Carmen - 2025 ACF Fall

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This character claims that people who are fated to die will draw the same card twenty times in a row after two of her friends predict they will gain love and wealth. (10[1])A song sung by this (10[1])character (10[1])was adapted into English as (-5[1])“Dat’s Love” (10[1])for a film adaptation with an all-black (10[1])cast that gave her the surname “Jones.” (10[4]-5[3])This (10[2])character (10[2]-5[2])throws (10[1]-5[1])a flower (10[1]-5[1])to (-5[1])a (10[1])man (10[1]-5[1])while (10[1])singing (-5[1])a (10[1])song (10[1]-5[1])comparing herself (10[2])to a (10[2]-5[1])“rebellious (10[2])bird.” (10[12]-5[3])This character (10[5]-5[1])chooses (10[4])the (10[3])toreador (10[4])Escamillo (10[5])as her (10[1])lover (10[5])over (10[1])Don (10[2])José, (10[5])who then (10[1])stabs (10[1])her (10[3])to death (10[3]-5[1])at a bullfight. (10[1])For 10 points, name this (10[2])Romani woman who sings the (10[1])“Habanera” (10[4])in an opera (10[4])titled (10[1])for her (10[2]-5[1])by (-5[1])composer (10[1])Georges Bizet. (10[1])■END■ (10[18]0[3])

ANSWER: Carmen [accept Carmen Jones]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Texas	31	10
Juliette Flatau	Imperial A	Birmingham	36	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	RIT A	37	10
Caedmon Holland	Lehigh B	Lehigh A	42	-5
David Zaslavsky	Brandeis Bach	UConn A	44	10
Jaime Wang	Washington Atlantic	Boise State	51	10
Andrew Harms	Michigan State A	Michigan A	58	10
Tobias Zajac	Michigan State C	Michigan State D	58	-5
Jacob Goodson	Ohio State A	Ohio State B	58	-5
Elise Economou	Pittsburgh	Louisville D	58	10
James Meek	George Mason A	Rutgers A	58	-5
John Shelly	Rowan	NYU C	58	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Chum	58	10
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	Purdue D	59	10
Christine Prince	Cornell A	Binghamton A	59	10
Margaret Withers	George Mason B	Penn	60	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Amherst A	60	-5
Barkot Belay	Emory A	Auburn A	60	10
Yuxuan Lu	Vanderbilt A	Clemson A	60	-5
Anjali Rao	Ottawa B	McGill C	61	10
Micah Lauzon	Dartmouth B	Brandeis Mozart	61	-5
Devin Tharp	Chipola College	Georgia Tech A	63	10
Violet Page	Binghamton C	Cornell C	63	-5
Max Kurzman	UNC D	UNC B	64	-5
Alma Gazzaniga	UNC B	UNC D	65	10
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech A	NCSU A	66	10
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue B	66	-5
Eric Yang	Purdue A	Illinois Blue	67	10
Meredith Wiper	CWRU B	Michigan B	68	-5
Penelope Graham	Williams B	MIT A	69	10
David Ropp	Duke A	William & Mary C	70	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	UNC C	70	-5
Snehan Saroch	Louisville A	CWRU A	72	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	Maryland C	72	10
Katherine Mack	UC Irvine	USC B	74	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	William Woods University A	74	10
Waverly O'Malley	Iowa A	Rose-Hulman A	74	-5
Deepanshi Matai	Toronto C	Toronto D	75	10
Liam Rojas	Virginia A	UNC A	75	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCLA D	76	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	McGill B	76	10
Susanna Liao	Waterloo A	McMaster A	76	10
Chris Wang	Toronto B	Toronto A	76	10
Shaynee Ruffle	Toronto G	Toronto E	76	10
Indiana Gee	Toronto I	Toronto F	76	10
Nina Chen	Waterloo B	McMaster B	76	10
Nate Brown	CWRU C	Kentucky	76	10
Nico Pascual	Michigan State B	Michigan C	76	10
David Black	Illinois Champaign	Illinois Orange	76	-5
Lily Brantner	Boston University A	Vermont A	76	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Georgia Tech B	76	10
Leona Barker	Edinburgh B	Edinburgh A	76	-5
Lauren Stamp	Cambridge A	Cardiff	76	10
Nina Bindra	Southampton	Cambridge B	76	-5
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	William & Mary A	78	10
Rishi Swaminathan	NYU B	Columbia A	78	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Vassar A	78	-5
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Arizona State A	78	10
Rob Morris	Durham D	York	78	10
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	Imperial B	78	10
Tosca Zhang	NYU A	Maryland B	79	10
Michael Ai	Williams A	Dartmouth A	79	10
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	British Columbia A	79	10
Joyann Hua	British Columbia B	Washington Sockeye	79	10
Adrian Li	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	80	10
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	UC Santa Barbara	80	10
