Albert Camus - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

In a novel by this author, a man on death row rants that a chaplain is “living life like a dead man” before (10[2])attacking (10[1]-5[1])him. (10[3]-5[2])A retelling (10[2]-5[1])of one of this author’s (10[1]-5[1])novels (10[3])by (10[1])Kamel Daoud (10[8])names a character (10[2])Musa. (10[7])In another novel (10[2])by this (10[2])author, (10[3])a character’s death is labeled a “doubtful case” (10[1]-5[1])after he gives a despairing sermon (10[1])on the death of Othon’s (10[1]-5[1])son. (10[1]-5[1])Father Paneloux (10[1]-5[1])(“pah-nuh-LOO”) appears (10[3])in a novel (10[2])by this author, (10[3])which opens (10[1])with (10[1])the death (10[1])of thousands of rats in Oran. (10[10])This author (10[4])of The (10[1])Plague (10[6])created (10[6])a (10[1])character (10[6])who (10[1])shows (10[3])no (10[2])emotion at his mother’s (10[1]-5[1])funeral (10[3])in a novel (10[3])in which (10[2])he is arrested for (10[2])shooting an Arab. (10[4]-5[1])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1])name this author (10[1])who wrote about (10[1])Meursault (10[1])(“mur-SOH”) in The Stranger. (10[1])■END■ (10[8]0[2])

ANSWER: Albert Camus (“kah-MOO”) (The Daoud novel is The Meursault Investigation.)

