Adriatic Sea - 2025 ACF Fall

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In this body of water, the Jabuka Pit is an important breeding ground for hake (“hayk”). Rivers flowing (-5[1])into this body of water host Softmouth and Marble Trout, including the dam-threatened Neretva north of the Neum (“NAY-oom”) corridor. (10[1])Popular fishing (10[2])spots (10[1])in this body of water include Stari Grad (10[1])on (10[1])the island of Hvar (10[1])and Novigrad (-5[1])on the Istrian (10[1]-5[4])Peninsula. (10[4]-5[8])A region (10[2]-5[2])east (10[3]-5[2])of (10[1])this (10[2])body (10[1])of water (10[3])names (10[2])the (10[2])Dalmatian (10[5]-5[1])Pelican, (10[5]-5[2])which has returned (10[1])to (10[1])wetlands (10[1])drained by (10[2])Enver (10[2])Hoxha (10[2]-5[1])(“HOH-jah”). The (10[1]-5[1])north (10[1])of this (10[1])body of water (10[1])has (10[3])Tegnue (10[1])(“TEN-way”) reefs north of Ravenna and (10[1])west (10[1])of (10[1]-5[1])Trieste (10[6]-5[1])(“tree-EST”). For (10[1])10 points, (10[4])what (10[1])arm of the Mediterranean (10[3])Sea (10[2])separates (10[1])Italy (-5[1])and (10[1])the (10[1])Balkans? (10[6]-5[1])■END■ (10[30]0[10])

ANSWER: Adriatic Sea [or Mare Adriatico or Jadransko more or Jadransko morje or Jadran or Adriatikí thálassa; accept Gulf of Venice or Golfo di Venezia or Beneški zaliv or Venecijanski zaljev; prompt on Mediterranean Sea before mentioned]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	Ohio State D	16	-5
Asher Lyons	Maryland B	Rutgers B	35	10
Zachary Bornstein	Virginia Tech A	Virginia A	37	10
Anya Srinivasan	Washington Atlantic	British Columbia A	37	10
Aiden Hart	Kentucky	Michigan State D	38	10
Reese Powell	Cornell A	Cornell C	46	10
Jamie Pach	Ottawa D	Ottawa B	47	10
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Chicago B	51	10
Platon Gorokhov	Toronto E	Waterloo B	53	-5
Terrence Han	UCLA B	Claremont A	56	-5
David Ropp	Duke A	William & Mary B	56	-5
Omer Korkmaz	Johns Hopkins	Columbia A	56	-5
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Iowa A	56	-5
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Cambridge C	56	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	UCSD A	57	-5
Aidan Hoffner	McMaster B	Guelph A	57	-5
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	Ohio State B	57	-5
Nathan Sprouse	Virginia Tech B	NCSU A	57	-5
Ethan Ma	Illinois Blue	Illinois Canada	57	10
Ethan Erickson	Boston College B	Vermont A	57	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Brandeis Mozart	57	-5
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Dartmouth B	57	-5
John Halsun	UConn A	Tufts A	57	-5
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Texas	57	10
John Maupin	Chipola College	Vanderbilt A	57	10
Laura Bullock	Sheffield A	Durham D	57	-5
Merrick Hill	Iowa State	St. Thomas	59	-5
Oliver Morten	Cardiff	Bristol	59	10
Tevin Francis	Southampton	Cambridge A	59	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	RIT B	59	-5
Alex Hestermann	Washington Sockeye	Boise State	60	-5
Liam Markland	Alberta A	British Columbia B	60	-5
Carson Kessler	Washington Pink	Washington State	60	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Tennessee A	60	10
Harry Oxley	Imperial C	Cambridge B	60	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	WashU Grolars	61	10
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto D	Toronto B	62	10
Luc Vulliez	Amherst A	Williams B	62	10
Diego Almaraz	UNC C	UNC D	63	10
Seth Allen	McMaster A	Toronto A	65	10
Daniel Luebs	Michigan State B	Ohio State C	65	10
Jeremy Katen	George Mason A	Rutgers D	65	10
Eric Cameron	Michigan State C	Michigan A	66	10
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	UNC A	66	10
Yun Loh	Penn	Vassar B	67	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Georgia Tech F	67	10
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Boss Bandit	68	10
Stefan Mihai	Carleton B	McGill E	68	10
Bailey Lacefield	Toronto G	Waterloo C	68	10
Frances Corban	Toronto H	Toronto F	68	10
Jack Piros	Illinois Orange	Purdue C	68	10
John Shelley	Clemson B	Tennessee B	68	-5
Devito Stevanus	McGill B	McGill C	69	-5
Mason Lambert	JMU A	William & Mary C	69	10
Marc Greco	Williams A	Southern Connecticut State University A	69	10
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	British Columbia C	69	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Alabama A	69	-5
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Georgia Tech B	69	10
Judah Solomon	Imperial D	Imperial B	69	10
Edward Zhang	Vanderbilt C	Mississippi State A	72	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Macalester	73	10
Adrian O'Leary	Waterloo A	Toronto C	74	10
Drake Smith	Carleton A	Ottawa C	76	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Indiana B	76	10
Tobias Cortes	Indiana A	Purdue B	77	10
Kushagra Bahuguna	Washington Chinook	Washington Coho	77	10
