Algeria - 2025 ACF Fall

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The graffiti “here we drown [people from this (10[1])country]” (10[1])was created during a (10[1])1961 (10[1])massacre led by (10[1])the former Nazi collaborator (-5[1])Maurice Papon. (10[3])The gégène (10[2])(“zhay-ZHEN”) was used (10[2])to conduct torture (10[1])in this (10[1])modern-day country, (10[3]-5[1])in which the paratrooper (10[1])Jean-Marie Le Pen (10[4]-5[1])participated. (10[7]-5[4])In (10[1]-5[1])this (10[2])modern (10[2]-5[1])country, (10[1])Raoul (-5[1])Dufy (10[1])founded (10[2])the far-right (-5[2])OAS, (10[7]-5[1])which (10[1])attempted (10[2])to (10[1])assassinate (10[3]-5[1])Charles (10[1])de Gaulle. (10[9]-5[2])This (-5[1])country’s (10[5]-5[2])independence (10[8]-5[1])led (-5[1])to an (10[1])exodus (10[5]-5[1])of (10[1])white (10[4])pieds-noirs (10[12])(“pyay-nwar”). The Fourth French (10[2])Republic (10[2])ended (10[1])due to a revolution (10[1])in this country, (10[1])which was granted (10[1])independence in the 1962 (10[1])Évian Accords. (10[3])For 10 points, what country’s FLN fought French (10[1])colonial forces (10[1])in the Battle (10[1])of Algiers? (10[1])■END■ (10[10]0[2])

ANSWER: Algeria [or Algérie; or People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria; or al-Jazā'ir]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Terrence Han	UCLA B	Claremont A	7	10
Charlie Castleton	Sheffield A	Durham D	8	10
Daniel Abrams	Rutgers B	Maryland B	12	10
Matthew Bucek	George Mason A	Rutgers D	13	10
Nicolaus Derikx	Carleton A	Ottawa C	16	10
Fahim Afzal	Cambridge A	Southampton	20	-5
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	UCLA F	22	10
Bailey Lacefield	Toronto G	Waterloo C	22	10
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Tennessee A	22	10
Finley Campbell	Tufts A	UConn A	24	10
Jackson McDonald	Alabama A	Clemson A	24	10
Liam Markland	Alberta A	British Columbia B	26	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Edinburgh C	26	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	UCSD B	29	10
Misty Chen	Purdue C	Illinois Orange	31	10
John Gamble	NCSU A	Virginia Tech B	33	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	George Mason B	33	10
Ryan Zhang	British Columbia C	Arizona State A	33	-5
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Georgia Tech B	33	10
Tanmay Mirashi	Maryland C	Lehigh A	37	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Stanford B	40	10
Cliodora Selyuzhitsky	UCSD A	UCLA A	40	10
Aidan Hoffner	McMaster B	Guelph A	40	-5
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	CWRU D	40	10
Tom Blythe	Cambridge D	Imperial A	40	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	McGill A	41	-5
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	McGill B	41	-5
Dawson Teu	Waterloo A	Toronto C	41	10
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	UNC C	41	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Amherst A	41	10
William Kiker	Dartmouth A	Amherst B	41	10
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Dartmouth B	41	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Williams A	41	10
TJ Pickering	Auburn B	Tennessee Tech	41	-5
Rafa Travis	Durham C	Edinburgh A	41	-5
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	Imperial C	41	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Clemson C	42	10
Adam Doyle	Cambridge E	Oxford	42	-5
James Horsley	Iowa State	St. Thomas	43	10
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Cambridge C	43	10
Pratham Bhanushali	WVU B	Ohio State A	44	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Washington Pink	44	-5
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	Binghamton B	44	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	Toronto D	45	10
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	Carleton B	46	-5
Frances Corban	Toronto H	Toronto F	47	10
Daniel Huang	Michigan C	Louisville C	48	10
Jack Granahan	Brandeis Mozart	Vermont B	48	10
Vivienne Ruemler	USC B	Claremont C	50	-5
Solomon Blecher	Cornell D	Binghamton A	50	-5
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Archer Queen	51	10
Adam Monusko	Michigan A	Michigan State C	51	10
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	UNC A	51	10
Benjamin Silversten	William & Mary C	JMU A	51	10
Jack Marguiles	Stony Brook	George Mason C	51	10
Julian Thomson-Harris	Vassar A	Rutgers A	51	10
Alice Ton Nu	Washington Coho	Washington Chinook	51	-5
Moses Dong	Georgia Tech F	Emory A	51	10
Sam Hewitt	WashU Grizzlers	Chicago B	52	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida Tech A	53	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Chipola College	53	10
Cranmer McGinn	McMaster C	Queen's A	54	10
Jonathan Sung	Virginia A	Virginia Tech A	55	-5
Brendan Bittmann	Boston College A	Tufts B	55	10
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	Washington Atlantic	55	10
Aeron Wheel	Cardiff	Bristol	55	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	Ottawa B	56	10
Mai Höglund	Claremont B	USC A	58	10
Kingsley Chen	McGill A	Ottawa A	58	10
Peyton Legg	UCF A	Florida B	58	-5
Enina Edosomwan	CWRU A	Michigan D	58	10
Andrew McKenzie	Ohio State B	Pittsburgh	58	10
Antonio LaNave	Virginia Tech C	VCU A	58	10
Vedh Ramesh	Penn	Vassar B	58	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	Indiana A	58	10
Taiki Takahashi	Dartmouth C	MIT B	58	10
Isy Simpkins	Durham B	Durham A	58	-5
Shlok Dev	LSE	Warwick	58	10
Alexander DaGrossa	Rowan	Columbia B	59	-5
James Xiao	Toronto A	McMaster A	60	10
Grace Early	Iowa A	Illinois Urbana	60	10
Ethan Skolnick	WashU Grolars	Rose-Hulman A	60	10
Alex Matchinski	Michigan Tech	Minnesota	60	-5
Anneke Stracks	Macalester	Wisconsin A	60	10
Jack Yesner	Brandeis Beethoven	Boston University B	60	-5
Akif Ismail	Williams C	Brandeis Bach	60	10
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	South Florida A	61	-5
Roo Tapia	Louisville B	Louisville A	61	10
Dirk Hay	Louisville D	Ohio State D	61	10
Mica Oestreich	Illinois Canada	Illinois Blue	61	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Wisconsin B	61	10
Ritwik Sharma	Arizona State A	British Columbia C	61	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Texas	61	10
Peter Randall	Georgia A	Georgia Tech E	61	10
Harry Fines	York	Edinburgh B	61	10
Elias Lowrey	Lehigh B	NYU C	62	-5
Daniel Luebs	Michigan State B	Ohio State C	64	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UC Irvine	65	10
William Erwin	William & Mary B	Duke A	65	10
Vihaan Jim	Princeton	Maryland A	65	10
Jerry Lin	Vanderbilt B	Auburn C	65	-5
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Georgia Tech A	65	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Cornell C	65	10
Andrew Stappenbeck	CWRU C	CWRU B	66	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Waterloo B	67	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Columbia A	67	10
Vishrut Pisupati	Imperial B	Imperial D	67	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	RIT B	67	10
Thomas Wu	Berkeley Skeleton King	Stanford A	68	10
Janghyun Lee	Berkeley Little Prince	UCSC	68	10
Aiden Hart	Kentucky	Michigan State D	68	10
James Windle	Purdue D	Iowa B	68	10
Ethan Erickson	Boston College B	Vermont A	68	10
Hanson Hunynh	Boston University B	Brandeis Beethoven	68	10
Lucas Guan	Brown A	Tufts C	68	10
Sri Lnu	Clemson B	Tennessee B	68	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Georgia Tech D	68	10
Atticus Teter	Durham A	Durham B	68	10
Tevin Francis	Southampton	Cambridge A	68	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	Rochester	68	10
Magnolia Schnirman Barría	NYU B	Rutgers C	71	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Illinois Champaign	71	10
Jonathan Ho	Alberta B	Washington Masu	72	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Durham C	72	10
Carson Kessler	Washington Pink	Washington State	73	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	McGill C	77	10
Gabriel Dodds	Liberty C	JMU B	80	10
Alex Feller	Minnesota	Michigan Tech	83	10
Alex Hestermann	Washington Sockeye	Boise State	87	10
Sarah Silverman	Claremont C	USC B	89	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	Florida Tech B	89	10
Kushagra Bahuguna	Washington Chinook	Washington Coho	89	10
Indiana Gee	Toronto I	Brock A	97	10
Wynn Alsko	Auburn C	Vanderbilt B	99	10
Edward Zhang	Vanderbilt C	Mississippi State A	102	10
Estelle Segmal	Columbia B	Rowan	104	10
Valerie Brown	Carleton B	McGill E	105	10
Ibraheem Alkrahgholy	Guelph A	McMaster B	105	10
Joshua Ziegler	South Florida A	ERAU Daytona A	105	10
Nicholas Nguyen	Florida B	UCF A	105	10
William Cowperthwait	NCSU B	Tusculum A	105	10
Nova Sink	Virginia Tech A	Virginia A	105	10
Aidan Drain	NYU C	Lehigh B	105	10
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	Chicago A	105	0
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Indiana B	105	0
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Auburn B	105	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Cambridge E	105	10
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	Cornell D	105	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	40%	47.00
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	25%	59.63
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	56.75
Southern California	US	7	100%	14%	44.29
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	60%	62.40
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	59.78
Florida	US	4	100%	50%	88.00
Great Lakes	US	11	100%	0%	56.27
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	65.44
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	17%	55.58
Midwest	US	9	89%	0%	57.63
North	US	4	100%	25%	61.75
Northeast	US	12	100%	8%	51.08
Pacific	US	8	100%	38%	65.50
Southeast	US	13	100%	15%	61.00
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	20%	69.80