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Hudson Kee	William & Mary B	Duke A	22	10
Gavin Chen	Vassar A	Rutgers A	22	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	WashU Grolars	23	-5
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Tennessee A	23	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Iowa State	24	-5
Cy Stavros	Vermont A	Boston College B	24	10
Harrison Greenlee	Washington State	Washington Pink	24	-5
Nitish Sudhakar	Georgia Tech A	South Carolina A	24	10
Shlok Dev	LSE	Warwick	24	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Iowa A	26	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	British Columbia B	26	-5
James Stadler	Imperial B	Imperial D	26	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	UCSD B	31	10
Eric Lipsutz	Chicago B	WashU Grizzlers	31	-5
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Waterloo B	32	10
Tobias Cortes	Indiana A	Purdue B	32	10
Eugene Kim	Purdue D	Iowa B	32	10
Adithya Parat	McMaster C	Queen's A	33	10
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	Claremont A	35	10
Hafsa Shaikh	Toronto I	Brock A	35	10
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	Michigan State C	35	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	George Mason B	35	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Amherst B	35	10
Carson Kessler	Washington Pink	Washington State	35	10
Harper Royal	Georgia Tech E	Georgia A	35	10
Devin Tharp	Chipola College	Vanderbilt A	35	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	Ottawa B	38	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Edinburgh C	38	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	UCLA F	39	10
Devito Stevanus	McGill B	McGill C	39	10
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	Ottawa C	39	10
Matthew Lam	Ohio State A	WVU B	39	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Columbia A	39	10
Rae Meyers	Arizona State A	British Columbia C	39	10
Abbie Isabel	Edinburgh A	Durham C	39	10
Micah Lauzon	Dartmouth B	Boston University A	42	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Williams A	42	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Guelph A	44	10
Kevin Yang	Illinois Blue	Illinois Canada	44	10
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Brown A	45	10
Jonathan Ho	Alberta B	Washington Masu	45	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Georgia Tech F	45	10
Scott Sibley	UC Irvine	UCLA E	53	-5
Duncan Occhiogrosso	UConn A	Tufts A	53	10
Yuval Klein	Williams C	Brandeis Bach	59	10
Arlene Lopez	Stony Brook	George Mason C	64	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Williams B	64	-5
Imtiaz Kidwai	Toronto F	Toronto H	65	-5
Anila Moparthi	Illinois Orange	Purdue C	65	10
Mary Kate Vance	Louisville A	Louisville B	67	10
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	NCSU A	67	-5
Cole Hennessy	UCF A	Florida B	68	10
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech C	VCU A	68	10
Adriana Kim	Illinois Champaign	William Woods University A	68	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	William & Mary A	71	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Rose-Hulman A	71	10
Charles Miller	William & Mary C	JMU A	74	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	Princeton	74	10
Gannon Rice	Clemson A	Alabama A	74	10
Drew Wetterlind	Iowa State	St. Thomas	76	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Toronto A	77	10
Zachary Fitzpatrick	Wisconsin B	Wisconsin C	79	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCLA A	85	10
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	Toronto B	85	10
Meredith Wiper	CWRU B	CWRU C	85	10
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	Michigan State B	85	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Macalester	85	10
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	Washington Atlantic	85	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt C	85	10
Tevin Francis	Southampton	Cambridge A	85	10
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	Imperial C	85	10
Jonah McGinley	Rochester	RIT A	85	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	George Mason A	87	10
Taiki Takahashi	Dartmouth C	MIT B	87	10
Harri Slaughter	Cardiff	Bristol	87	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Binghamton A	87	10
Rufus Gladwell	Durham A	Durham B	89	10
Aaryan Sumesh	Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Boss Bandit	90	10
Elise Economou	Pittsburgh	Ohio State B	90	10
Fuller Wray	Virginia Tech A	Virginia A	90	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Brandeis Mozart	90	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Georgia Tech B	90	10
Charlie Castleton	Sheffield A	Durham D	90	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	Stanford A	91	10
Sarah Silverman	Claremont C	USC B	91	10
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	Carleton B	91	10
Maya Vardag	Waterloo A	Toronto C	91	10
Anthony Yin	CWRU A	Michigan D	91	10
Audrey Nolan	NCSU B	Tusculum A	91	10
Max Kurzman	UNC D	UNC C	92	10
Mia Liu	Berkeley Little Prince	UCSC	93	10
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	Ohio State D	93	10
John Shelly	Rowan	Columbia B	93	10
Nathan Zhao	Maryland B	Rutgers B	93	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Tennessee B	93	10
Bethany Howard	Imperial A	Cambridge D	93	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Cambridge E	94	10
Elias Lowrey	Lehigh B	NYU C	95	10
Sophia Peng	Rutgers C	NYU B	95	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington Sockeye	95	10
Jason Thieu	Michigan State A	CWRU D	96	10
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	Boston College A	96	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Stanford B	100	10
Harry Barsan	Louisville C	Michigan C	100	-5
Mai Höglund	Claremont B	USC A	101	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	McGill A	101	10
Ruby Xia	Arizona State B	Texas	101	10
Andrew Lin	Toronto G	Waterloo C	104	10
Alayna Roginsky	Florida Tech A	Florida A	104	10
Will Jones	Michigan State D	Kentucky	104	10
Jerry Lin	Vanderbilt B	Auburn C	106	10
Harry Fines	York	Edinburgh B	106	10
Summer Solis	JMU B	Liberty C	110	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	Binghamton B	110	10
Thomas Vukovic	Toronto H	Toronto F	113	10
Lauren Edgar	Lehigh A	Maryland C	113	10
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Chicago B	113	10
Johnny Myers	Williams B	Amherst A	113	10
Brandon Wiltse	Washington Chinook	Washington Coho	113	-5
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Clemson C	115	10
Claire Harvey	Vassar B	Penn	116	10
Tinashe Sandy	South Florida A	ERAU Daytona A	119	10
Honor Mountford	Cambridge C	Birmingham	122	10
Joyann Hua	British Columbia B	Alberta A	123	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UC Irvine	126	10
Miles Phillips	Florida Tech B	Florida State A	127	0
Daniel Huang	Michigan C	Louisville C	127	10
Connor Kahn	NCSU A	Virginia Tech B	127	10
Eric Parrilla	Chicago A	Indiana B	127	10
Hanson Hunynh	Boston University B	Brandeis Beethoven	127	0
Lola Maas	Washington Coho	Washington Chinook	127	10
TJ Pickering	Auburn B	Tennessee Tech	127	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Georgia Tech D	127	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Cornell C	127	10
Astrid Kelley	RIT B	ESF	127	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	72.40
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	0%	77.00
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	93.50
Southern California	US	7	100%	14%	72.57
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	0%	61.60
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	68.22
Florida	US	4	75%	0%	97.00
Great Lakes	US	11	100%	9%	82.91
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	82.78
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	0%	77.17
Midwest	US	9	100%	22%	64.22
North	US	3	100%	33%	80.00
Northeast	US	12	92%	8%	62.36
Pacific	US	8	100%	38%	81.25
Southeast	US	13	100%	0%	75.31
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	0%	107.20