Christmas carols - 2025 ACF Fall

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One of these works by William Hayman Cummings adapts a melody from Felix Mendelssohn’s “Gutenberg Cantata.” A popular setting of one of these works in the US begins in 3/4 time with the notes [read slowly] C, dotted C, short B flat, A. (10[1]-5[1])Harold Darke and Gustav Holst set a poem by Christina Rossetti as one of these works. Benjamin Britten’s (10[1]-5[1])opus (10[1])28 is titled A Ceremony of [these (10[1])works]. (10[2]-5[3])Franz Gruber set words from Joseph Mohr (-5[1])to be one of these (-5[1])works, whose English (-5[1])translation features (10[1])the line “Sleep in (10[1])heavenly (-5[1])peace.” (10[4]-5[11])The (10[1]-5[3])Welsh (10[2]-5[2])melody (10[2]0[1]-5[8])“Nos (10[1])Galan” (10[3]-5[7])was used (10[1])as one (10[1])of these (10[2])works, which (-5[1])repeats (10[3]-5[2])“Fa, (10[1])la, (-5[1])la, (10[1]-5[1])la, (10[3])la, (10[5]-5[1])la, (10[5])la, (10[2])la, (10[2])la!” (10[18])For (10[1])10 points, (10[3])name these (10[1])works (10[1])that include “Away in a Manger.” ■END■ (10[37]0[4])

ANSWER: Christmas carols [accept Christmas songs; accept A Ceremony of Carols; prompt on songs]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Liam Rojas	Virginia A	Virginia Tech B	40	-5
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Chipola College	40	10
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	Brown B	58	10
Yuxuan Lu	Vanderbilt A	Alabama A	58	-5
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech C	UNC D	59	10
Andrew Harms	Michigan State A	Louisville A	66	10
Ritisha Dey	Stanford A	UCSC	67	-5
Conner Yamnitz	WashU Grizzlers	Chicago A	67	10
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	Illinois Orange	67	-5
Sophia Madrazo	Purdue B	Illinois Canada	67	10
Judah Garlic	Cornell C	Binghamton B	67	-5
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Maryland B	74	-5
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	British Columbia B	79	-5
Will Hoover	RIT A	ESF	82	-5
John Rootham	Ottawa D	McGill B	84	10
Yvonne Pan	Amherst B	Boston University B	88	10
Brandon Hunt	Auburn B	Georgia Tech B	89	-5
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Little Prince	90	10
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	McGill C	90	10
Ellen Ge	Toronto A	Waterloo A	90	-5
Chris Wang	Toronto B	Toronto C	90	-5
Meredie Cohen	William & Mary A	NCSU A	90	-5
Joseph Cole	UNC A	Virginia Tech A	90	-5
Abbi Tesreau	George Mason C	Columbia B	90	-5
Abigail Zimmerman	Iowa A	Purdue C	90	-5
Anneke Stracks	Macalester	St. Thomas	90	10
Ian Saylor	Wisconsin A	Iowa State	90	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Tufts A	90	-5
Jake Markus	Dartmouth B	Williams B	90	-5
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Atlantic	90	-5
Yoyo Liu	British Columbia C	Washington State	90	-5
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech F	90	-5
Delilah Brumer	UCLA A	USC B	91	-5
Mackenzie Tott	Columbia A	Princeton	91	10
Eli O'Sick Johnson	Binghamton C	Rochester	91	-5
Eli O'Sick Johnson	Binghamton C	Rochester	91	-5
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	Kentucky	92	-5
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	Ohio State C	92	10
Simarya Ahuja	Washington Sockeye	Arizona State A	92	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Tennessee B	92	-5
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	UCLA D	93	10
Tianyi Zheng	UCSD B	UCSD A	93	-5
Anjali Rao	Ottawa B	Ottawa A	93	10
Nishad Joshi	Kentucky	Pittsburgh	93	0
Matthew Wozniak	Michigan B	Michigan A	93	-5
Andrew Stappenbeck	CWRU C	Michigan D	93	-5
Daniel Abrams	Rutgers B	Lehigh A	93	-5
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	WashU Grolars	93	-5
Luke Sauer	Michigan Tech	Wisconsin C	93	-5
Barkot Belay	Emory A	Georgia A	93	-5
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt B	93	-5
Sophia Schlag	Ottawa C	Carleton B	94	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	UCLA C	95	-5
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Guelph A	95	10
Leighton Karpinia	Florida Tech A	Florida B	95	-5
Tinashe Sandy	South Florida A	Florida Tech B	95	-5
Brody Johnson	Louisville B	Ohio State A	95	-5
Caleb Hines	Liberty A	William & Mary C	95	10
Xavier Bornhorst	Maryland A	Rutgers A	95	10
Eugene Kim	Purdue D	Rose-Hulman A	95	-5
Virginia Brooks	Minnesota	Wisconsin B	95	-5
John Halsun	UConn A	Boston University A	95	-5
Noah Lang	Wisconsin B	Minnesota	97	10
Thomas Vukovic	Toronto H	Toronto I	99	10
Serena Salfiti	USC A	UCLA E	101	10
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	Carleton A	101	10
Miranda Chen	Vassar B	Rowan	103	-5
Seth Allen	McMaster A	Toronto D	104	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	ERAU Daytona A	104	-5
Enina Edosomwan	CWRU A	CWRU B	104	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	NYU A	104	10
Nitish Sudhakar	Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech C	104	-5
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	Claremont B	105	10
