Koch

Michigan A

Purdue B

Sam Kemeny

Brandeis Clemenceau

Brown C

Rajiv Pujara

Dartmouth

Cornell-UG

Kayla Drajpuch

Brandeis Wilson

Brandeis Orlando

Pranav Jothi

Georgia Tech A

Georgia Tech C

Matteo Fronduti

Durham A

Oxford B

Gavin Ge

Waterloo

Guelph B

Dylan Steptoe

Guelph A

McGill A

Michael Xu

McMaster C

Queen's A

Ryan Hppel

SIUE

Missouri A

Ella Tang

McGill C

Toronto I

Ishan Joshi

Toronto Metropolitan

Toronto J

-5

Henry Siegler

Toronto D

Ottawa

Margaret Withers

George Mason B

VCU A

Andrew Massaro

Catholic University

George Washington A

Carter Pisocky

Michigan B

Indiana B

-5

Luke Simon

Alberta B

Northwestern A

Gavin Markoff

Vanderbilt A

Georgia Tech D

Michael Wu

Southampton A

Sheffield C

-5

Jack Meyers

Brown B

Brandeis Lloyd George

Bryan Ugaz

Arizona State A

Texas A

Sarah Khan

Queen's B

McMaster B

Sean Gao

Toronto K

McGill B

Gannon Smith

Maryland C

George Washington B

Camden Walker

WashU B

Truman State

Justin Drees

Notre Dame D

Chicago A

-5

Jacob Finley

Notre Dame A

Chicago D

Philip Yao

Brown A

Harvard

Andrew Pham

MIT B

Peter Nelson

Yale B

BC A

-5

Collin Leck

UCO

Northwestern B

James Ferrabee

McGill D

Texas B

Waverly O'Malley

Iowa

UTD A

-5

Mason Evans

Tulsa

UTD B

Nelson Adams-Riley

Sewanee A

Huntsville B

Charlie Lowman

Imperial A

Birmingham A

Albert Nyang

LSE A

Edinburgh A

Paige Crawley

Oxford A

Manchester A

-5

Jackson McDonald

Alabama A

Alabama B

Stuart Chandler-Baas

Carleton

Toronto H

Gabriel Avrahami

Georgetown B

Maryland B

-5

Dylan Tanouye

Tufts B

Tufts A

Sawyer Smith

Mississippi State A

UAB A

Lesley Kwarteng

Johns Hopkins C

UMBC A

Andrei Hui

Cambridge A

Edinburgh B

Omer Korkmaz

Johns Hopkins B

Maryland D

Madison Hughes

Huntsville A

Auburn B

100

Darren Kellis

Vanderbilt B

Georgia Tech B

105

-5

Olivia Kiser

Kentucky

Michigan D

108

Gus Redding

Imperial B

Bristol B

108

Zaid Asif

NYU B

Notre Dame E

112

Adrian Dooley

Notre Dame B

Purdue C

116

CT Tang

Sheffield B

City St George's A

116

-5

Rae Meyers

Arizona State B

Ohio

123

-5

Matthew Vidal

Northwestern C

Rose State

131

-5

Alvin Guo

Chicago A

Notre Dame D

136

Zaire Gibbons

Toronto J

Toronto Metropolitan

137

Platon Gorokhov

Toronto F

Toronto G

137

Kevin Liu

Maryland B

Georgetown B

137

Sarah Dong

Michigan C

Chicago B

137

Nermeen Rahman

Indiana B

Michigan B

137

Ethan Erickson

BC B

Bowdoin B

137

Blake Johnson

BC A

Yale B

137

Young Fenimore Lee

Ohio

Arizona State B

137

Elijah Pollock

UTD A

Iowa

137

S. A. Shenoy

Georgia Tech B

Vanderbilt B

137

Kai Madgwick

Manchester A

Oxford A

137

Zachary Foster

City St George's A

Sheffield B

137

Ian Costigan

Sheffield C

Southampton A

137

Juliette Flatau

Imperial C

Durham B

137