Battle of Yorktown - 2025 ACF Fall

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During this battle, the crew of Hugh Robinson was forced to scuttle the Guadeloupe. During this battle, Robert Abercromby led (10[1])an unsuccessful attempt to sabotage enemy cannons. (-5[1])Cannon fire (-5[1])from the Comte de Rochambeau (10[5]-5[1])(“row-shawm-BOH”) preceded (10[3])an (10[1])assault (10[2])on redoubts (10[5])9 (10[3]-5[1])and (10[1])10 (10[11]-5[2])in (10[1])this battle. (10[9])Prior (10[1]-5[1])to this (10[1])battle, (10[1])one (10[1])side achieved naval superiority (10[2])in the Battle (10[1])of the Chesapeake. (10[8])The (10[1])Articles of Capitulation (10[3])were signed (10[2])at (10[1]-5[1])Moore House (10[1])after this (10[1])event. In a popular legend, (10[1])soldiers on the losing side (10[1])of this battle played (10[1])The World Turned (10[1])Upside Down (10[5])following (10[1])their defeat. (10[4])For 10 points, Charles Cornwallis (10[1])surrendered (-5[1])to George Washington (10[3])at what final (10[1])battle of the American Revolution? ■END■ (10[5]0[2])

ANSWER: Battle of Yorktown [or Siege of Yorktown]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Enina Edosomwan	CWRU A	CWRU D	19	10
Antonio LaNave	Virginia Tech C	NCSU A	26	-5
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Little Prince	28	-5
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	UC Santa Barbara	33	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	Queen's A	33	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	Louisville C	33	10
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	Louisville D	33	10
Jonathan Sung	Virginia A	UNC D	33	-5
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	William Woods University A	33	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida Tech B	34	10
Mica Oestreich	Illinois Canada	Purdue D	34	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Atlantic	34	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCLA E	35	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	Ottawa A	36	10
Liam Buck	St. Thomas	Wisconsin C	36	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	CWRU B	38	10
Nathan Zhao	Maryland B	Vassar B	38	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	Lehigh B	38	10
Pranav Jothi	Georgia Tech A	Clemson A	38	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	Cornell D	38	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Mighty Miner	39	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UCLA C	39	-5
Yuv Magan	UCSD B	UCLA F	39	10
Ishan Chahande	Ohio State D	WVU B	39	10
Misty Chen	Purdue C	Chicago B	40	10
Aiden Hart	Kentucky	Ohio State C	41	-5
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	Michigan State C	41	10
David Ropp	Duke A	William & Mary C	41	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Maryland C	41	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Illinois Champaign	41	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	British Columbia B	41	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Alabama A	41	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Tennessee B	41	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech E	41	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Emory A	41	10
Logan Patil	Georgia Tech F	Mississippi State A	41	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Chipola College	41	10
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	Vanderbilt A	41	-5
Gerrit Severeid	McGill E	Carleton B	42	10
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford A	44	10
Janghyun Lee	Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford B	44	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	Michigan State D	44	10
Matthew Lam	Ohio State A	Michigan D	44	10
Caleb Hines	Liberty A	William & Mary A	44	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Lehigh A	44	10
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	Purdue A	44	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	British Columbia A	44	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Clemson C	44	10
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech B	JMU A	45	-5
Ritwik Sharma	Arizona State A	Washington Chum	45	10
Margaret Withers	George Mason B	Stony Brook	47	10
Alex Matchinski	Michigan Tech	Macalester	48	10
Peyton Legg	UCF A	South Florida A	49	10
Chase Moss	WVU A	Louisville A	53	10
James Zhao	Vanderbilt C	Auburn C	53	10
Merrick Hill	Iowa State	Minnesota	56	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	USC B	59	10
Chen Nagahawatte	Ottawa B	Carleton A	59	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Waterloo C	59	10
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto D	Toronto H	59	10
Gavin Ge	Waterloo B	McMaster C	59	10
Kara Braun	Michigan State B	Louisville B	59	10
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech A	UNC B	59	10
Jaden Bandy	Rutgers B	NYU C	59	10
Alexander DaGrossa	Rowan	Rutgers D	60	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	Claremont A	63	10
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	Florida State A	63	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Chicago A	63	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	Florida Tech A	65	10
Ian Saylor	Wisconsin A	Wisconsin B	65	10
Sriram Koritala	Illinois Blue	WashU Grolars	66	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Boise State	66	-5
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Ottawa C	68	10
Ryan Zhang	British Columbia C	Washington Pink	70	10
Anurag Shah	Indiana A	Iowa B	75	10
Jonathan Ho	Alberta B	Washington Sockeye	80	10
Anila Moparthi	Illinois Orange	Iowa A	84	10
Serena Salfiti	USC A	Claremont C	87	10
Blake Kim-Wansbrough	Toronto A	Guelph A	89	10
Noah Scattergood	Brock A	Toronto F	89	10
Taylor Smallacombe	VCU A	Tusculum A	89	10
Johnathan Ahdout	Princeton	NYU B	89	10
John Shelley	Clemson B	Sewanne	89	10
Kevin Liu	Texas	Washington Chinook	90	10
Nameer Qadir	Toronto C	McMaster A	92	10
Justine Hopkins	Liberty C	Liberty B	92	10
Abbott Sherwin	NCSU A	Virginia Tech C	92	10
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	Virginia A	92	10
Saju Ramraj	Toronto I	Toronto G	97	10
Thomas Wu	Berkeley Skeleton King	UCSC	98	-5
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Waterloo A	101	10
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	Kentucky	101	10
William Cowperthwait	NCSU B	UNC A	101	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington State	104	10
Huy Lai	UCSC	Berkeley Skeleton King	110	10
Aarav Kakad	UCLA C	UCLA B	110	10
Erin Williams	JMU A	Virginia Tech B	110	10
Xavier Bornhorst	Maryland A	Rutgers C	110	0
Sophia Peng	Rutgers C	Maryland A	110	10
Jerry Lin	Vanderbilt B	Montevallo	110	0
Owen Feng	Vanderbilt A	Tennessee A	110	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
Northern California	US	4	100%	50%	59.25
Southern California	US	7	100%	14%	60.86
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	0%	51.25
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	0%	75.33
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	52.75
Great Lakes	US	11	100%	9%	45.82
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	33%	80.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	58.44
Midwest	US	9	100%	0%	53.33
North	US	4	100%	0%	51.25
Pacific	US	8	100%	13%	63.50
Southeast	US	12	92%	8%	52.73
Upstate NY	US	1	100%	0%	38.00