charity - 2025 ACF Fall

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Description acceptable. General Zia-ul-Haq instituted councils named after this practice in Pakistan and decreed a year later that Shia Muslims (-5[1])could file for exemption from this practice and ushr (“oo-sher”). According to the Surah At-Tawbah, (-5[1])eight different kinds of people may benefit from this practice, which include stranded (10[1])travellers and recent converts. (-5[2])A specific form (-5[1])of this practice (10[1]-5[1])is done before Eid al-Fitr, (10[2]-5[2])at the end of the holy month (-5[1])of Ramadan. (10[1]-5[2])This practice (-5[1])is contrasted (-5[1])with a voluntary sadaqah (10[1]-5[1])(“SAW-dah-kah”). Pakistan (10[1]-5[2])and Saudi Arabia governmentally mandate this (-5[1])Third Pillar of Islam. (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, (-5[2])zakat is a mandate (10[1])for Muslims to do (10[1])what (10[1])action (10[5]0[1]-5[1])involving (10[1]-5[1])2.5 (10[1])percent of their capital (10[1])assets (10[2])for the poor? ■END■ (10[15]0[1])

ANSWER: charity [or almsgiving; or donation; or tithe; accept word forms like donating; accept descriptions of giving to the poor; accept zakat or Zakat Councils or Zakat al-Fitr until “zakat” is read]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Akif Ismail	Williams C	MIT B	19	-5
Daniel Abrams	Rutgers B	NYU B	33	-5
Liam Markland	Alberta A	Arizona State A	46	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	NYU A	50	-5
Suhaan Pastakia	Maryland C	Rutgers A	50	-5
Lucas Guan	Brown A	Williams A	53	-5
Mohamed Algraiw	MIT A	Brandeis Mozart	56	-5
Hamza Ali	Washington Masu	Washington Coho	56	10
Yousuf Huq	McMaster A	Toronto B	61	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Vassar A	61	10
Luke Houtz	Arizona State B	Washington Sockeye	61	-5
Uriah Lee	Sheffield B	Edinburgh A	61	-5
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Tufts A	68	-5
Micah Lauzon	Dartmouth B	Boston College A	70	10
Mahathi Veluri	UConn A	Vermont A	70	-5
Yoyo Liu	British Columbia C	British Columbia B	70	-5
Irene Wu	Cornell D	RIT A	72	-5
Salil Jain	Williams B	Brown B	74	-5
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Texas	78	10
Jeremy Scurlock	Chipola College	Vanderbilt A	78	-5
Alex Emmert	Maryland B	Maryland A	79	10
Matthew Westley	Purdue A	WashU Grizzlers	79	-5
Andy Liu	British Columbia A	Washington State	79	-5
Jun Chen	George Mason C	Rowan	85	-5
Joe O'Connor	George Mason B	Rutgers D	89	10
Steven McPhillimey	Lehigh A	Princeton	90	10
Elizabeth Ziberman	Stony Brook	Penn	92	-5
Helen Neves	Boise State	Washington Chinook	92	-5
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Tufts C	96	10
Gavin Morrow	Washington Steelhead	Washington Pink	100	10
David Zaslavsky	Brandeis Bach	Tufts B	101	10
Cooper Morris	Columbia B	NYU C	102	10
Ethan Erickson	Boston College B	Boston University B	102	10
William Kiker	Dartmouth A	Amherst A	102	10
Kaushik Jayaprabha	Dartmouth C	Harvard	102	-5
Nico Miller	Brown B	Williams B	102	0
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	Cardiff	102	10
Sam Barrekette	RIT A	Cornell D	102	10
Miranda Chen	Vassar B	Rutgers C	103	-5
James Haddix	Washington State	British Columbia A	103	10
Vedh Ramesh	Penn	Stony Brook	104	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	Maryland C	108	10
Elias Lowrey	Lehigh B	Columbia A	109	10
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue A	109	10
Zaid Asif	NYU A	George Mason A	113	10
Magnolia Schnirman Barría	NYU B	Rutgers B	113	10
John Shelly	Rowan	George Mason C	113	10
Aryan Malhotra	Rutgers C	Vassar B	113	10
Andrew Park	Harvard	Dartmouth C	113	10
Jonathan Schnipper	Brandeis Mozart	MIT A	113	10
Madeline Strauss	Tufts A	Vermont B	113	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	UConn A	113	10
Ethan Young	Williams A	Brown A	113	10
Jacky Li	MIT B	Williams C	113	10
Simarya Ahuja	Washington Sockeye	Arizona State B	113	10
Joyann Hua	British Columbia B	British Columbia C	113	0
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	Alberta B	113	10
Isabella DePrimo	Washington Chinook	Boise State	113	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Chipola College	113	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Sheffield B	113	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	1	100%	100%	113.00
UK (South)	UK	1	100%	0%	102.00
Eastern Canada (2)	US	1	100%	0%	61.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	50%	99.50
Midwest	US	1	100%	100%	109.00
Northeast	US	12	92%	58%	104.45
Pacific	US	9	89%	44%	90.25
Southeast	US	1	100%	100%	113.00
Upstate NY	US	1	100%	100%	102.00