Henry Bauer	NYU A	George Mason B	78	-5
Pen Hughes	Edinburgh C	Sheffield B	78	10
Kieran Freed	Rochester	RIT A	78	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	McGill A	79	10
Nicholas Nguyen	Florida B	UCF A	79	-5
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Tufts C	80	10
Dominic Heffron	Florida Tech A	Florida A	82	10
Nitish Sudhakar	Georgia Tech A	South Carolina A	85	10
Shreyansh Satapurthy	UCLA D	UCSD B	86	10
Jack Feinberg	Brandeis Bach	Williams C	86	10
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	Cornell D	86	10
Cranmer McGinn	McMaster C	Queen's A	87	10
Harry Crane	Warwick	LSE	92	10
Blake Johnson	Boston College A	Tufts B	93	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Stanford B	94	10
David Black	Illinois Champaign	William Woods University A	94	-5
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	CWRU A	95	10
Kyle Chua	CWRU B	CWRU C	95	10
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	Michigan State A	95	10
Sparrow Brotman	NYU B	Rutgers C	95	-5
James Bramley	Durham C	Edinburgh A	95	10
Alex Miller	Edinburgh B	York	95	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	Binghamton B	95	10
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	USC A	96	10
Thomas Zhao	Michigan C	Louisville C	98	10
William Kiker	Dartmouth A	Amherst B	98	10
Taiki Takahashi	Dartmouth C	MIT B	98	10
Youyou Yu	Imperial A	Cambridge D	98	10
Julian Thomson-Harris	Vassar A	Rutgers A	99	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	Stanford A	103	10
Kevin Nolan	NCSU B	Tusculum A	103	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Auburn B	103	10
Jesse Mindel	NCSU A	Virginia Tech B	104	10
Ethan Miniard	Montevallo	Clemson C	104	10
Steve Gaughan	Brandeis Mozart	Vermont B	105	10
Gabriel Dodds	Liberty C	JMU B	106	-5
Vihaan Jim	Princeton	Maryland A	107	10
Sage Saperstein	USC B	Claremont C	108	10
Scott Sibley	UC Irvine	UCLA E	109	10
Jacob Goodson	Ohio State A	WVU B	109	-5
Marcus Hatfield	WVU B	Ohio State A	109	10
Jack Marguiles	Stony Brook	George Mason C	109	10
Grace Early	Iowa A	Illinois Urbana	109	10
Andreas Ktori	Durham A	Durham B	109	10
Leo Neve	Durham D	Sheffield A	109	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	UCLA B	110	10
Kevin Hendargo	UCSD A	UCLA A	110	10
Rohan Soni	UCLA F	UC Santa Barbara	110	0
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	McGill B	110	0
Indiana Gee	Toronto I	Brock A	110	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	McMaster B	110	0
Aleksa Misic	Waterloo B	Toronto E	110	0
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	Florida Tech B	110	0
Will Massey	Florida Tech B	Florida State A	110	10
Teshawn McDonald	Louisville A	Louisville B	110	10
Manobhiram Vegendla	Ohio State D	Louisville D	110	10
Andrew McKenzie	Ohio State B	Pittsburgh	110	10
William Erwin	William & Mary B	Duke A	110	10
Ben Kantsiper	JMU B	Liberty C	110	10
Antonio LaNave	Virginia Tech C	VCU A	110	10
Alexander Rutten	Columbia A	Johns Hopkins	110	0
Elias Lowrey	Lehigh B	NYU C	110	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	Lehigh A	110	10
Joe O'Connor	George Mason B	NYU A	110	10
John Shelly	Rowan	Columbia B	110	10
Aryan Malhotra	Rutgers C	NYU B	110	0
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Illinois Champaign	110	10
James Windle	Purdue D	Iowa B	110	10
Alex Feller	Minnesota	Michigan Tech	110	10
Ezra Hoogeveen	St. Thomas	Iowa State	110	0
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Wisconsin B	110	10
Ohm Patel	Boston University B	Brandeis Beethoven	110	10
Jake Markus	Dartmouth B	Boston University A	110	10
Finley Campbell	Tufts A	UConn A	110	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington Sockeye	110	10
Henry Rutherford-Braun	British Columbia B	Alberta A	110	10
Luke Simon	Alberta B	Washington Masu	110	10
Jackson McDonald	Alabama A	Clemson A	110	10
Richy Sun	Vanderbilt B	Auburn C	110	0
Austin Embry	Auburn C	Vanderbilt B	110	0
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Clemson B	110	10
Harper Royal	Georgia Tech E	Georgia A	110	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Georgia Tech D	110	10
Fintan Thomas	Cambridge E	Oxford	110	10
Jake Scoville	RIT B	ESF	110	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	20%	97.20
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	0%	75.38
Northern California	US	3	100%	0%	88.33
Southern California	US	7	86%	29%	103.17
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	80%	20%	67.50
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	78%	22%	76.29
Florida	US	3	67%	33%	96.00
Great Lakes	US	11	100%	27%	90.09
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	33%	85.78
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	83%	25%	92.20
Midwest	US	9	100%	22%	79.89
North	US	4	75%	25%	97.67
Northeast	US	12	100%	25%	89.83
Pacific	US	8	100%	25%	78.75
Southeast	US	13	92%	15%	88.08
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	20%	83.00