South African apartheid - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

Jane Taylor based a play set after the end of this time period on Alfred Jarry's ("all-FRAY zhah-REE's") Ubu Roi. In a two-man play set during this time period, (20[1])Jesus comes to Earth as Lord Morena before the government nukes him. (20[3]0[1])Two of the Serpent (20[4])Players (20[1])co-wrote (20[2])a work (20[1])set in this (20[1])period (20[2])where the title character tells his wife he is dead while at Styles' photography (20[1])studio. Two characters debate (20[1])whether Darwin and Tolstoy are (*) men of (10[1])magnitude (10[5]0[2])in a (10[1])play set (10[1])during (10[1])this time (10[1])period. (10[3])Morris and Zachariah (10[1])never meet (10[2])their pen pal Ethel Lange (10[2])in Blood Knot, (10[2])a play set during (0[1])this period (10[1])which is also the setting of Master Harold and the Boys. For 10 points, (10[1])what time period is the setting of plays by Athol Fugard set in his native South Africa? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: South African apartheid [prompt on descriptions in the right time period (1948-1994) that don’t mention apartheid] (The first three plays are Ubu and the Truth Commission, Woza Albert!, and Sizwe Banzi is Dead.)

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Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Monit Karmakar	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Milton	26	20
Jeev Hora	Kane County AT	Detroit Catholic Central A	38	0
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Fairfield County AT	38	20
Krish Chinta	Innovation Academy A	Northside College Prep	38	20
Shishir Bharadwaj	Lexington	Barrington	38	20
Ophelia Cherry-Pulay	Uni School of Nashville A	Adlai E. Stevenson B	42	20
Sheehan Banka	Northview	Irvington	42	20
Manu Sankaran	Lambert A	Hunter B	42	20
Arjun Vijaykumar	Saratoga	Thomas Jefferson E	42	20
Joseph Harrison	Detroit Catholic Central B	Audrain County AT	43	20
Jasper Xu	Westwood	Virginia	44	20
Anthony Xu	Thomas Jefferson B	White Pigeon	44	20
Omkar Marathe	Fremd	Carmel B	46	20
Angela Sun	Solon	Eastchester	49	20
Khang Le	Strake Jesuit A	Lincoln-Way East A	50	20
Karthik Jayaram	Walker	Walter Payton A	50	20
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Walter Payton B	64	20
Abigail AuYeung	Hinsdale Central A	North Quincy	68	20
Ananth Ramsankar	Wayzata	Carl Sandburg	75	10
Ben Newman	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Centennial B	76	10
Arani Pittu	Lambert B	Homewood-Flossmoor	76	10
Soham Ray	Parkway West	Okemos	76	10
Michael Pu	Carmel A	Russell	76	0
Ahya Farhat	Russell	Carmel A	76	10
Jason Yao	Montgomery Blair B	Seven Lakes	76	0
Aaron Wang	Seven Lakes	Montgomery Blair B	76	10
Teddy Berente	Saint Joseph	Yukon A	78	10
William Condron	Strake Jesuit B	Winston Churchill B	80	10
Aidyn Congdon	Lee's Summit	Hunter A	81	10
Evan Gniadek	Quince Orchard	Chattahoochee A	83	10
Nathan Haley	Northmont	Chattahoochee B	84	10
Nick Murray	Detroit Catholic Central A	Kane County AT	84	10
Sophia Jones	Montgomery Blair A	Innovation Academy B	84	10
Andrew Gao	Belmont	Herron	87	10
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Thomas Jefferson C	89	10
Jo Adam	Edina	Lincoln-Way East B	89	10
Micah Chacon	Page	Winston Churchill A	94	10
Brodie Henry	West Point	Thomas Jefferson D	94	10
Nam Dang	Richard Montgomery	Yukon B	97	10
Michelle Luo	Johns Creek	Uni School of Nashville B	97	10
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Classen SAS	101	0
Abigail Lee	Thomas Jefferson A	Glenbrook South	103	10
Safiya Hasan	Lindbergh	Detroit Catholic Central C	117	10
Haughton Neppl	Georgetown Day	Downingtown STEM	134	10
Sahil Prasad	Centennial A	Coronado	135	10
Charan Pratapeneni	Classen SAS	Park Tudor	135	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	42	100%	40%	0%	73.00