Question
Description acceptable. A character steals a statue from a museum of this activity in a Sarah Ruhl play about Becky Nurse. Five girls pretend to see a flying yellow bird in a play about this activity. A man forgets the sixth commandment, “thou shalt not commit adultery,” when asked to recite the Ten Commandments by Reverend Hale while on trial for this crime. Ezekiel Cheever accuses Elizabeth of this crime after seeing Mary Warren’s poppet with a needle in it. After being seen dancing in the woods, the Barbadian slave Tituba is accused of this crime. For 10 points, John Proctor is accused of what crime central to Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible? ■END■
ANSWER: witchcraft [or descriptions like being a witch or practicing witchcraft; accept witch hunting or Salem witch trials before “this crime” is read; prompt on sorcery or magic] (The first line refers to the play Becky Nurse of Salem.)
<American Literature>
= Average correct buzz position
Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 25% | 67.38 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 88% | 0% | 13% | 63.57 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 83% | 0% | 17% | 58.20 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 58.10 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 83.22 |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 20% | 58.20 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 13% | 58.50 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 74.33 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Elizabeth Bowling | Indiana | Illinois A | 35 | 10 |
Nitin Murthy | Purdue A | WashU A | 41 | -5 |
Davis Johnson | Purdue C | Iowa A | 43 | 10 |
Owen McCoy | Illinois D | SIUE | 46 | -5 |
Patrick Boyle | Notre Dame B | Illinois C | 59 | -5 |
Emmett Cho | Chicago B | WashU B | 62 | 10 |
Ethan Ma | Illinois B | Northwestern A | 62 | 10 |
Owyn Noble | Purdue B | Notre Dame C | 63 | 10 |
Landon Jett | SIUE | Illinois D | 83 | 10 |
William Foster | Chicago A | Northwestern B | 95 | 10 |
Steven Song | Illinois C | Notre Dame B | 113 | 10 |
Conner Yamnitz | WashU A | Purdue A | 113 | 10 |