Chase Moss	WVU A	WVU B	106	-5
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Archer Queen	107	10
Rose Phipps	George Mason B	Johns Hopkins	107	-5
Bailey Lacefield	Toronto G	Waterloo B	108	10
Parker Jones	NCSU B	Liberty B	108	10
Andrew Park	Harvard	Brandeis Beethoven	108	10
Noah Scattergood	Brock A	Queen's A	109	10
Liam Henderson	McMaster B	Waterloo C	109	10
Adriana Kim	Illinois Champaign	Iowa B	109	-5
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Illinois Blue	109	10
Cecile Thomas	Tufts A	Amherst A	109	10
Edward Zhang	Vanderbilt C	Auburn C	109	10
Katherine Mack	UC Irvine	Claremont C	110	10
Lily Hughbanks	Purdue C	Iowa A	110	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Tufts B	110	10
Julia Austin	Vermont B	Williams A	110	10
Alina Moore	Tennessee A	South Carolina A	110	10
Sparrow Brotman	NYU B	Lehigh B	111	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Washington Chinook	111	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Penn	112	10
Sri Lnu	Clemson B	Montevallo	112	10
Samuel Zheng	Toronto F	McMaster C	113	10
AnnaMaria Donnelly	UCF A	Florida A	113	10
Molly Krallman	Louisville C	Michigan State D	113	10
Kieran Fake	CWRU D	Michigan C	113	10
Andrew McKenzie	Ohio State B	Michigan State B	113	10
Maya Hunt	Michigan State C	Ohio State D	113	10
Katie Young	Liberty C	Tusculum A	113	10
Zachary Bornstein	Virginia Tech A	UNC A	113	10
Ben Schindelman	Vassar A	Stony Brook	113	10
David Nickel	Purdue A	Chicago B	113	10
Roy Yang	WashU Grolars	Indiana A	113	10
Beverly Eborn	Boston College A	Brandeis Mozart	113	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Brown A	113	10
Wesley Yu	British Columbia A	Washington Coho	113	10
Haylee Weisner	Washington Masu	Washington Pink	113	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Tennessee Tech	113	10
Alex Forman	Cornell D	Cornell A	113	10
Andres Lorenzo	RIT B	Binghamton A	113	10
Ariyan Miah	Binghamton B	Cornell C	114	10
Ezra Zareba	UNC B	UNC C	116	10
Jonah McGinley	Rochester	Binghamton C	116	10
Jonah McGinley	Rochester	Binghamton C	116	10
Aidan Drain	NYU C	Rutgers C	118	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Boss Bandit	119	10
Huy Lai	UCSC	Stanford A	126	10
Aarav Kakad	UCLA C	UC Santa Barbara	126	10
Vivienne Ruemler	USC B	UCLA A	126	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCSD B	126	10
Adrian O'Leary	Waterloo A	Toronto A	126	10
Ethen Sun	Toronto C	Toronto B	126	10
Heidi Moyer	ERAU Daytona A	Florida State A	126	10
Orin Overmiller	Florida Tech B	South Florida A	126	10
Jacob Goodson	Ohio State A	Louisville B	126	10
Sarah Dong	Michigan A	Michigan B	126	0
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	CWRU C	126	10
Marcus Hatfield	WVU B	WVU A	126	10
Jesse Mindel	NCSU A	William & Mary A	126	10
Nathan Sprouse	Virginia Tech B	Virginia A	126	10
Erin Williams	JMU A	William & Mary B	126	10
Alex Mayernick	Lehigh A	Rutgers B	126	10
Alex Emmert	Maryland B	George Mason A	126	0
Cooper Morris	Columbia B	George Mason C	126	10
Omer Korkmaz	Johns Hopkins	George Mason B	126	10
Sam Millenbach	Rowan	Vassar B	126	10
Jacob Chaudhry	Iowa B	Illinois Champaign	126	10
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	Indiana B	126	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Purdue D	126	10
Vivian Lu	Wisconsin C	Michigan Tech	126	10
Lily Brantner	Boston University A	UConn A	126	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Dartmouth B	126	10
Eleanor Arron	Williams C	Dartmouth C	126	10
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	Alberta A	126	10
Tri Lam	Washington Chum	Alberta B	126	0
Luke Simon	Alberta B	Washington Chum	126	10
Henry Rutherford-Braun	British Columbia B	Texas	126	10
James Haddix	Washington State	British Columbia C	126	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Vanderbilt A	126	10
Jacie Bradley	Clemson C	Sewanne	126	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Emory A	126	10
Louis Harney	Georgia Tech B	Auburn B	126	10
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech A	126	10
Logan Patil	Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech E	126	10
Brayden Zhang	Vanderbilt B	Mississippi State A	126	0
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Georgia Tech D	126	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	RIT A	126	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
Northern California	US	4	100%	25%	110.50
Southern California	US	7	100%	43%	112.43
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	0%	92.40
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	22%	109.89
Florida	US	4	75%	75%	121.67
Great Lakes	US	12	83%	42%	109.20
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	33%	109.11
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	10	100%	30%	112.20
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	50%	100%	126.00
Midwest	US	9	100%	56%	106.33
North	US	4	100%	50%	100.75
Northeast	US	11	100%	27%	107.91
Pacific	US	8	100%	38%	116.63
Southeast	US	13	92%	54%	113.83
Upstate NY	US	6	100%	67%	116.33