1950s - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

A panic in Idaho during this decade was documented in the John Gerassi book The Boys of Boise. (-5[1])During this decade, Christine Jorgensen traveled to Denmark for gender affirming surgery. (10[4]-5[1])Executive Order (-5[1])10450 (10[1]-5[3])barred (-5[1])queer (10[1])applicants to government jobs in this decade amidst the (-5[1])“Lavender Scare.” (10[8]-5[2])A senator (10[1])who was censured in this decade was asked (10[1]-5[2])“Have you no sense of (10[1])decency, (-5[1])sir?” (10[1])by Robert (-5[1])Welch. (10[2])During a speech in Wheeling in this decade, a Wisconsin senator claimed (10[1])he had a list of 205 (10[3])traitorous (10[1])government employees. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])in what decade did Roy Cohn and Joseph McCarthy (10[1])prosecute supposed Communists (10[1])during the Eisenhower presidency? (10[1])■END■ (10[8])

ANSWER: 1950s [accept the 50s]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Arizona State A	17	-5
Margaret Withers	George Mason B	Rutgers D	29	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Tufts A	29	10
James Haddix	Washington State	British Columbia A	29	10
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	Alberta B	29	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Chipola College	29	-5
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	McMaster A	31	-5
Tosca Zhang	NYU A	George Mason A	32	-5
Zachary Leblang	Penn	Stony Brook	32	-5
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	UConn A	32	-5
Uriah Lee	Sheffield B	Edinburgh A	32	10
Jonathan Schnipper	Brandeis Mozart	MIT A	33	-5
Alice Ton Nu	Washington Coho	Washington Masu	34	10
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Southern Connecticut State University A	43	-5
Asher Lyons	Maryland B	Maryland A	45	10
Henry Ding	Princeton	Lehigh A	45	-5
Tanmay Mirashi	Maryland C	Rutgers A	45	10
Nico Lotto	Vassar B	Rutgers C	45	10
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue A	45	10
Sidarth Erat	MIT A	Brandeis Mozart	45	10
Makensey Vanderburg	Tufts B	Brandeis Bach	45	10
Jack Meyers	Brown B	Williams B	45	10
Jacky Li	MIT B	Williams C	45	-5
Yasmin Campbell	Cambridge B	Cardiff	45	10
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	British Columbia B	47	10
Isabella Johansson	NYU C	Columbia B	55	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Vassar A	55	-5
Alice Zhang	Dartmouth A	Amherst A	55	-5
Marc Greco	Williams A	Brown A	60	10
Sam Barrekette	RIT A	Cornell D	61	-5
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	Columbia A	62	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Sockeye	64	-5
Jaden Bandy	Rutgers B	NYU B	65	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Washington Pink	65	10
Jackson Price	Dartmouth B	Boston College A	77	10
Ben Schindelman	Vassar A	Johns Hopkins	83	10
Alex Grigoriades	Lehigh A	Princeton	83	10
Sam Millenbach	Rowan	George Mason C	83	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Tufts C	84	10
Taiki Takahashi	Dartmouth C	Harvard	86	10
Vishnu Sharma	Texas	Washington Chum	86	10
Yuval Klein	Williams C	MIT B	89	10
Owen Gibbs	Boston College B	Boston University B	98	10
Isabella DePrimo	Washington Chinook	Boise State	101	10
John Halsun	UConn A	Vermont A	105	10
Seth Allen	McMaster A	Toronto B	106	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	NYU A	106	10
Matthew Merino	Stony Brook	Penn	106	10
Alan Cai	Amherst A	Dartmouth A	106	10
Rae Meyers	Arizona State A	Alberta A	106	10
Simarya Ahuja	Washington Sockeye	Arizona State B	106	10
Ian Hatcher	Chipola College	Vanderbilt A	106	10
Solomon Blecher	Cornell D	RIT A	106	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	1	100%	0%	32.00
UK (South)	UK	1	100%	0%	45.00
Eastern Canada (2)	US	1	100%	100%	106.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	33%	67.25
Midwest	US	1	100%	0%	45.00
Northeast	US	12	100%	42%	72.42
Pacific	US	9	100%	22%	67.00
Southeast	US	1	100%	100%	106.00
Upstate NY	US	1	100%	100%	106.00