Don Quixote - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

In a story within this novel, a Florentine loses his wife after demanding his best friend test her virtue. (10[1])During this novel’s Third Sally, (10[1]-5[1])a character (10[1])receives (10[1])his long-promised (10[1])island (10[1])from the Duke and (10[1])the Duchess. (10[11]-5[1])The author of this novel rushed (10[1]-5[1])to finish the second part (10[1])following (10[2])the publication of an unauthorized (10[2])sequel. (10[14]-5[1])Cide (10[2])Hamete (10[2])Benengeli (10[3])(“SEE-day ah-MAY-tay ben-en-GELL-ee”) was (10[1])the supposed source (10[1])for this novel, (10[1])in which Sanson Carrasco pretends to be the Knight (10[1])of the (10[1])White (10[4])Moon. (10[16])In this novel, (10[4])a priest (10[3])and barber (10[2])burn (10[1])a library full (10[1])of chivalric (10[2])romances, (10[1])the reading of which drove (10[1])this novel’s (10[1])protagonist (10[5])insane. (10[3])For 10 points, (10[1])the title knight (10[1])tilts (10[3])at windmills (10[8])in (10[2])what (10[1])novel (10[4])by (10[1])Miguel (10[1])de Cervantes? (10[2])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Don Quixote [or The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha or El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Victor Xu	Toronto B	Toronto G	18	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Alberta B	23	-5
David Xilbille	Georgia Tech C	Chipola College	23	10
Henry Bauer	NYU A	NYU B	25	10
Kenner Bailey	Boston University A	Williams C	26	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Columbia B	28	10
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	McGill C	29	10
Michael Ai	Williams A	Boston College A	33	10
Ty Brennan	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Stanford A	35	10
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	UC Irvine	35	10
Johanna Bryant	Liberty A	UNC B	35	10
Liam Rojas	Virginia A	William & Mary B	35	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	Stony Brook	35	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Illinois Blue	35	-5
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Vermont A	35	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Brandeis Bach	35	10
Maisie Quinn	Brown B	Amherst B	35	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	Washington Atlantic	35	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Auburn B	35	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Sewanne	35	10
Finley Campbell	Tufts A	Boston University B	41	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Coho	41	-5
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Purdue B	46	10
Charles Miller	William & Mary C	Virginia Tech A	47	10
Davis Johnson	Purdue A	Iowa A	47	10
Cole Hennessy	UCF A	Florida State A	52	10
Micah Lauzon	Dartmouth B	Tufts C	52	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCLA C	53	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	McGill E	53	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	McMaster C	53	10
Abigail Elms	Queen's A	McMaster B	53	10
Ben Kantsiper	JMU B	Duke A	53	10
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	Purdue C	53	10
Ian Saylor	Wisconsin A	Wisconsin C	53	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Brandeis Mozart	53	10
Johnny Myers	Williams B	MIT B	53	10
Haiden Fox-Howells	Washington Steelhead	Arizona State B	53	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Washington Sockeye	53	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Vanderbilt A	53	10
Jerry Lin	Vanderbilt B	Tennessee Tech	53	-5
Molly Oakley	Binghamton C	Binghamton A	53	10
Solomon Blecher	Cornell D	Cornell B	53	10
William Henley	Illinois Champaign	Purdue D	54	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	South Carolina A	54	10
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	CWRU C	55	10
Astrid Kelley	RIT B	Binghamton B	55	10
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	Carleton B	56	10
Seth Allen	McMaster A	Brock A	56	10
Drew Wetterlind	Iowa State	St. Thomas	56	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Maryland C	57	10
Kevin Yang	Illinois Blue	Rose-Hulman A	60	10
Alex Mayernick	Lehigh A	Columbia A	63	10
John Gamble	NCSU A	Liberty B	72	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech A	74	10
Sai Subramanian	CWRU A	Ohio State D	75	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	Vassar B	75	10
