Alexander - 2025 ACF Fall

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The Narodnik movement agitated against a ruler with this name who oversaw (10[1]-5[1])the Circassian (10[1])genocide. (10[4])Another ruler (10[4])with (10[1])this name allied with Napoleon (10[3])in the first (10[1])Treaty (10[2])of (10[1]-5[1])Tilsit (10[5])after a (-5[1])defeat (10[1])at the (10[2])Battle of Friedland. (10[6]-5[1])After (10[1])that ruler (10[1])with this name (10[1])died, (10[1])a group (10[1])of (10[1])liberal revolutionaries (10[1])fought (10[1])for the accession (10[1])of his brother (10[1])Konstantin, (10[2]-5[1])sparking (10[2]-5[2])the Decembrist (10[2])revolt. (10[5]-5[1])Under (10[1])a (10[1])ruler with this name, (10[4])local (10[1])assemblies known as (10[1]-5[1])zemstvo (10[1]-5[3])were (-5[1])created. (10[2]-5[2])A reformist tsar (10[1]-5[1])with this name (10[4])ruled Russia (0[1])from (10[1])1855 (10[2]-5[1])until (10[1])his (10[1])1881 (10[3])assassination. (10[4]-5[3])For 10 points, what first name was shared (-5[1])by three 19th-century (10[1])tsars of Russia, including one who emancipated (10[1]-5[1])the serfs (10[1])in (10[1])1861? (10[2])■END■ (10[12]0[5])

ANSWER: Alexander [accept Alexander I or Alexander II or Alexander the Liberator]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	McGill A	11	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Washington Masu	11	-5
Jackson Price	Dartmouth B	Williams C	13	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UCSD A	14	10
Eric Cameron	Michigan State C	Louisville C	14	10
Liam Markland	Alberta A	Arizona State B	14	10
John Maupin	Chipola College	Clemson B	14	10
Adam Monusko	Michigan A	CWRU B	16	10
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	NCSU A	16	10
Jeremy Katen	George Mason A	Johns Hopkins	16	10
Luc Vulliez	Amherst A	Boston College B	16	10
Tobias Smerdon	Toronto G	Queen's A	17	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	UC Irvine	22	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	Florida State A	22	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Amherst B	22	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Ottawa B	25	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	CWRU C	26	10
Ethan Miniard	Montevallo	Sewanne	26	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	Maryland A	27	10
Anurag Shah	Indiana A	Illinois Champaign	27	-5
Platon Gorokhov	Toronto E	McMaster A	28	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	ERAU Daytona A	28	10
Diego Almaraz	UNC C	UNC A	28	10
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Brown A	28	10
Moses Dong	Georgia Tech F	Tennessee Tech	28	10
Andrew Sklar	Vassar B	Vassar A	30	-5
Owen Feng	Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech C	31	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Illinois Canada	33	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Indiana B	33	10
Benjamin Silversten	William & Mary C	UNC B	36	10
Jaden Bandy	Rutgers B	Lehigh B	36	10
Joe O'Connor	George Mason B	Princeton	36	-5
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Washington Pink	36	10
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	Boise State	36	10
Sonya Bates	Washington Atlantic	Washington Chinook	36	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Alabama A	36	10
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	Ohio State B	37	10
Ethan Ma	Illinois Blue	Iowa B	39	10
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Brandeis Bach	42	10
William Erwin	William & Mary B	Liberty C	43	10
Nathan Redford	Liberty A	Duke A	45	10
Ishan Pachauri	UCLA C	Claremont A	46	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Rochester	48	10
Sebastien Freitag	UC Santa Barbara	USC A	49	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Vanderbilt C	52	10
Tanmay Mirashi	Maryland C	Columbia B	55	10
Peter Zeng	Ohio State A	Michigan State A	56	-5
Johnathan Li	Penn	Rutgers A	56	10
Sidarth Erat	MIT A	Boston University B	56	10
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	UCLA F	57	-5
Alex Smits	Wisconsin A	Minnesota	57	-5
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Georgia Tech D	57	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	RIT A	57	10
Artem Vovchenko	Ohio State C	Louisville B	59	10
Gavin Morrow	Washington Steelhead	Washington Coho	59	10
