Question

Dick Avery dances with a cape and one of these objects while singing “Let’s Kiss and Make Up” in Funny Face. In a film named after these objects, a woman sings to a man that “you smell of gasoline” (15[1])to which he responds “it’s just another perfume”. Madame Émery and her daughter (15[3])Geneviève run a boutique that sells (15[1])these (15[1])objects in a Jacques (15[2])Demy film. (15[3]-5[1])A parrot-themed (15[1])one of these objects says (*) “that’s gratitude (10[1])for you” as its owner watches the Banks family at the end of a 1964 film. Don Lockwood (10[3])sings that he’s (10[1])“laughing at clouds so dark up above” (10[1])while hanging (-5[1])on to a lamppost and holding (10[1])one of these (10[2])objects. (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, Gene Kelly’s character twirls around what sort of object while performing (-5[1])“Singin’ in the Rain”, (10[1])which is also (10[1])what Mary Poppins uses to fly? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: umbrellas [accept The Umbrellas of Cherbourg; accept Les Parapluies de Cherbourg]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kais JessaSplashed Rat Memorial Highway Crash Investigation SiteAOL Instant Messengers3815
Milan FernandezA greyscale picture of Ishan JoshiDavid and Parth Fan Club5115
Mike BentleyLaniel Automatic Pinball SchoolDowntown Freddie Brown5115
Sadie Brittongaslight gatekeep girlbuzzFill in the _______5115
Ian GreigMartingrobeWaterloo Cloze5715
Connor MayersNieR: Nǃxau ǂTomatawomt5815
Mazin OmerFDA Poop ExperimentsSkibidiallo Rizzirkzee6215
Jenny MaoNosfera2: The Return of Bill SkarsgardKermit to the Bit6215
Aaron Dos RemediosInside you there are two wolves. One is brave the other is defaultTo 500 PPG and Beyond6415
Benny MeyersUntitled HONK! Teamhonk tuah and squawk on that wing64-5
Charlie FritzTHE SIXTH SENSEWe'd Rather Be at SawCon6415
Ben Weinernot overly fond of geeseNo Longer Free Agents6415
Gerrit SevereidMcGill Asian Goodreads JuntaPositive Attitude6615
Kate SterickerThere's No Spying In QuizbowlCreative Bankruptcy7310
Claire WangThe Master and the MargaRITaSyracuse University New York Everything Sports Fun9110
Eleanor ClarkCRITique of Pure ReasonThe RITes of Zhou9110
Lee HuynhThe HoldoversThe of us9110
Charlotte BauerUntitled McGill TeamCarleton of Ottawa Fame9410
Simone ValadeBorn to fall out of a coconut tree forced to exist in the contextbwthhybl10110
Ishan JoshiNegged Five Tossups Then I Freaked ItThe Big Doofus103-5
Megan EnglehartFowl PlayThe House of the SpiRITs10910
Will HooverElegy WRITten in a Country ChurchyardESF Bee11210
Cendikiawan Suryaatmadjahow hungry... (horse emoji)The Tortured Trivia Department11210
Jacob SimmonsLast AmongTosca Trio11310
Rebecca LiVon TrappedThe Second Coming of James Wang11410
Peter CorderoCarleton of Not Minnesota FameHonk it Like It's Hot127-5
Jon VaysmanThe Big DoofusNegged Five Tossups Then I Freaked It13110
Brynn Joneshonk tuah and squawk on that wingUntitled HONK! Team13410
Abhay AriyappillilHonk it Like It's HotCarleton of Not Minnesota Fame14110

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2024 HONK! @ Waterloo2024-08-03Y8100%50%13%78.38
2024 HONK! @ Carleton2024-10-20Y4100%25%25%103.75
2024 HONK! @ Syracuse2024-12-07Y4100%0%0%100.75
2025 HONK! @ Online2025-03-09Y10100%70%10%75.00