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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 (-5[1])commandment, “thou shalt not commit adultery,” when asked to recite the Ten Commandments (10[1])by Reverend Hale while on trial for this crime. (10[1])Ezekiel Cheever accuses (10[1])Elizabeth of this crime after seeing Mary Warren’s poppet (10[1])with a needle in it. After being seen dancing in the woods, (10[2])the Barbadian slave Tituba is accused of this crime. For 10 points, John Proctor (10[1])is accused of what crime central to Arthur Miller’s play The (10[1])Crucible? (10[1]) ■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.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Miller DoerrLiberty BVirginia Tech B40-5
Ilyas ChoukriVirginia Tech AVirginia5310
Mary WellsVCUDuke A6210
Justin HanUNC BAppalachian State B6510
Josh SchmidtLiberty ALiberty C7410
Connor CarlisleJames Madison AUNC C8610
John GambleNC StateDuke B8610
Cameron WiliamsAppalachian State AUNC D10010
Max KhurzmanUNC AJames Madison B11110
Zachary BornsteinVirginia Tech BLiberty B11210

Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY8100%0%25%67.38
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY888%0%13%63.57
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY683%0%17%58.20
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY10100%0%0%58.10
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%11%83.22
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%20%58.20
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%13%58.50
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%33%74.33