al-Qaeda - 2025 ACF Fall

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The “Golden Chain” list of sponsors for this organization was revealed by (10[1])a 2002 raid in Sarajevo. This organization was targeted in Operation Infinite Reach (10[1])amidst the Monica Lewinsky (10[1])affair. An event (10[2])caused by this group stopped a man from reading (-5[1])“The Pet Goat” (0[1]-5[1])to a group of second-graders. (10[15]-5[11])Operation (10[5]-5[4])Neptune (10[6]-5[2])Spear (10[7]-5[3])killed (10[3])this (10[1])organization’s (10[8])leader (10[4])in (10[5]-5[2])Abbottabad. (10[14])A (10[1])group led by (10[2])Todd (10[1]-5[1])Beamer (10[3])overpowered four members of this organization near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. (10[1]-5[1])Operation Enduring Freedom was preceded (10[1])by an (10[1])ultimatum to the Taliban to hand over this organization’s (10[1])leadership. (10[3])For 10 points, name this terrorist group that carried out the September (10[1])11 attacks. (10[1])■END■ (10[16]0[1])

ANSWER: al-Qaeda [or al-Qāʿidah or Qaedat al-Jihad; prompt on the Base or the Foundation]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	Louisville A	11	10
Ethan Miniard	Montevallo	Sewanne	24	10
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	Ohio State A	28	10
Andrew McKenzie	Ohio State B	Michigan C	31	10
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	JMU B	31	10
Rafael Gómez	Amherst B	Vermont B	40	-5
Frances Corban	Toronto H	Guelph A	43	-5
Rafael Gómez	Amherst B	Vermont B	43	0
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	48	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	UCLA C	48	-5
Rishi Mathur	Claremont B	UCLA F	48	10
Ethan Ririe	UCSD B	USC B	48	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	Ottawa C	48	10
Cranmer McGinn	McMaster C	Toronto A	48	-5
Ethen Sun	Toronto C	Brock A	48	-5
Brendan Bridle	Queen's A	Toronto G	48	-5
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	Waterloo A	48	10
Roo Tapia	Louisville B	Ohio State C	48	-5
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	Ohio State D	48	-5
Andrew Stappenbeck	CWRU C	Pittsburgh	48	10
Chase Moss	WVU A	Michigan State D	48	10
Liam Rojas	Virginia A	Liberty B	48	10
William Erwin	William & Mary B	Liberty C	48	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	UNC C	48	-5
James Meek	George Mason A	Johns Hopkins	48	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	Columbia B	48	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	Maryland A	48	10
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	Rose-Hulman A	48	-5
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	WashU Grolars	48	-5
Liam Buck	St. Thomas	Michigan Tech	48	10
Noah Lang	Wisconsin B	Wisconsin C	48	-5
Henry Rutherford-Braun	British Columbia B	British Columbia A	48	10
Alice Ton Nu	Washington Coho	Washington Steelhead	48	-5
Logan Patil	Georgia Tech F	Tennessee Tech	48	10
Advai Srinivasan	UC Irvine	UCLA A	49	-5
Jamie Pach	Ottawa D	Carleton B	49	-5
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	NCSU A	49	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	JMU A	49	-5
Jack Piros	Illinois Orange	Purdue A	49	-5
Merrick Hill	Iowa State	Macalester	49	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Clemson C	49	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Vanderbilt C	49	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Rochester	49	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Skeleton King	50	10
Wyatt Johnson	CWRU B	Michigan A	50	-5
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	Penn	50	10
Hitansh Malaviya	Rutgers C	George Mason C	50	-5
William Kiker	Dartmouth A	Brown B	50	10
TJ Pickering	Auburn B	Vanderbilt B	50	10
Doug Frederick	Auburn A	Georgia Tech D	50	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	Binghamton A	50	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Little Prince	51	10
Teddi Maggay	UC Santa Barbara	USC A	51	10
Graydon Allard	Ottawa A	McGill A	51	-5
Seth Allen	McMaster A	Toronto E	51	10
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	Rutgers B	51	10
David Black	Illinois Champaign	Indiana A	51	10
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	Washington Chinook	51	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Alberta B	51	-5
