The Seagull - 2025 PACE NSC

Question

This play's premiere was derailed when an actor lost her voice while playing (20[1])a character who asks of an elm "what is that tree?" This play inspired the logo of the MAT ("M A T") theater, whose breakout production (20[1])of it featured the author's wife Olga Knipper (20[2])as a character (0[1])who complains about (20[1])"decadent rubbish." (20[1])In this play, the appearance of a pair of red eyes (20[4])is (0[1])accompanied (20[2])by (20[2])(*) sulfur (10[1])as (10[1])part (10[1])of a (10[1])lakeside (10[2])Symbolist (0[1])performance, (10[2])which is enjoyed by the doctor Dorn but (0[1])ridiculed by Sorin's sister (0[1])Irina Arkadina. (10[1]0[3])In this play, Boris Trigorin (10[1])is loved (10[1])by (10[2])the amateur (10[1])actor Nina, (10[1])who is (10[1])in (10[1])turn loved by the writer (0[1])Konstantin (10[1])Treplev. For 10 points, name this Anton Chekhov play in which Nina compares herself to the title (10[1])bird. (10[2])■END■ (10[6]0[1])

ANSWER: The Seagull [or The Gull or Cháyka]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Simra Kuchay	Walter Payton A	Lee's Summit	12	20
Brodie Henry	West Point	Walker	35	20
Shishir Bharadwaj	Lexington	Coronado	43	20
Ben Newman	Uni of Illinois Laboratory	Uni School of Nashville A	43	20
Arjun Desikan	Seven Lakes	Hinsdale Central A	46	0
Krish Chinta	Innovation Academy A	Winston Churchill B	49	20
Sophia Jones	Montgomery Blair A	Edina	51	20
Jasper Xu	Westwood	Chattahoochee A	62	20
Nick Murray	Detroit Catholic Central A	Page	62	20
Dominic Salazar	Irvington	Georgetown Day	62	20
Monit Karmakar	Adlai E. Stevenson A	Yukon B	62	20
Arianne Amasol	Yukon A	Centennial B	63	0
Travis Johnson	Great Valley	Lindbergh	64	20
Anthony Xu	Thomas Jefferson B	Northmont	64	20
Manu Sankaran	Lambert A	North Quincy	65	20
Abigail Lee	Thomas Jefferson A	Detroit Catholic Central C	65	20
Jason Yao	Montgomery Blair B	Hunter B	66	10
Kevin Yang	Adlai E. Stevenson B	Saint Joseph	67	10
Michael Pu	Carmel A	Strake Jesuit B	68	10
Omkar Marathe	Fremd	White Pigeon	70	10
Kaitlyn Leonard	Barrington	Solon	71	10
Ahya Farhat	Russell	Northside College Prep	71	10
Andrew Gao	Belmont	Lincoln-Way East B	72	0
Sreekar Vajjha	Classen SAS	Lambert B	73	10
Evan Schleck	Hunter A	Thomas Jefferson D	73	10
Tate Osborne	Alabama Cyber Tech	Homewood-Flossmoor	81	0
Joshua Koch	Grosse Pointe South	Downingtown STEM	85	0
Darren Kellis	Milton	Okemos	87	0
Sheehan Banka	Northview	Walter Payton B	87	0
Soham Ray	Parkway West	Richard Montgomery	87	0
Jacob Higgs	Strake Jesuit A	Virginia	87	10
Jackson Green	Uni School of Nashville B	Kane County AT	92	10
Abigail AuYeung	Hinsdale Central A	Seven Lakes	94	10
Ayaan Ghori	Carl Sandburg	Detroit Catholic Central B	95	10
Arjun Nair	Innovation Academy B	Herron	95	10
Andrew Lao	Chattahoochee B	Carmel B	97	10
Ryan Smith	Downingtown STEM	Grosse Pointe South	99	10
Camden Williams	Audrain County AT	Thomas Jefferson E	101	10
Maya Pujara	Fairfield County AT	Glenbrook South	102	10
Michelle Luo	Johns Creek	Winston Churchill A	107	0
Evan Gniadek	Quince Orchard	Lincoln-Way East A	108	10
Evan Ting	Park Tudor	Thomas Jefferson C	125	10
Elise Froehlich	Lincoln-Way East B	Belmont	126	10
Nam Dang	Richard Montgomery	Parkway West	126	10
Luke De Bruin	Homewood-Flossmoor	Alabama Cyber Tech	127	10
Maximilian Lin	Eastchester	Centennial A	127	10
Hamin Song	Okemos	Milton	127	10
Kieran Blake	Walter Payton B	Northview	127	0
Ananth Ramsankar	Wayzata	Saratoga	127	10
Colette Kendrick	Winston Churchill A	Johns Creek	127	10
Matthew Yang	Centennial B	Yukon A	127	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Exact Match?	TUH	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Average Buzz
2025 PACE NSC	06/07/2025	Y	42	98%	33%	0%	83.10