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 (10[1])while high on valium in Prospect Park. (10[1])At the end of the first act, this play’s protagonist sees a flaming book before one of the title beings crashes through the ceiling. (10[1])In this play, the ghost of (-5[2])Ethel Rosenberg, who is played (10[1])by the same actress as the Mormon (10[1])Hannah, recites the kaddish after the lawyer Roy Cohn dies. Louis Ironson abandons Prior Walter in the first section of this play, Millennium Approaches. For 10 points, name this Tony Kushner play about (10[1])the AIDS epidemic. (10[2])■END■ (10[2])

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

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Justin HanUNC BWilliam & Mary3010
Miller DoerrLiberty BUNC D3710
Malachi LedfordTusculumVCU6110
Connor KahnNC StateJames Madison A67-5
Connor KahnNC StateJames Madison A67-5
Josh SchmidtLiberty AAppalachian State B7210
Cameron WiliamsAppalachian State ADuke B7910
Max KhurzmanUNC AVirginia Tech B11210
Summer SolisJames Madison ANC State11510
Summer SolisJames Madison ANC State11510
Simon BursteinVirginiaLiberty C11610
Ivan SumaneevUNC CJames Madison B11610