1992 - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

A presumptive frontrunner in this election year decided against running after leaving a plane in Albany on the tarmac. (-5[1])A candidate in this election year publicly condemned rapper Sister Souljah (10[6]-5[1])at (10[2]-5[1])an event (10[1])with Jesse Jackson. (10[4]-5[1])During this (-5[1])election year’s (10[1]-5[1])Republican National (-5[1])Convention, (-5[1])a speech describing a “cultural (-5[2])war” (10[4]-5[2])for the “soul (10[1])of (10[1])America” (10[1]-5[2])was given (-5[1])by primary challenger (10[1])Pat Buchanan. (10[7]-5[5])This election year’s winning candidate ran with a (10[1])reminder (10[2])to focus on “the economy, (10[1])stupid.” (10[11]-5[4])In (-5[1])this election (10[1])year, (10[1])NAFTA-opposed (10[1])candidate (-5[2])Ross Perot (10[2]-5[1])(“puh-ROH”) received (-5[2])nineteen (-5[1])million (10[2])votes. (10[3]-5[4])For (10[1]-5[1])10 points, (10[2]-5[1])name (10[1])this year (10[2])in which (10[1])incumbent (10[1])George H. (10[1])W. Bush (10[3])lost (10[3])to (-5[1])Bill Clinton. (10[4])■END■ (10[26]0[18])

ANSWER: 1992 [accept 1992 United States presidential election; accept 1992 Democratic primary; prompt on 92]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Steve Gaughan	Brandeis Mozart	Boston College A	18	-5
Chase Moss	WVU A	WVU B	29	10
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	NCSU A	29	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	NYU A	29	10
William Henley	Illinois Champaign	Iowa B	29	-5
Mica Oestreich	Illinois Canada	Purdue B	29	10
William Kiker	Dartmouth A	Brown A	29	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Emory A	29	10
Jack Piros	Illinois Orange	Indiana B	30	10
Rafael Gómez	Amherst B	Boston University B	30	-5
Julia Austin	Vermont B	Williams A	30	10
Margaret Withers	George Mason B	Johns Hopkins	32	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Little Prince	35	10
Benjamin Silversten	William & Mary C	Liberty A	35	10
Matthew Bucek	George Mason A	Maryland B	35	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Tufts A	35	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Atlantic	35	-5
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	Ottawa B	37	-5
James Haddix	Washington State	British Columbia C	39	-5
Carson Kessler	Washington Pink	Washington Masu	39	10
Lily Katz	Stony Brook	Vassar A	41	-5
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	Binghamton B	42	-5
Conner Yamnitz	WashU Grizzlers	Chicago A	47	-5
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Washington Chinook	47	-5
Terrence Han	UCLA B	Claremont B	48	-5
Gabriel Dodds	Liberty C	Tusculum A	48	-5
Davis Johnson	Purdue A	Chicago B	48	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Iowa State	48	10
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech A	48	10
William Edwards	Tennessee A	South Carolina A	48	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	UCF A	51	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Tennessee Tech	52	10
Liam Henderson	McMaster B	Waterloo C	53	-5
Artem Vovchenko	Ohio State C	Louisville D	53	-5
John Halsun	UConn A	Boston University A	53	10
Christina Popov	Queen's A	Brock A	55	-5
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Archer Queen	58	10
Thomas Vukovic	Toronto H	Toronto I	60	10
Andrew Stappenbeck	CWRU C	Michigan D	60	-5
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	Louisville A	60	10
Ishan Chahande	Ohio State D	Michigan State C	60	-5
Jaden Rupolo	Liberty B	NCSU B	60	-5
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech B	Virginia A	60	10
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	Virginia Tech C	60	10
Daniel Craig	Rutgers B	Lehigh A	60	-5
Vihaan Jim	Princeton	Columbia A	60	10
Vedh Ramesh	Penn	Rutgers D	60	10
Ethan Skolnick	WashU Grolars	Indiana A	60	10
Sidarth Erat	MIT A	Brown B	60	-5
Nick Machin	UCLA A	USC B	68	10
Julian Thomson-Harris	Vassar A	Stony Brook	69	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Chipola College	69	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	Kentucky	74	10
Jonathan Koehler	UCLA C	UC Santa Barbara	75	-5
Annika Larson	Claremont A	UCLA D	75	-5
Samuel Zheng	Toronto F	McMaster C	75	10
James Xiao	Toronto A	Waterloo A	75	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	Toronto C	75	10
Enina Edosomwan	CWRU A	CWRU B	75	-5
Maggie Dunn	Michigan B	Michigan A	75	10
Matthew Stall	CWRU D	Michigan C	75	10
Eric Cameron	Michigan State C	Ohio State D	75	10
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech A	UNC A	75	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	British Columbia B	75	-5
Shivam Saxena	Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech E	75	10
Kieran Freed	Rochester	Binghamton C	75	10
Kieran Freed	Rochester	Binghamton C	75	10
Ariyan Miah	Binghamton B	Cornell C	75	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Clemson B	76	-5
Zack Wiffen	Waterloo B	Toronto G	78	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Tufts B	79	10
