C - 2025 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints

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This programming language originated a comma operator that discards the results of all operands except (10[1])the rightmost one. (10[1])The K&R indentation style (10[1])was developed (10[2])for this (10[1])language (10[3])in a textbook by Brian (10[1])Kernighan (10[1]-5[1])and its creator (10[3])Dennis (10[1])Ritchie. (10[15]-5[1])This language (10[1]-5[1])was (10[1])created to develop the Unix (10[1])standard kernel. (10[4]-5[1])The (10[1])“free” (10[1])and (-5[1])“malloc” (10[2])functions (10[5]-5[1])are (10[1])typically (10[2]-5[1])used to allocate (10[4])memory (10[2]-5[1])in (10[1])this language. (10[5]-5[3])This is (10[1])the oldest in a family of languages (10[1])that use (10[1])an asterisk (10[1])to represent pointers, (10[1])including an (10[3])object-oriented (10[1])successor (10[1])developed by (-5[1])Bjarne (10[1])Stroustrup. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, what language featuring “sharp” and (10[2])“plus (10[3])plus” (10[9])extensions (10[18])is named (10[1])for a single (10[1])letter? (10[2])■END■ (10[9])

ANSWER: C [reject “C++” or “C#”]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
James Headon	Edinburgh A	Edinburgh B	14	10
Nate Brown	CWRU C	Kentucky	17	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Stony Brook	21	10
Bolun Thompson	UCLA C	Claremont B	23	10
Vihaan Jim	Princeton	Rutgers B	23	10
Matthew Wozniak	Michigan B	CWRU B	25	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	UCSD B	26	10
Dustin Sanders	Chicago B	Illinois Canada	26	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	Wisconsin A	26	10
Ryan Zhang	Washington State	Arizona State B	31	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	George Mason A	32	-5
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Alberta A	32	10
Kevin Hendargo	UCSD A	UCLA D	35	10
David Nickel	Purdue A	Illinois Blue	35	10
Shivam Saxena	Georgia Tech F	Georgia A	35	10
Ryan Zhang	British Columbia C	British Columbia A	36	10
Aaryan Sumesh	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	37	10
Michael Zheng	UCLA F	UCLA E	37	10
Dawson Teu	Waterloo A	McMaster A	37	10
Aleksa Misic	Waterloo B	McMaster B	37	10
Anton Akroush	Michigan State A	Michigan A	37	10
Fuller Wray	Virginia Tech A	NCSU A	37	10
Braydon Morefield	George Mason B	Penn	37	10
Nathan Zhao	Maryland B	NYU A	37	10
David Thomas	Purdue C	Indiana A	37	10
Nikhil Nair	Boston University B	Tufts C	37	10
Mohamed Algraiw	MIT A	Williams B	37	10
Shaya Farahmand	Georgia Tech B	Tennessee Tech	37	10
Oliver West	Cambridge B	Southampton	37	-5
James Stadler	Imperial B	Cambridge D	37	10
Will Barton	Imperial C	Oxford	37	10
Sam Barrekette	RIT A	Cornell D	37	10
Taman Truong	USC B	UC Irvine	39	10
Antara Bhattacharya	Cambridge A	Cardiff	39	-5
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	Cornell A	40	10
Aris Anton	Waterloo C	Guelph A	45	10
Nicolaus Derikx	Carleton A	Ottawa C	47	10
Cooper Morris	Columbia B	Rutgers C	47	10
Duncan Occhiogrosso	UConn A	Brandeis Bach	47	10
Brady Bier	Boston University A	Vermont A	47	-5
Aidan Keenan	Rochester	Cornell B	47	10
Steven McPhillimey	Lehigh A	Lehigh B	48	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Georgia Tech D	49	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	WashU Grolars	50	-5
James Fan	Toronto E	Toronto G	51	10
Angelo Pan	CWRU A	Louisville A	51	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	UCLA B	52	10
Zhiyu Yan	McGill B	Ottawa D	52	10
Matthew Stall	CWRU D	Louisville B	52	10
Hayden Willett	Purdue B	WashU Grizzlers	52	-5
Nathan Whittington	Tennessee A	Alabama A	52	10
Bharath Ram	Georgia Tech A	Chipola College	52	10
Isy Simpkins	Durham B	Edinburgh D	53	10
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	Ottawa A	54	10
James Xiao	Toronto A	Toronto B	54	10
Vishnu Sharma	Texas	Washington Pink	54	-5
Ethen Sun	Toronto C	Toronto D	57	10
Sam Kung	UNC C	VCU A	57	10
Caleb Ellenberg	Brown B	Boston College A	57	10
Gavin Morrow	Washington Steelhead	Arizona State A	57	10
