Question

In this musical’s original stage production and film version, a number set in a sewer was choreographed by Michael Kidd. Neon signs reading “Mindy’s” and “Hot Box” were fixtures of an “immersive” 2023 staging of this musical by Nicholas Hytner at London’s Bridge Theatre. In this musical, a character reads a book that claims single women “can develop ‘la grippe,’ ‘la post nasal (10[1])drip’” in her namesake “Lament.” A number in this musical accuses a concept of having a “very unlady-like way of running out.” This musical alludes to its source author via its overture, “Runyonland.” New York and Havana are the settings of this musical, (10[1])whose numbers include “A Bushel and a Peck” (10[1])and “Luck Be a Lady.” (-5[1])For 10 points, Sky Masterson and Nathan Detroit (10[1])appear (10[1])in what Frank Loesser (“LESS-er”) musical titled for two gendered groups? ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Guys and Dolls
<Cambridge C, Other Fine Arts>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Simon ZimmermanOhio State ACase Western B6210
Elizabeth WallaceKenyonCarnegie Mellon A10510
Carter PisockyMichigan CCase Western A11310
Cade SmithMichigan StateMichigan D118-5
Rachel FanousMichigan AOhio State B12610
Jack LengaCarnegie Mellon BMichigan B12710
Daniel HuangMichigan DMichigan State1380

Summary

California2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%132.00
Florida2025-02-01Y367%0%33%114.50
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y683%0%17%106.60
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%98.83
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%92.83
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%137.33
Northeast2025-02-01Y580%0%20%125.75
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y250%0%50%138.00
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%113.50
Southeast2025-02-01Y450%0%75%121.50
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y989%0%11%90.63
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y367%0%33%90.50