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	NYU B	80	10
Sriram Koritala	Illinois Blue	William Woods University A	81	-5
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Alabama A	81	-5
Tianyi Zheng	UCSD B	UCSD A	83	-5
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	Maryland A	83	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Cornell D	83	10
David Thomas	Purdue C	Iowa A	84	-5
Johnny Myers	Williams B	Dartmouth B	84	-5
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	Washington Coho	85	-5
Neal Tandon	Columbia B	George Mason C	86	10
Sam Millenbach	Rowan	Vassar B	86	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Boss Bandit	87	-5
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	USC A	87	-5
Miles Phillips	Florida Tech B	South Florida A	87	10
Anastasia Thacker	Wisconsin B	Minnesota	87	-5
Connor King	St. Thomas	Macalester	87	10
James Zhao	Vanderbilt C	Auburn C	87	-5
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Georgia Tech D	87	10
Yutong Han	Michigan State D	Louisville C	88	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	ESF	88	-5
Dominic Heffron	Florida Tech A	Florida B	90	-5
Andrew McKenzie	Ohio State B	Michigan State B	90	10
Diego Almaraz	UNC C	UNC B	90	10
Renita Tang	NYU C	Rutgers C	91	10
Taiki Takahashi	Dartmouth C	Williams C	93	10
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	RIT B	93	10
Peter Kushnir	British Columbia B	Texas	95	10
Rae Meyers	Arizona State A	Washington Sockeye	96	10
Roo Tapia	Louisville B	Ohio State A	98	10
Ted Li	Claremont C	UC Irvine	100	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Guelph A	100	10
Alex Grigoriades	Lehigh A	Rutgers B	100	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	McGill A	101	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Purdue D	101	10
Louis Harney	Georgia Tech B	Auburn B	101	10
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	Carleton A	102	-5
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	UCLA B	104	10
Jack Yesner	Brandeis Beethoven	Harvard	104	10
Luke Simon	Alberta B	Washington Chum	104	10
Brandon Wiltse	Washington Chinook	Washington Steelhead	104	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford B	105	10
Huy Lai	UCSC	Stanford A	105	10
Teddi Maggay	UC Santa Barbara	UCLA C	105	0
Shreyansh Satapurthy	UCLA D	Claremont A	105	0
Cliodora Selyuzhitsky	UCSD A	UCSD B	105	10
Grace Hardy	USC A	UCLA E	105	10
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	McGill E	105	0
Devito Stevanus	McGill B	Ottawa D	105	10
Anjali Rao	Ottawa B	Ottawa A	105	10
Valerie Brown	Carleton B	Ottawa C	105	0
Charlie Rickards	Ottawa C	Carleton B	105	0
Ellie Wang	Brock A	Queen's A	105	0
Seth Allen	McMaster A	Toronto D	105	0
Zaire Gibbons	Toronto D	McMaster A	105	10
Lucas Hall	Waterloo C	McMaster B	105	0
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	Florida State A	105	0
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	ERAU Daytona A	105	0
Kyle Chua	CWRU B	CWRU A	105	0
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	CWRU C	105	10
Dirk Hay	Louisville D	Ohio State C	105	0
Walter Carson	NCSU B	Liberty B	105	0
Lindi Blaylock	Tusculum A	Liberty C	105	10
William Erwin	William & Mary B	JMU A	105	0
Erin Williams	JMU A	William & Mary B	105	10
Eric Parrilla	Chicago A	WashU Grizzlers	105	10
Meredith Onions	Iowa B	Illinois Champaign	105	10
Grace Early	Iowa A	Purdue C	105	0
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Illinois Blue	105	10
Alex Feller	Minnesota	Wisconsin B	105	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Michigan Tech	105	10
Hanson Hunynh	Boston University B	Amherst B	105	10
Shining Sun	Boston College A	Brandeis Mozart	105	0
Nico Miller	Brown B	MIT A	105	10
Jackson Price	Dartmouth B	Williams B	105	10
Sonya Bates	Washington Atlantic	Alberta A	105	10
Ryan Zhang	British Columbia C	Washington State	105	10
Alice Ton Nu	Washington Coho	British Columbia A	105	10
Jackson McDonald	Alabama A	Vanderbilt A	105	10
Wynn Alsko	Auburn C	Vanderbilt C	105	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Montevallo	105	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Clemson C	105	10
Jerry Lin	Vanderbilt B	Mississippi State A	105	0
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt B	105	0
Gregory Stone	ESF	RIT A	105	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
Northern California	US	4	100%	25%	75.75
Southern California	US	7	71%	71%	96.40
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	60%	40%	103.67
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	78%	22%	81.14
Florida	US	4	50%	25%	69.00
Great Lakes	US	12	83%	33%	76.90
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	89%	22%	69.88
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	10	100%	10%	67.60
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	100%	50%	67.50
Midwest	US	9	89%	44%	72.88
North	US	4	100%	25%	86.25
Northeast	US	11	91%	36%	73.80
Pacific	US	8	100%	63%	94.13
Southeast	US	13	92%	23%	77.42
Upstate NY	US	6	100%	33%	84.33