Veer Vanmali	Mississippi State A	Emory A	51	-5
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Georgia Tech E	51	10
Jiping Fang	Illinois Blue	Iowa B	52	10
Theodor Martin	WashU Grizzlers	Iowa A	52	10
Kayla Drajpuch	Brandeis Bach	Tufts C	52	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UCSD A	53	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	ERAU Daytona A	54	10
Nico Lotto	Vassar B	Vassar A	54	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Minnesota	54	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Boston University A	54	10
Duncan Occhiogrosso	UConn A	Brandeis Beethoven	54	10
Louis Harney	Georgia Tech B	Auburn C	54	10
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt A	54	10
Isaiah Schmid	Binghamton B	Binghamton C	54	10
Abhay Ariyapappillil	Ottawa B	McGill B	55	10
Joe O'Connor	George Mason B	Princeton	55	10
Mackenzie Tott	Columbia A	Rutgers D	55	10
Jake Scoville	RIT B	Cornell C	55	10
Nick Machin	UCLA A	UC Irvine	56	10
Aidan Hoffner	McMaster B	Toronto I	56	10
Samuel Zheng	Toronto F	Waterloo C	56	10
Miles Phillips	Florida Tech B	UCF A	56	-5
Miles Spieler	Ohio State C	Louisville B	56	10
Venkat Das	WVU B	Louisville D	56	-5
Ryan Zhang	British Columbia C	Boise State	56	10
Eric Cameron	Michigan State C	Louisville C	57	10
Caleb Hines	Liberty A	Duke A	57	10
Vedang Singhal	UNC C	UNC A	57	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Indiana B	57	10
Ethan Enochian	Purdue D	Purdue B	57	10
Alan Cai	Amherst A	Boston College B	57	10
Wren Horne-Sarkees	Harvard	Boston College A	57	10
Kaushik Jayaprabha	Dartmouth C	Williams B	57	10
Sidarth Erat	MIT A	Boston University B	57	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Tufts B	57	10
Cy Stavros	Vermont A	MIT B	57	10
Ayaan Jajodia	Dartmouth B	Williams C	57	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Alberta A	57	10
Ian Hatcher	Chipola College	Clemson B	57	10
Joshua Ziegler	South Florida A	Florida Tech A	58	10
Surya Donath	Stanford A	UCSC	61	10
Eric Parrilla	Chicago A	Chicago B	61	10
Jacob Schildkraut	William & Mary C	UNC B	62	-5
Ritwik Sharma	Arizona State A	Washington Pink	62	10
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto D	Waterloo B	63	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	Florida State A	63	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Alabama A	63	10
Diego Monge	Claremont C	UCLA D	72	-5
Ethan Skolnick	WashU Grolars	William Woods University A	72	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	RIT A	77	10
Shreyansh Satapurthy	UCLA D	Claremont C	79	10
Ishan Chahande	Ohio State D	Michigan D	88	10
Kingsley Chen	McGill A	Ottawa A	89	10
Walter Carson	NCSU B	Tusculum A	89	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Washington Coho	89	10
David Nickel	Purdue A	Illinois Orange	101	10
Bailey Lacefield	Toronto G	Queen's A	103	10
Aarav Kakad	UCLA C	Claremont A	104	10
Stefan Mihai	Carleton B	Ottawa D	104	10
James Xiao	Toronto A	McMaster C	104	10
Mikkie Smylie	Brock A	Toronto C	104	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	Toronto H	104	10
AnnaMaria Donnelly	UCF A	Florida Tech B	104	10
Dirk Hay	Louisville D	WVU B	104	10
Adam Monusko	Michigan A	CWRU B	104	10
Erin Williams	JMU A	VCU A	104	10
Brayden Whitlow	George Mason C	Rutgers C	104	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Illinois Canada	104	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Wisconsin B	104	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Amherst B	104	10
Hamza Ali	Washington Masu	Washington Chum	104	0
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Washington Masu	104	10
Jonathan Ho	Alberta B	Washington State	104	10
Daniel Chen	Emory A	Mississippi State A	104	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	52.50
Southern California	US	7	100%	43%	62.71
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	50%	74.00
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	44%	76.56
Florida	US	4	100%	25%	69.75
Great Lakes	US	10	100%	40%	57.50
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	89%	33%	60.38
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	57.00
Midwest	US	9	100%	33%	67.44
North	US	4	100%	25%	63.75
Northeast	US	12	100%	8%	59.42
Pacific	US	8	100%	25%	71.38
Southeast	US	12	100%	8%	54.42
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	0%	57.00