Joseph Strom	Louisville B	CWRU D	80	10
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	UCSD B	81	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	WashU Grizzlers	81	10
David Xilbille	Georgia Tech C	South Carolina A	81	10
Lucy Izabella	Edinburgh D	Durham B	81	10
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	UCLA C	82	10
AnnaMaria Donnelly	UCF A	Florida A	82	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	CWRU B	82	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Iowa State	82	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Tufts A	82	10
Nicolaus Derikx	Carleton A	Ottawa C	84	10
Stefan Mihai	Carleton B	McGill E	85	10
Christina Popov	Queen's A	Toronto H	85	10
Vihaan Jim	Princeton	Rutgers B	85	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Auburn B	85	10
James Zhao	Vanderbilt C	Mississippi State A	85	10
Kaitlyn Farrin	Brandeis Beethoven	Dartmouth C	86	10
Monica Wang	Guelph A	Waterloo C	87	10
Luke Simon	Alberta B	Washington Coho	87	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	McGill A	88	10
Alexandra Knight	Liberty B	Tusculum A	88	10
Sophia Peng	Rutgers C	Columbia B	88	10
Abby Tipton	Auburn C	Vanderbilt B	88	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Vanderbilt A	88	10
Miles Spieler	Ohio State C	Michigan D	90	10
Ruby Xia	Arizona State B	Washington State	91	10
Brian Hobmann	UCLA F	UCLA E	92	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Stony Brook	92	10
Jolie Yeh	Warwick	Cambridge E	92	10
Arthur Zhang	Purdue C	Indiana A	94	10
Jack Meyers	Brown B	Boston College A	94	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Tennessee A	94	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Georgia Tech D	94	-5
Levan Tsiskarisvili	JMU B	NCSU B	97	10
Sarah Silverman	Claremont C	UCLA A	102	10
Johanna Bryant	Liberty A	JMU A	102	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Chicago A	107	10
Aiden Wilson	WVU B	Louisville C	108	10
Ethan Erickson	Boston College B	Amherst B	108	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Montevallo	108	10
Andreas Ktori	Durham A	Sheffield B	108	10
Kyle Hart	MIT B	Harvard	111	10
Isabella DePrimo	Washington Chinook	Washington Masu	111	10
Atom Lucenet	Imperial D	Bristol	111	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	Binghamton B	111	10
Alex Grigoriades	Lehigh A	Lehigh B	112	10
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Boston University B	114	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Georgia Tech F	114	-5
Abhinav Dinesh	LSE	Cambridge C	114	10
Abbi Tesreau	George Mason C	Vassar B	115	-5
Sammy Carstens	Rochester	Cornell B	116	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Edinburgh B	118	10
Thomas Brittain	McMaster C	Brock A	119	10
Will Jones	Michigan State D	Michigan State C	119	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	Ohio State A	119	10
Ryan Liu	Ohio State D	WVU A	119	0
Agatha Dahle	WVU A	Ohio State D	119	0
Halah Cates	UNC C	VCU A	119	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	George Mason A	119	10
Eli Young	Vassar A	Rutgers D	119	10
Claire Harvey	Vassar B	George Mason C	119	10
Mica Oestreich	Illinois Canada	Chicago B	119	10
Anila Moparthi	Illinois Orange	Illinois Champaign	119	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Iowa A	119	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Vermont B	119	0
Jonathan Schnipper	Brandeis Mozart	Dartmouth B	119	10
Logan Patil	Georgia Tech F	Georgia A	119	10
Nikki Chaco	Georgia Tech D	Clemson B	119	10
Jacie Bradley	Clemson C	Tennessee B	119	10
Pen Hughes	Edinburgh C	Sheffield A	119	10
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	Southampton	119	10
Naayaz Hashim	Oxford	Imperial C	119	10
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	Binghamton C	119	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	20%	100.80
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	13%	93.13
Northern California	US	1	100%	0%	80.00
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	83.86
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	0%	78.80
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	0%	82.89
Florida	US	1	100%	0%	82.00
Great Lakes	US	12	92%	25%	85.27
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	22%	84.44
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	33%	90.08
Midwest	US	9	100%	33%	93.22
North	US	1	100%	0%	82.00
Northeast	US	12	92%	17%	89.27
Pacific	US	9	100%	0%	73.89
Southeast	US	13	100%	23%	91.15
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	20%	88.40