Question

A film set in this country ends as a woman in heels runs into the sand to follow her lover, abandoning La Bessière. An Umberto Eco essay subtitled “The Clichés are Having a Ball” mocks a film set in this country as an “orgy of sacrificial archetypes.” A pre-Code film set in this country contains a famous scene in which a singer played by Marlene Dietrich dons a tailcoat and kisses another woman. (-5[2])Hank and Jo McKenna’s son is kidnapped in this country in a film that climaxes at a London (*) embassy (10[1])during Doris Day’s performance of “Que Sera, Sera,” Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much. Dwarf extras appear in a scene set in this country that used fog to obscure a cardboard model of a plane on a runway. (10[1])In that Michael (-5[1])Curtiz film set in this country, the song “As Time Goes By” is played by the café pianist Sam. (10[1])For 10 points, name this setting of (10[1])Casablanca. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Morocco [or Kingdom of Morocco] (The Marlene Dietrich film is Morocco.)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Halle Friedman1.g4 Test MixtureParden the Interruption72-5
Tejas Rajebruhboy's jitches (ft. DMA)72-5
Connor MayersJJarylandThe Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuola9110
Alex SchmidtLet's Fighting Loveprotobowling for soup13010
JinAh KimJinAh and Jordan from Wikiquizmnemonists133-5
Iain CarpenterSandmännchen im HelikopterNJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess)15210
Emmett LauriemnemonistsJinAh and Jordan from Wikiquiz15910
Andrew ZengNaocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew HessechamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbia16010
Isaac Kirk-DavidoffParden the Interruption1.g4 Test Mixture16110
DMAboy's jitches (ft. DMA)bruh16110

Summary

2024 ESPN @ Chicago03/23/2024Y6100%33%33%115.17
2024 ESPN @ Columbia03/23/2024Y7100%0%43%144.86
2024 ESPN @ Duke03/23/2024Y2100%0%50%146.50
2024 ESPN @ Brown04/06/2024Y2100%50%50%95.50
2024 ESPN @ Cambridge04/06/2024Y2100%50%50%116.00
2024 ESPN @ Online06/01/2024Y3100%0%0%144.67