blacksmith - 2025 ACF Fall

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In Persian myth, a figure with this profession waves a banner while leading (10[1])a rebellion against the evil king (10[1])Zahhāk. The swan-maiden (10[1])Hervör (-5[1])leaves a ring for a figure with this profession named Wayland. While working in this profession, (-5[1])two figures (-5[1])sew Loki’s mouth (10[1])shut after (10[1])he distracts (10[2])them while (10[2])disguised (10[2])as a gadfly. (10[2]-5[1])After discovering (10[1])his wife’s (10[1])affair with (-5[1])[emphasize] another figure, (10[1])one figure with this profession traps them in an unbreakable (10[3])golden net. (10[3])That deity (10[1])with this (10[1])profession was raised on the island (-5[1])of Lemnos (10[1])after being thrown off (10[1])Mount Olympus by (-5[1])his mother Hera. (10[1])For 10 points, what profession (10[1])was held by the Greek (10[2])god Hephaestus? (10[1])■END■ (10[8])

ANSWER: blacksmith [or smith; or coppersmith; or āhangar; accept synonyms such as metalworker or weaponsmith; accept Kaveh the Blacksmith or Kāve Āhangar; accept Wayland the Smith; accept Khalkeus; prompt on artisan or craftsman]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Alex Mayernick	Lehigh A	Princeton	12	10
Ritwik Sharma	Arizona State A	Alberta A	18	10
Maggie Sun	MIT A	Brandeis Mozart	21	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Chipola College	22	-5
Zaid Asif	NYU A	George Mason A	38	-5
Michael Ai	Williams A	Brown A	40	-5
Salil Jain	Williams B	Brown B	43	10
Blake Johnson	Boston College A	Dartmouth B	45	10
Xavier Bornhorst	Maryland A	Maryland B	47	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	Maryland C	47	10
James Haddix	Washington State	British Columbia A	49	10
Danny Cutbill	RIT A	Cornell D	49	10
Conner Yamnitz	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue A	50	10
Andrew Park	Harvard	Dartmouth C	50	10
Neal Tandon	Columbia B	NYU C	53	-5
Jack Marguiles	Stony Brook	Penn	53	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Dartmouth A	53	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	George Mason B	55	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	McMaster A	57	10
Haiden Fox-Howells	Washington Steelhead	Washington Pink	59	-5
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	UConn A	61	10
Andrew Wu	Columbia A	Lehigh B	71	10
Vishnu Sharma	Texas	Washington Chum	71	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Edinburgh A	71	10
Hanson Hunynh	Boston University B	Boston College B	73	10
David Zaslavsky	Brandeis Bach	Tufts B	73	10
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	Alberta B	73	10
Julian Moody	Tufts A	Vermont B	75	10
Abbi Tesreau	George Mason C	Rowan	77	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Sockeye	83	-5
Joyann Hua	British Columbia B	British Columbia C	85	10
Rishi Swaminathan	NYU B	Rutgers B	89	10
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Southern Connecticut State University A	92	-5
Helen Neves	Boise State	Washington Chinook	95	10
Oliver Morten	Cardiff	Cambridge B	100	10
Eli Young	Vassar A	Johns Hopkins	105	10
Stella Brown	Washington Masu	Washington Coho	105	10
Devin Tharp	Chipola College	Vanderbilt A	107	10
Yiwei Jiang	NYU C	Columbia B	108	10
Matthew Bucek	George Mason A	NYU A	108	10
Nico Lotto	Vassar B	Rutgers C	108	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Tufts C	108	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Williams A	108	10
Kyle Hart	MIT B	Williams C	108	10
Deeksha Easwar	Washington Sockeye	Arizona State B	108	10
Marcus Hoshino	Washington Pink	Washington Steelhead	108	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	1	100%	0%	71.00
UK (South)	UK	1	100%	0%	100.00
Eastern Canada (2)	US	1	100%	0%	57.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	17%	73.33
Midwest	US	1	100%	0%	50.00
Northeast	US	12	100%	17%	68.17
Pacific	US	9	100%	22%	79.11
Southeast	US	1	100%	100%	107.00
Upstate NY	US	1	100%	0%	49.00