Abhay Ariyapappillil	Ottawa B	McGill C	58	-5
Abigail Elms	Queen's A	Toronto H	58	10
Ada Bendel	Bristol	Imperial D	58	10
Ayaan Jajodia	Dartmouth B	Brandeis Mozart	59	10
Peyton Legg	UCF A	Florida A	61	10
Gary Wang	Michigan D	Ohio State C	61	10
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	Pittsburgh	61	-5
Daniel Kim	Maryland A	Maryland C	61	10
Aarnav Vyas	Illinois Orange	Illinois Champaign	61	-5
Alan Cai	Amherst A	Vermont B	61	10
Stephen Donoghue	Sheffield B	Durham A	61	10
Abhinav Dinesh	LSE	Cambridge C	61	-5
Valerie Brown	Carleton B	McGill E	63	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Sewanne	70	10
James Carrick-Lawson	Southampton	Cambridge B	72	10
Liam Rojas	Virginia A	UNC A	74	10
Samuel Li	William & Mary A	Virginia Tech B	77	10
James Windle	Purdue D	Indiana B	79	10
Madeline Strauss	Tufts A	Brown A	79	10
Daniel Chen	Emory A	Auburn A	79	10
Brandon Hunt	Auburn B	Georgia Tech E	80	10
Andrew Wu	Columbia A	NYU B	81	10
Nico Pascual	Michigan State B	Michigan C	83	-5
David Black	Illinois Champaign	Illinois Orange	84	10
Matthew Lam	Ohio State A	Ohio State B	85	-5
Benny Shtutman	South Carolina A	Georgia Tech C	85	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	Claremont C	93	10
James Zhao	Vanderbilt C	Mississippi State A	93	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Vassar A	94	10
Niki Ilia	Boston College B	Amherst B	94	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Vanderbilt A	94	10
Thomas Brittain	McMaster C	Brock A	95	10
Saju Ramraj	Toronto I	Toronto F	95	10
Ryan Liu	Ohio State D	WVU A	95	10
John Shelly	Rowan	NYU C	95	10
Ba Loc Dinh	Illinois Urbana	William Woods University A	95	10
Pen Hughes	Edinburgh C	Sheffield A	95	10
Jolie Yeh	Warwick	Cambridge E	95	10
Isaiah Schmid	Binghamton B	ESF	95	10
Connor Yu	Cornell C	Binghamton C	95	10
Will Jones	Michigan State D	Michigan State C	96	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	Ohio State A	96	10
Nathan Woolery	Louisville C	WVU B	96	10
David Ropp	Duke A	William & Mary C	96	10
Carly Hemani	JMU A	Liberty A	96	10
Parker Jones	NCSU B	JMU B	96	10
Jaden Rupolo	Liberty B	Tusculum A	96	10
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	UNC B	96	10
Jun Chen	George Mason C	Vassar B	96	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Iowa A	96	10
Matthew Kohn	Williams A	Dartmouth A	96	10
William Berger	Dartmouth C	Brandeis Beethoven	96	10
Andrew Park	Harvard	MIT B	96	10
Logan Van Pelt	Washington Coho	Alberta B	96	10
Brayden Zhang	Vanderbilt B	Auburn C	96	10
Justin Fountain	Clemson C	Tennessee B	96	10
Benjamin Turner	York	Durham D	96	10
Dan Millington	Birmingham	Imperial A	96	10
Joyann Hua	British Columbia B	Washington Sockeye	98	10
Anya Srinivasan	Washington Atlantic	Boise State	101	10
Jennifer Zhu	McGill C	Ottawa B	102	10
Sam Hewitt	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue B	102	10
Daniel Huang	Michigan C	Michigan State B	103	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	Louisville D	103	10
Matthew Bucek	George Mason A	Rutgers A	103	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Chicago A	103	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Boston University A	103	10
Daniel Lu	Washington Pink	Texas	103	10
Sruti Banerjee	Washington Chinook	Washington Masu	103	10
Aeron Wheel	Cardiff	Cambridge A	103	10
Tim Morrice	Cambridge C	LSE	103	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	63.80
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	38%	75.13
Northern California	US	1	100%	0%	37.00
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	43.57
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	20%	63.60
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	0%	58.78
Florida	US	1	100%	0%	61.00
Great Lakes	US	12	100%	25%	69.33
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	80.56
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	8%	61.92
Midwest	US	9	100%	33%	73.00
North	US	1	100%	0%	26.00
Northeast	US	12	100%	8%	71.83
Pacific	US	9	100%	11%	73.00
Southeast	US	13	100%	0%	70.62
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	0%	62.80