Aiden Shields	Clemson A	Clemson C	75	10
Rory Moloney	Cambridge E	Birmingham	75	10
Mia Liu	Berkeley Little Prince	UCSC	76	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UCLA A	76	10
Yuv Magan	UCSD B	USC A	76	10
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	Toronto A	76	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Toronto F	76	10
Maggie Dunn	Michigan B	Louisville B	76	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	Michigan State C	76	10
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	WVU B	76	10
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech C	UNC D	76	10
Nathan Sprouse	Virginia Tech B	VCU A	76	10
John Shelly	Rowan	Johns Hopkins	76	10
Sophia Peng	Rutgers C	George Mason B	76	10
Tishe Sonuga	Chicago B	Illinois Orange	76	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Vanderbilt C	76	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Edinburgh D	76	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	Cornell A	76	10
Maya Vardag	Waterloo A	Toronto I	79	10
Kyle Chua	CWRU B	Michigan C	79	10
Matthew Lam	Ohio State A	CWRU D	79	10
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	Brandeis Beethoven	79	10
Gavin Chen	Vassar A	NYU C	81	10
Ba Loc Dinh	Illinois Urbana	WashU Grizzlers	81	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Auburn C	81	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	Louisville D	83	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Georgia A	83	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Durham D	84	10
Haylee Weisner	Washington Masu	British Columbia C	87	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	Claremont B	89	10
Jonathan Ho	Alberta B	Washington Pink	89	10
Mica Oestreich	Illinois Canada	Iowa B	90	10
Nathan Phan	Princeton	George Mason C	95	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	USC B	97	10
Chen Nagahawatte	Ottawa B	Ottawa C	98	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	Florida Tech B	98	10
Emmet Ewing	Michigan State B	Michigan State D	98	10
William Edwards	Tennessee A	Georgia Tech F	98	10
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	Imperial C	98	10
Diego Monge	Claremont C	UCLA F	99	10
Thomas Vukovic	Toronto H	Waterloo B	99	10
Leonard Castine	Penn	Rutgers B	99	10
Robert McDonald	Durham C	Edinburgh B	102	10
Sam Eddon	Cambridge C	Oxford	105	10
Avery Becker	Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Boss Bandit	106	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida Tech A	106	10
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	Maryland B	106	10
Deepanshi Matai	Toronto C	Waterloo C	108	10
Nathan Woolery	Louisville C	Pittsburgh	108	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	William Woods University A	108	10
Alex Matchinski	Michigan Tech	Minnesota	108	10
Steven Su	Harvard	Tufts B	108	10
Tri Lam	Washington Chum	Boise State	108	10
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	Washington Chinook	108	10
Fahim Afzal	Cambridge A	Imperial B	108	10
Ethan Erickson	Boston College B	Dartmouth C	109	10
Benjamin Turner	York	Edinburgh C	109	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Skeleton King	110	10
Joshua Ziegler	South Florida A	ERAU Daytona A	111	10
Noah Lang	Wisconsin B	Macalester	111	10
James Carrick-Lawson	Southampton	Imperial D	111	10
Aidan Keenan	Rochester	ESF	111	10
Harri Slaughter	Cardiff	Warwick	112	10
Jonah Chancio	JMU A	NCSU B	113	10
Diego Almaraz	UNC C	Tusculum A	115	10
Shlok Dev	LSE	Bristol	115	10
Alex McClanahan	WVU A	Kentucky	116	10
Lola Maas	Washington Coho	Alberta A	116	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Vanderbilt B	116	10
Alex Irvine	Sheffield A	Durham A	116	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	97.40
UK (South)	UK	7	100%	0%	103.43
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	81.75
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	75.00
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	0%	59.00
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	0%	68.67
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	91.75
Great Lakes	US	11	100%	0%	83.73
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	69.11
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	0%	68.00
Midwest	US	9	100%	11%	68.33
North	US	4	100%	0%	82.00
Northeast	US	12	100%	0%	54.92
Pacific	US	8	100%	25%	81.13
Southeast	US	12	100%	8%	66.92
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	0%	69.60