Packet 2: Tossup 17

This was the native language of Granville Redmond, an artist known for painting California poppy fields who played bit parts in Chaplin movies like City Lights. A character who teaches this language refers to “those moments of stillness” as the “kingdom of God.” On Oscars night 1976, (15[1])Louise Fletcher briefly (15[1])spoke in this language (15[1])to conclude her acceptance (15[1])speech for playing Nurse Ratched. (15[1])A boy who speaks this language appears in both the first and last scenes of Jacques Tourneur’s Out of the Past. In her debut (15[2])role, Lily (*) Tomlin (10[1])learned dialogue in this language (10[1])for Nashville. After winning an Oscar for her debut role with dialogue (10[1])mostly in this (10[1])language, (10[1])an actress was allegedly abused and raped by her co-star (10[2]-5[1])William Hurt. Lauren Ridloff and Paul Raci’s (“RAY-see’s”) fluency in this language led to their casting (10[1])in a 2019 Darius Marder film about a drummer played by Riz Ahmed. For 10 points, (10[1])Sound of Metal features what language spoken by Marlee Matlin in CODA? ■END■

ANSWER: American Sign Language [or ASL; prompt on sign language or signing; prompt on English by asking “what other language were they also speaking?”; reject other sign languages like “British Sign Language” or “BSL” or “BANZSL”] (Marlee Matlin won an Oscar for Children of a Lesser God.)
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TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2025 Spec Script - Canada2025-06-212100%0%0%122.50
2025 Spec Script - Online 12025-06-2110100%50%10%88.60
2025 Spec Script - Online 22025-06-213100%67%0%77.33
2025 Spec Script - VCU2025-06-211100%0%0%110.00