Packet 1: Bonus 11
In this film, a man proves himself loyal in a barbershop by rejecting a manicure before he and his wife replace the head of a photographer’s statue with a ball. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this 1927 American-made F. W. Murnau film. In this film, the tolling of church bells prompts a man to pause as he is about to drown a farmgirl so that he can run away with the Woman from the City.
ANSWER: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
[10h] This woman’s role as the wife in Sunrise, along with her performances in 7th Heaven and Street Angel, won her the first Academy Award for Best Actress. She also starred in the original 1937 version of A Star is Born.
ANSWER: Janet Gaynor [or Laura Augusta Gainor]
[10e] In Sunrise, one of these texts that asks “Couldn’t she get drowned?” appears to fall into the water. Murnau’s The Last Laugh attempted to avoid these texts that were used in silent film to convey dialogue.
ANSWER: intertitles [or title cards]
<Waterloo, Other Fine Arts> | A. Prelims 1 - Waterloo + Toronto A + Georgia Tech B
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 6.82 | 36% | 23% | 9% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | Virginia | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Brown | Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicago A | Harvard | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Chicago B | Georgia Tech C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Columbia A | UC Berkeley A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cornell | Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech A | Georgetown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Illinois A | UC Berkeley B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MIT | Columbia B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maryland A | Indiana | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | M |
| Minnesota | Maryland B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| NYU A | Johns Hopkins | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| Northwestern A | Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Northwestern B | Stanford B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Penn State | UCLA | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| Rutgers | Cambridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stanford A | Illinois B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Texas | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Toronto B | Bruin | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| UCF | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Virginia Tech | Purdue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| WashU | Swarthmore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 22 | 6.82 | 36% | 23% | 9% |