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Specific term required. A theatre named for these events premiered Rio Rita. Lillian Lorraine introduced “By the Light of the Silvery Moon” at one of these events, which borrowed “Ballin’ the Jack” from their “Darktown” version after being integrated by Bert Williams. The four arguing leads and their younger ghosts (10[1])are transported to “Loveland” in a musical titled for these events, (10[1])in which Carlotta recalls “Plush velvet sometimes, (10[1])sometimes just pretzels and beer” in an homage (10[1])to Harold Arlen. Fanny Brice is a comic bride at one of these events in “His Love Makes Me Beautiful” from Funny Girl. (10[1])Irving Berlin’s “A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody” (10[1])was a theme song for these events, whose fictional Weismann version reunites (10[1])in a Stephen Sondheim musical (10[2])featuring pastiches (10[1])like “I’m Still Here.” For 10 points, name these vaudeville-era revues starring showgirls and helmed by Florenz Ziegfeld. (10[6])■END■ (10[4]0[3])

ANSWER: follies [or folly; accept Ziegfeld Follies or Weissman Follies or Darktown Follies; accept Ziegfeld Theatre until “Ziegfeld” is read; prompt on revues, musicals, variety shows, vaudeville, comedy acts, extravaganzas, or entertainment; reject “minstrel shows” or “music hall”]
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2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y2195%0%0%119.65

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Tim MorrisonStanfordVanderbilt4910
Matt JacksonChicago ATexas6010
Jim FanNorth Carolina AIowa State6710
Hayden PratherFloridaKentucky7510
Todd MaslykMichiganChicago D9810
Justin WytmarIllinoisClaremont Colleges10710
Adrian WongOttawaMinnesota A11910
Halle FriedmanNYUWUSTL A12410
Matthew SiffYale AGeorgia Tech12410
Jeremy CummingsWUSTL BCornell B12610
Liam StarnesChicago CColumbia A14410
Jem BurchYale BMaryland14410
John MarvinChicago BMinnesota B14410
Fred GarveyTruman StatePenn14410
Wenying WuToronto ABerkeley B14410
Ben WismathToronto BWaterloo14410
Raymond WangCornell ABerkeley A14510
Ashish SubramanianDukeHarvard14510
Jake GreerHarvardDuke1450
Aum MundheRutgersJohns Hopkins14510
Andrew SalijNorthwesternPurdue14510
Robert FreemanSouth CarolinaArizona State1450
Jaik HavlickArizona StateSouth Carolina1450