culture - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

Stuart Hall founded a center for the “studies” of this concept at the UK’s University of Birmingham. This concept names a type of capital (10[1])encompassing the taste of the upper class, as theorized (-5[1])by Pierre (10[1]-5[1])Bourdieu (10[3]-5[1])(“board-YUH”). This concept (-5[1])now consists (-5[2])of standardized goods (10[2])that create a passive (10[1])public through “mass deception” according to Adorno (-5[1])and Horkheimer’s (10[3]-5[1])theory of this concept’s (10[1])“industry.” (10[6]-5[2])This concept (10[2]-5[1])is called (-5[1])“personality (-5[1])writ (-5[1])large” (10[3])in a (10[2])book (10[1])on its (10[1]-5[1])“Patterns” (10[1])by Ruth (10[2])Benedict, (10[1])who (10[1]-5[1])contrasted (10[1]-5[2])America and Japan’s (10[1]-5[1])“guilt” (10[3])and “shame” (10[3])forms (10[5])of this (10[3])concept. (10[7]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[2])travelers may experience “shock” (10[4])named (10[1])for (10[1])what (10[1])concept (10[9])that encompasses (10[3]-5[1])the (10[1])beliefs and customs (10[2])of a (10[1])people? (10[2])■END■ (10[13])

ANSWER: culture [accept Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies; accept cultural capital; accept culture industry or Kulturindustrie; accept Patterns of Culture; accept guilt or shame culture; accept culture shock]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Jason Thieu	Michigan State A	CWRU A	23	10
Ty Brennan	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Skeleton King	32	-5
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	Louisville C	34	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Vanderbilt A	34	-5
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	UCLA E	35	-5
Nghia Khau	VCU A	NCSU B	35	10
Britt Bernstein	Georgia A	Georgia Tech A	35	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Durham D	35	10
Nate Brown	CWRU C	Ohio State B	37	-5
Max Kurzman	UNC D	Liberty B	39	-5
Meredie Cohen	William & Mary A	UNC B	39	-5
Gerrit Severeid	McGill E	Ottawa C	42	10
Robert McDonald	Durham C	York	42	10
Yuval Klein	Williams C	Tufts C	46	10
Henry Ding	Princeton	NYU A	53	-5
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	Michigan D	55	10
Sruti Banerjee	Washington Chinook	British Columbia B	55	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Washington Sockeye	55	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington Pink	55	-5
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Brown B	59	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	USC A	60	10
Zachary Bornstein	Virginia Tech A	JMU B	60	10
Gavin Chen	Vassar A	Maryland B	60	10
James Wan	Penn	Lehigh B	60	10
Neal Tandon	Columbia B	Rutgers D	60	-5
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Harvard	60	10
Michael Ai	Williams A	Tufts B	60	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Texas	60	-5
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	Ottawa D	62	10
Aiden Shields	Clemson A	South Carolina A	62	-5
Atticus Teter	Durham A	Edinburgh D	62	10
Aiden Hart	Kentucky	Louisville A	64	-5
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Auburn C	65	-5
Luke Simon	Alberta B	Arizona State A	66	-5
Danny Han	Stanford B	Stanford A	67	10
Wyatt Johnson	CWRU B	Michigan State C	67	10
Zeke Collins	Auburn B	Chipola College	67	10
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	Carleton B	69	10
Brooks Phillips	Auburn A	Alabama A	69	10
Owen Gibbs	Boston College B	Williams B	70	10
Connor Kahn	NCSU A	Liberty C	72	-5
Merrick Hill	Iowa State	Wisconsin A	72	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	McGill C	73	10
Alex Forman	Cornell D	Cornell C	75	10
Alex Forman	Cornell D	Cornell C	75	10
Jacob Goodson	Ohio State A	Louisville D	76	10
Adam Chilbert	Macalester	Wisconsin C	77	10
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt B	77	-5
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	MIT B	78	-5
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Clemson C	78	10
Gabriel Nell	Cornell B	RIT B	78	-5
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	Pittsburgh	81	-5
Yiwei Jiang	NYU C	Vassar B	81	10
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Berkeley Archer Queen	82	10
Zoe Brennan	Virginia Tech C	William & Mary B	82	10
Madeline Strauss	Tufts A	Brandeis Beethoven	82	10
Kayla Drajpuch	Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	84	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Dartmouth B	84	10
Ruby Xia	Arizona State B	British Columbia A	84	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Little Prince	85	10
Nick Machin	UCLA A	UCLA C	85	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	Michigan State B	85	10
Gabriel Dodds	Liberty C	NCSU A	85	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Washington Masu	85	10
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	UCSD B	87	10
Abhay Ariyapappillil	Ottawa B	McGill B	87	10
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	UNC C	87	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	Claremont C	88	10
Peyton Legg	UCF A	Florida A	88	10
Abbi Tesreau	George Mason C	NYU B	88	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Lehigh A	88	10
Jack Granahan	Brandeis Mozart	Amherst B	88	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Dartmouth C	88	10
Logan Van Pelt	Washington Coho	Washington Atlantic	88	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Emory A	88	-5
Liam Buck	St. Thomas	Minnesota	91	10
Carson Kessler	Washington Pink	Boise State	91	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	JMU A	95	10
Caleb Hines	Liberty A	William & Mary C	95	10
John Shelly	Rowan	Columbia A	95	10
Alina Moore	Tennessee A	Sewanne	95	10
Mohamed Algraiw	MIT A	UConn A	96	10
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	Rochester	97	10
Ryan Gomes	Florida Tech A	Florida State A	98	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UC Irvine	99	10
Rohan Soni	UCLA F	USC B	99	10
Miles Spieler	Ohio State C	WVU A	99	10
Abby Keith	Liberty B	UNC D	99	10
Elizabeth Ziberman	Stony Brook	Rutgers C	99	10
Noah Lang	Wisconsin B	Michigan Tech	99	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt C	99	10
Isy Simpkins	Durham B	Edinburgh C	99	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Binghamton C	99	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	South Florida A	101	10
Orin Overmiller	Florida Tech B	ERAU Daytona A	101	10
Vishnu Sharma	Texas	Washington Steelhead	101	10
Laura Bullock	Sheffield A	Edinburgh B	101	-5
Emilie Moore	RIT A	Binghamton B	102	10
Moses Dong	Georgia Tech F	Montevallo	105	10
Astrid Kelley	RIT B	Cornell B	105	10
Austin Embry	Auburn C	Tennessee B	107	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Mighty Miner	108	10
Mary Kate Vance	Louisville A	Kentucky	108	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	Claremont A	109	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	CWRU C	109	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	Michigan C	109	10
Ezra Zareba	UNC B	William & Mary A	109	10
Zaid Asif	NYU A	Princeton	109	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Columbia B	109	10
Kyle Hart	MIT B	Amherst A	109	10
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Alberta B	109	10
Daniel Chen	Emory A	Clemson B	109	10
Richy Sun	Vanderbilt B	Georgia Tech C	109	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Clemson A	109	10
Yuxuan Lu	Vanderbilt A	Tennessee Tech	109	10
Leona Barker	Edinburgh B	Sheffield A	109	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	20%	69.40
Northern California	US	4	100%	25%	85.50
Southern California	US	7	100%	14%	89.57
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	0%	66.60
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	97.00
Great Lakes	US	10	100%	30%	76.50
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	33%	83.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	22%	87.67
North	US	4	100%	0%	84.75
Northeast	US	12	100%	8%	77.17
Pacific	US	8	100%	38%	83.50
Southeast	US	12	100%	42%	90.92
Upstate NY	US	6	100%	17%	92.17