Question

At the beginning of this play, Rabbi Isidor Chemelwitz (“KAY-mell-vitz”) gives a eulogy that describes a woman’s lineage. A character in this play hallucinates that she is with Mr. Lies in Antarctica while high on valium in Prospect Park. At the end of the first act, this play’s protagonist sees a flaming book (10[1])before one of the title beings crashes (10[1])through (10[1])the ceiling. In (10[1])this play, the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg, (10[1])who (10[1])is (10[1])played (10[1])by the same actress as the Mormon Hannah, recites the kaddish after the lawyer Roy Cohn dies. Louis Ironson abandons Prior Walter in the first section of this play, (10[1])Millennium Approaches. For 10 points, name this Tony Kushner play about the AIDS epidemic. ■END■

ANSWER: Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes [prompt on Millennium Approaches before mention; prompt on Perestroika]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Franke GordonNorthwestern AWashU B5110
David NickelPurdue CNorthwestern B5810
Sophia MadrazoPurdue BIllinois A5910
Danielle WebbSIUEChicago A6210
Conner YamnitzWashU ANotre Dame B6910
Anila MoparthiIllinois BNotre Dame C7010
Stephen HeritageNotre Dame AIndiana7110
David MathewPurdue AIllinois D7210
Waverly O'MalleyIowa BChicago B10110

Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY978%0%11%88.14
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY7100%0%0%74.57
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY683%0%17%81.40
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1090%0%0%74.56
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY10100%0%20%85.30
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY580%0%0%73.75
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%0%76.88
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%0%68.11