Orion Brey	Louisville A	Michigan B	60	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	Ohio State D	60	10
Meredie Cohen	William & Mary A	JMU B	60	10
Jonathan Sung	Virginia A	Liberty B	60	-5
David Nickel	Purdue A	Illinois Orange	60	10
Merrick Hill	Iowa State	Macalester	60	10
Dirk Hay	Louisville D	WVU B	61	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Wisconsin B	62	10
Jamie Pach	Ottawa D	Carleton B	66	10
Ethen Sun	Toronto C	Brock A	66	10
Imtiaz Kidwai	Toronto F	Waterloo C	66	10
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	Southern Connecticut State University A	66	10
Richy Sun	Vanderbilt B	Auburn B	67	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Archer Queen	70	-5
Will Hamilton	Vermont A	MIT B	70	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Skeleton King	71	10
Frances Corban	Toronto H	Guelph A	71	-5
James Haddix	Washington State	Alberta B	71	-5
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	South Carolina A	71	-5
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	Claremont C	72	-5
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Toronto I	73	-5
Conner Yamnitz	WashU Grizzlers	Iowa A	73	-5
Ethan Skolnick	WashU Grolars	William Woods University A	73	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Brown B	73	10
Lishu Wang	Chicago B	Chicago A	76	-5
Johnny Myers	Williams B	Dartmouth C	76	10
Yuv Magan	UCSD B	USC B	79	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	Waterloo A	79	10
John Halsun	UConn A	Brandeis Beethoven	79	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Clemson C	79	10
Gentry Dowdy	Liberty B	Virginia A	81	0
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	ESF	82	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Little Prince	83	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	Ottawa C	83	10
Henry Rutherford-Braun	British Columbia B	British Columbia A	83	-5
Ben Schindelman	Vassar A	Vassar B	84	10
Miles Phillips	Florida Tech B	UCF A	85	10
Diego Monge	Claremont C	UCLA D	86	10
Ellen Ge	Toronto A	McMaster C	86	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Auburn C	86	10
Chase Moss	WVU A	Michigan State D	87	10
Erin Williams	JMU A	VCU A	87	10
Abbi Tesreau	George Mason C	Rutgers C	87	-5
Hayden Willett	Purdue B	Purdue D	87	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Michigan Tech	87	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Emory A	87	-5
Isaiah Schmid	Binghamton B	Binghamton C	87	-5
Zack Wiffen	Waterloo B	Toronto D	95	-5
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Georgia Tech E	98	10
Dominic Heffron	Florida Tech A	South Florida A	105	-5
Alexander Rutten	Columbia A	Rutgers D	105	10
Shining Sun	Boston College A	Harvard	107	10
Luke Simon	Alberta B	Washington State	108	10
Anton Akroush	Michigan State A	Ohio State A	109	10
Eric Parrilla	Chicago A	Chicago B	109	10
Surya Donath	Stanford A	UCSC	110	0
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Stanford A	110	0
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	110	10
Brian Hobmann	UCLA F	Claremont B	110	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	Toronto H	110	10
Indiana Gee	Toronto I	McMaster B	110	10
Will Marcotte	Toronto D	Waterloo B	110	0
Joshua Ziegler	South Florida A	Florida Tech A	110	0
Parker Travis	NCSU B	Tusculum A	110	10
Vihaan Jim	Princeton	George Mason B	110	10
Hitansh Malaviya	Rutgers C	George Mason C	110	10
Grace Early	Iowa A	WashU Grizzlers	110	10
Alex Feller	Minnesota	Wisconsin A	110	10
Charles Xin	British Columbia A	British Columbia B	110	10
Haylee Weisner	Washington Masu	Washington Chum	110	0
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Mississippi State A	110	10
Violet Page	Binghamton C	Binghamton B	110	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
Northern California	US	4	75%	25%	88.00
Southern California	US	7	100%	29%	58.00
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	0%	46.25
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	89%	33%	70.25
Florida	US	4	75%	25%	45.00
Great Lakes	US	10	100%	10%	52.90
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	89%	11%	53.13
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	33%	66.56
Midwest	US	9	89%	33%	68.00
North	US	4	100%	25%	79.75
Northeast	US	12	100%	0%	54.00
Pacific	US	8	88%	38%	57.00
Southeast	US	12	100%	17%	57.00
Upstate NY	US	4	100%	25%	74.25