Packet 5: Bonus 14
Answer the following about stage depictions of the AIDS crisis. For 10 points each:
[10m] Librettist Bill Russell wrote lyrics for an AIDS crisis-inspired musical titled for these creatures, “Punks and Raging Queens.” One of these title winged creatures crashes through Prior Walter’s bedroom ceiling in a play subtitled Millenium Approaches.
ANSWER: angels [accept Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens or Angels in America: Millennium Approaches]
[10e] Many plays depicting the crisis, such as Angels in America and Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart, are set in this city. In Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced, Amir admits he felt a “blush of pride” after a 2001 terrorist attack in this city.
ANSWER: New York City
[10h] An African woman with AIDS finds out she is pregnant in a play titled for these people’s “Monologues.” Mary Tilford spreads a rumor about her headmistresses Martha and Karen at the end of a play titled for these people.
ANSWER: children [accept The Children’s Monologues or The Children’s Hour] (The latter play is by Lillian Hellman.)
<Drama — Neal Joshi> | SHOW-ME Four Packet 5
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 16.92 | 100% | 62% | 8% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rube Goldberg XIX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 16 | 15.63 | 100% | 50% | 6% |
| SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SPOOKY IX | 11/20/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |