Anton Chekhov - 2025 ACF Fall

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In a play by this author, a bookcase is praised as “dear (10[1])and honored” (10[5])for serving a family for one hundred (10[1])years. (10[3])In another work (-5[1])by this author, a playwright abruptly ends (10[1])his play about a spirit fighting Satan when his mother mocks (10[1])the production. (10[2])The aspiring (10[1])actress Nina (10[2])leaves that (10[1])suicidal (10[2]-5[1])playwright to become the mistress (10[1])of this (10[1])author’s (10[1])semi-autobiographical (10[1]-5[1])character (-5[1])Boris Trigorin. (10[1])The servant (10[2])Firs (10[1])lies (10[2]-5[1])down (10[1])to (10[2])die at the end of a play by this author, (10[2])which is accompanied (10[1])by the (10[1])sound (10[1])of (10[1])axes (10[2])chopping (10[13]-5[1])the (10[1])title (10[6])estate (10[6])down. (10[5]-5[2])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[4])name this Russian playwright (10[2])of The (10[2])Seagull (10[3]-5[1])and (10[1])The Cherry (10[2])Orchard, (10[7])who also (10[2])names (10[2])a literary principle (10[2])about a gun firing. ■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: Anton Chekhov [or Anton Pavlovich Chekhov]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	NYU A	11	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	Purdue D	13	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	William Woods University A	13	10
Micah Lauzon	Dartmouth B	Williams C	13	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Arizona State B	13	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Emory A	13	10
Kevin Yang	Illinois Blue	Iowa B	20	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	UNC C	21	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Boston College B	21	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Georgia Tech E	21	10
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	Louisville B	24	-5
Wren Horne-Sarkees	Harvard	Boston College A	31	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Arizona State A	42	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	Toronto H	44	10
Cole Hennessy	UCF A	Florida Tech B	44	10
Meredith Wiper	CWRU B	Michigan A	46	10
Mia Liu	Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Mighty Miner	48	10
Devin Tharp	Chipola College	Clemson B	48	10
James Meek	George Mason A	Johns Hopkins	50	10
Andrew Lin	Toronto G	Queen's A	51	10
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	WVU B	51	-5
Conner Yamnitz	WashU Grizzlers	Iowa A	51	10
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	Illinois Urbana	56	10
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Stanford A	58	10
Maya Vardag	Waterloo A	Toronto B	59	10
Jonathan Sung	Virginia A	Liberty B	60	-5
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	Illinois Champaign	60	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	McMaster A	61	-5
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Tennessee B	63	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCLA B	65	10
Serena Salfiti	USC A	UC Santa Barbara	65	10
Kayla Drajpuch	Brandeis Bach	Tufts C	66	10
Devito Stevanus	McGill B	Ottawa B	67	-5
Ben Schindelman	Vassar A	Vassar B	67	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Illinois Canada	67	10
Peter Zeng	Ohio State A	Michigan State A	68	10
Mary Kate Vance	Louisville A	Michigan B	69	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	Michigan C	69	10
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	Southern Connecticut State University A	79	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Georgia Tech F	79	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Alberta B	82	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	British Columbia C	84	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Columbia A	85	10
Jack Meyers	Brown B	Dartmouth A	86	10
Sophia Peng	Rutgers C	George Mason C	87	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Georgia Tech D	87	10
Ethan Tran	UCLA C	Claremont A	88	10
Katherine Mack	UC Irvine	UCLA A	88	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	Claremont C	88	10
Yuv Magan	UCSD B	USC B	88	10
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	Waterloo B	88	10
Will Jones	Michigan State D	WVU A	88	10
Johanna Bryant	Liberty A	Duke A	88	10
Tishe Sonuga	Chicago B	Chicago A	88	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Wisconsin B	88	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Boston University A	88	-5
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Amherst B	88	10
Tri Lam	Washington Chum	Washington Masu	88	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech C	88	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	Cornell B	88	10
Hudson Kee	William & Mary B	Liberty C	89	10
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	UCLA F	90	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	Carleton B	90	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Toronto I	90	10
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	Purdue A	90	10
Brandon Hunt	Auburn B	Vanderbilt B	90	10
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	ESF	90	10
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	91	10
Charlotte Bauer	McGill C	Ottawa C	91	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	JMU A	91	10
Leonard Castine	Penn	Rutgers A	91	10
Margaret Withers	George Mason B	Princeton	91	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Dartmouth C	91	10
Yechan Park	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Skeleton King	92	10
Joshua Iyo	UNC B	William & Mary C	92	10
Lola Russell	Vermont A	MIT B	92	10
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	British Columbia B	92	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Auburn C	92	-5
Christine Prince	Cornell A	Rochester	92	-5
Sammy Carstens	Rochester	Cornell A	92	10
Harry Barsan	Louisville C	Michigan State C	94	10
Deepanshi Matai	Toronto C	Brock A	95	10
Gary Wang	Michigan D	Ohio State D	95	10
Alex Matchinski	Michigan Tech	St. Thomas	95	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Montevallo	95	10
Elise Economou	Pittsburgh	CWRU C	99	10
John Gamble	NCSU A	UNC D	99	10
Jaden Bandy	Rutgers B	Lehigh B	101	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Washington Coho	101	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Toronto E	102	10
Drew Wetterlind	Iowa State	Macalester	102	10
Ian Saylor	Wisconsin A	Minnesota	102	10
Judah Garlic	Cornell C	RIT B	102	-5
Astrid Kelley	RIT B	Cornell C	103	10
Rebecca Li	Ottawa A	McGill A	105	10
Duncan Occhiogrosso	UConn A	Brandeis Beethoven	105	10
Samuel Zheng	Toronto F	Waterloo C	106	10
Alexandra Knight	Liberty B	Virginia A	106	10
Cheyenne Hewitt	Tusculum A	NCSU B	106	10
Aaron Henry	Maryland C	Columbia B	106	10
Nikhil Nair	Boston University B	MIT A	106	10
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	Washington Chinook	106	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Clemson C	106	10
Samuel Li	William & Mary A	JMU B	108	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Vanderbilt C	108	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	Florida State A	109	10
Kenner Bailey	Boston University A	Brown A	109	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	ERAU Daytona A	112	10
Eli O'Sick Johnson	Binghamton C	Binghamton B	112	10
Anjali Rao	Ottawa B	McGill B	117	10
Adithya Parat	McMaster C	Toronto A	117	10
Ryan Gomes	Florida Tech A	South Florida A	117	10
Brody Johnson	Louisville B	Ohio State C	117	10
Pratham Bhanushali	WVU B	Louisville D	117	10
Abby Tipton	Auburn C	Georgia Tech B	117	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	72.25
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	81.71
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	25%	100.75
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	83.56
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	95.50
Great Lakes	US	10	100%	20%	86.20
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	88.89
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	76.56
Midwest	US	9	100%	0%	50.89
North	US	4	100%	0%	96.75
Northeast	US	12	100%	8%	73.92
Pacific	US	8	100%	0%	76.00
Southeast	US	12	100%	8%	76.25
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	40%	97.00