Packet 9: Tossup 6

In a play, a man shows up to one of these places instead of watching his “overpraised” brother swim in the Montreal Olympics. A character exclaims “you don’t know nothing about me!” in one of these places before showing a chest scar that he received from a white man who assaulted his mother. In 2024, (-5[1])a David (-5[1])Adjmi drama set in these places passed (-5[1])Slave Play for the most-ever (15[1])Tony nominations. (-5[1])In one of these places, a woman’s nephew is unable to read the line (15[1])“you done (15[2])seen the (15[1])best, (15[2])now I’m gonna show you the rest” (15[1])without (*) stuttering. (10[3])Cutler, Slow Drag, and (10[2])Toledo clash (10[1])with the (10[1])younger Levee (10[1])in one of (10[2])these places (10[1])while working (10[1])with the Coca (10[1])Cola-drinking title character of an (-5[1])August (10[2])Wilson (10[1])play. (-5[1])For 10 points, Ma Rainey’s (10[1])Black (10[1])Bottom (-5[1])is set in what sort (10[1]-5[1])of place, (10[1]-5[3])where performers (-5[1])might (-5[1])create cast (-5[2])recordings? (10[2])■END■ (10[11]0[1])

ANSWER: recording studios [accept recording booths; accept band room; prompt on basement] (The David Adjmi play is Stereophonic.)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Isaac MammelMunir Siddiqui Fan ClubMaryland F♯ A♯ ∞54-5
Arjun KalaExecute Order 6 71000000 Delinquents56-5
Noah SheidlowerNoah Sheidlower Negged Five Times in a Yellow Cab Against the Gottis and Gambinos63-5
Rachel EzrielevRosslyn Academic TeamJHU6815
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BTeam 870-5
Danny HanStanford AStanford B8415
John LawrenceThe Fire Neg TimeCapital One in the Twenty-First Century8615
Noah ChinDavid Foster GromitIt's something unpredictable/that in the end is right/please refrain from e-mailing my wife8615
Nathaniel HullBerkeley AConstans Constantius and Constantine Jr.8815
Mattias EhatammMaryland F♯ A♯ ∞Munir Siddiqui Fan Club8915
Jared HeYou Don't Have the CardsThe lion does not concern itself with negging teammates out of their own categories8915
Henry GoffThe Umayyad Caliphate be like REPEAL NAPHTHAGirls who Just Want to Have Fun + Liam9615
Rahul KeyalUntitled Keyal TeamHabitat 679810
Christopher DechMiddlesex County Fetty Wap Fan Clubconsumption smoothing by borrowing future big law income9810
Shahar SchwartzNot Old! (Old)Team 79810
Josh KochIn the Mood for Transportation EquipmentInvective Against Swans10210
Mitch McCullarPenn StateContessa Dora10210
Sharath NarayanNorthwesternChicago !A10410
Jordan Brownstein(give me an) ANSWER: die for baseballMuscle Mass Extinction Event10610
Daniel Meridafour high school generalists shock natives with fluent stock in Tocharian BW&L+Friend10810
Ethan AshbrookBHSUIndiana11110
Shishir BharadwajLexThe Worst Trade Deal in the History of Trade Deals11110
Ell ShaufCopán SeethePolish Orthographers Posting Their Łs11310
Mike Bentley1000000 DelinquentsExecute Order 6 711510
Joel MilesQuebecois Olga Tokarczuk be like 'freins de jacob interdits'The tram is not in service; please use the moving walkway.11810
Jamie BurchettDour StraitsDielectrical Materialism123-5
Ben Russell JonesThe Third Time when she was Given to Answer the Hard and the Easy, and Answered Only the EasyH Charlson's Washed Up Scrubs12410
Maude-Sophie LockmanStrange Case of Dr. Joker and Mr. PennywiseWilliam of Baskerville attempts to investigate John P. Robarts, gets turned away for not having a student card12410
Yuxuan LuAna Pauker? I hardly know her!Georgia Tech 𓂈𓆉𓃡12510
Russell NipUBC AUBC B126-5
Milan FernandezMaybe EverWashU13110
Bhaskar MoorthySt. Marx[Redacted]13210
Ariel Faederhttps://i.imgur.com/C6nN2FE.pngMike and Psmith133-5
Ryan RosenbergNYU AThe "C" Team138-5
Jim FanUNC CharityCatholic University A13810
Eric BobrowUntitled by Alexander McQueen by Premeditated Chaos by Alexander McQueen by Percival EverettShipping Down from Ballston140-5
Joy AnThe Saint-Straw that Broke the Camille's BackSurrealist Subcommandante Marcos be like Esto no es una pipa140-5
Ishan JoshiLicence to C. Wright MillI'm just here (being trivia club president) so I won't get fined140-5
Yoyo LiuThe Unbearable Heaviness of History PlayersAbbas I founded the Abbasids14010
Owen MimnoSix Quizbowlers in Search of Owen MinmoNYU B or not NYU B (that is the question)142-5
Aaron Dos RemediosGuelph ClozeLicence to Bill143-5
Andrei HuiVacuous TortoiseC R A B S145-5
Pranav JothiSay It Ain't ZhouTennessee A145-5
Hazel DePreist-SullivanNegged Five Times in a Yellow Cab Against the Gottis and GambinosNoah Sheidlower 14610
Rupert PsmithMike and Psmithhttps://i.imgur.com/C6nN2FE.png14610
Halle FriedmanShipping Down from BallstonUntitled by Alexander McQueen by Premeditated Chaos by Alexander McQueen by Percival Everett14710
Henry BauerNYU B or not NYU B (that is the question)Six Quizbowlers in Search of Owen Minmo1470
Cade ReinbergerThe "C" TeamNYU A14710
Conor ThompsonSurrealist Subcommandante Marcos be like Esto no es una pipaThe Saint-Straw that Broke the Camille's Back14710
Kai MadgwickDielectrical MaterialismDour Straits14710
Oliver HargraveC R A B SVacuous Tortoise14710
Stephen LiuTeam 8Berkeley B14710
Amir DolanskyLicence to BillGuelph Cloze14710
Halee CareyI'm just here (being trivia club president) so I won't get finedLicence to C. Wright Mill14710
Stefan VladI fear not the man who has reviewed 10000 cards once, but I fear the man who has reviewed one card 10000 timesWhere's the nearest library, I need to have a public crashout.14710
Joyann HuaUBC BUBC A14710
Parker McCoigTennessee ASay It Ain't Zhou14710

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2026 NAFTA at Stanford01/17/20264100%50%25%104.25
2026 NAFTA at UBC01/17/20262100%0%50%143.50
2025 NAFTA Online02/14/20264100%0%0%120.50
2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt02/14/20263100%33%33%122.67
2025 NAFTA at Toronto09/13/20255100%20%40%130.80
2025 NAFTA at Maryland09/27/20255100%40%40%108.60
2025 NAFTA at Harvard10/04/20253100%33%33%110.33
2025 NAFTA at Oxford10/11/20253100%0%67%139.33
2025 NAFTA at Chicago11/08/20256100%0%17%109.33
2025 NAFTA at Columbia11/08/2025580%0%80%134.50
2025 NAFTA at Richmond12/20/20252100%50%0%99.50