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In a likely reference to Mozart, a fortissimo interjection from the chorus precedes this character saying “No, all is still.” While in a dressing gown, this character describes “a lot of poplar (10[1])trees / Courted by the fickle breeze” in a ballad that begins “Sighing softly by the (10[1])river.” (-5[1])A lengthy joke (10[1])revolving around this character’s misunderstanding of the word “often” is kept by Joseph Papp, but shortened in D’Oyly Carte’s (“doy-lee cart’s”) productions. (10[1])An archaic term for a horse is included in the phrase “sat a gee,” (10[2])which this (10[1])character (10[1])devises as a rhyme for (10[1])“strategy.” (10[2])This character, who was based on (10[1])Garnet Wolseley, (10[1]-5[1])lies about being an orphan to stop the abduction of his daughters. (10[1])In the most iconic (10[1])“patter song,” this father of Mabel claims he can (10[1])“whistle all the airs from that (10[1])infernal nonsense Pinafore.” For (10[1])10 points, “information animal, vegetable, and mineral” is possessed by what “modern” Gilbert and Sullivan character? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: the Major-General [or Major-General Stanley; accept “I am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General”] (He appears in The Pirates of Penzance.)
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y20100%0%10%98.25

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt JacksonChicago AHouston A3110
Christopher SimsNorthwestern ANYU A4710
Kevin ParkClaremont AStanford A48-5
Michael MaysImperial AJohns Hopkins A5110
Max ChemtovMcGill ATexas A7110
Collin AceRutgers BColumbia A8510
Alex SchmidtPenn State AChicago C8510
Cole TimmerwilkeHarvard APenn A8710
Daniel MaYale AUC Berkeley B8810
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt AMaryland A9310
Ben DahlPurdue AToronto A9410
Shahar SchwartzUC Berkeley ANorth Carolina A9410
Daniel YangChicago BVirginia A10010
Tracy MirkinFlorida AIndiana A10210
Jeya IyaduraiFlorida BGeorgia Tech A102-5
Anson BernsBrown AMinnesota B11410
Raymond WangCornell AIowa State A11810
Grace LiuMIT AIllinois A12710
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BCornell B13310
William GrogerColumbia BSouth Carolina A13710
Eric WolfsbergStanford AClaremont A15410
Hari ParameswaranGeorgia Tech AFlorida B15410