Florence Nightingale - 2025 ACF Fall

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Lytton Strachey argued that “A Demon possessed” this person in the second section of Eminent Victorians. This person used the term “coxcomb” to refer to the polar area diagrams (10[3])which (10[2])represented (10[2])this person’s data analysis. (10[9])This person led (10[1])a team of volunteers, (10[3])including (-5[1])Eliza Roberts, to Selimiye (10[1])(“say-lee-mee-yeh”) Barracks in Scutari. (10[4])In 1912, (10[1])the (-5[1])Red Cross established (10[2])an award (10[2])named after (10[1])this person, (10[5])who (10[1])set up (10[1])a school (10[3]-5[1])based (10[3])at (10[1])St (-5[1])Thomas’ (10[2]-5[1])Hospital (10[4])in London. (10[10]-5[1])This person refused to work with Mary Seacole (10[5])while (10[2])ministering (10[7])to (10[1])soldiers (10[3])in the Crimean (10[10])War. (10[18]-5[1])For (10[1])10 (10[1])points, (10[1])which so-called (10[2])“lady (10[1])with the (10[1])lamp” (10[1])was a pioneering (10[3])figure in modern nursing? (10[1])■END■ (10[4]0[1])

ANSWER: Florence Nightingale

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Boss Bandit	28	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	NYU A	28	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Indiana A	28	10
Benjamin Silversten	William & Mary C	Liberty A	29	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Auburn B	29	10
Snehan Saroch	Louisville A	Michigan State A	30	10
Liam Rojas	Virginia A	Virginia Tech B	30	10
Victor Xu	Toronto B	Toronto C	34	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	UCF A	34	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	WashU Grizzlers	34	10
Sophia Madrazo	Purdue B	Illinois Canada	34	10
Luc Vulliez	Amherst A	Tufts A	34	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	British Columbia B	34	10
Wesley Yu	British Columbia A	Washington Coho	34	10
David Latimer	Imperial A	Cambridge D	34	10
Shlok Dev	LSE	Warwick	34	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	UCLA D	37	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	Claremont B	41	10
Yoyo Liu	British Columbia C	Washington State	41	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech F	41	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	McGill B	42	-5
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	Michigan C	46	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Tufts B	49	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Dartmouth B	49	10
Jacob Coyne	Durham C	Sheffield B	49	10
Honor Mountford	Cambridge C	Cambridge E	49	10
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Imperial B	51	10
Arlene Lopez	Stony Brook	Vassar A	52	-5
Eric Yang	Purdue A	Chicago B	55	10
Michael Ai	Williams A	Vermont B	55	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Archer Queen	57	10
William Henley	Illinois Champaign	Iowa B	57	10
Kushagra Bahuguna	Washington Chinook	Washington Steelhead	59	10
Nina Chen	Waterloo B	Toronto G	61	10
Jacob Goodson	Ohio State A	Louisville B	61	10
Jesse Mindel	NCSU A	William & Mary A	61	10
Yuxuan Lu	Vanderbilt A	Alabama A	61	10
Ethan Miniard	Montevallo	Clemson B	61	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	USC B	62	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Brown A	64	10
Valentina Chamandy	McGill E	Carleton A	66	-5
Abhay Ariyapappillil	Ottawa B	Ottawa A	66	10
Kara Braun	Michigan State B	Ohio State B	66	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Imperial D	66	10
Ritisha Dey	Stanford A	UCSC	67	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	UCLA C	67	10
Nicholas Nguyen	Florida B	Florida Tech A	67	10
Sidarth Erat	MIT A	Brown B	68	10
Diego Almaraz	UNC C	UNC B	69	-5
Anneke Stracks	Macalester	St. Thomas	70	10
Liam Markland	Alberta A	Washington Atlantic	70	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	ESF	70	-5
Sarah Dong	Michigan A	Michigan B	71	10
Nathan Zhao	Maryland B	George Mason A	71	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Sheffield A	71	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Cornell D	71	10
Sicheng Jiang	Toronto H	Toronto I	73	10
Alex Randall	Kentucky	Pittsburgh	73	10
Lauryn Hendrix	Louisville C	Michigan State D	73	10
Ishan Chahande	Ohio State D	Michigan State C	73	-5
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	Virginia Tech C	73	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	George Mason B	73	10
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	Indiana B	73	10
Jiping Fang	Illinois Blue	William Woods University A	73	10
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	UConn A	73	10
Ian Hatcher	Chipola College	Clemson A	73	10
Atticus Teter	Durham A	Edinburgh C	73	10
Daniel Lu	Washington Pink	Washington Masu	81	10
Britt Bernstein	Georgia A	Emory A	81	10
Charlotte Nicholas	Durham B	Edinburgh B	81	10
Lauren Stamp	Cambridge A	Southampton	81	10
Aditi Nebhwani	Bristol	Imperial C	81	10
Gabe Rosen-Turits	NYU B	Lehigh B	82	10
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech A	82	10
Sophia Schlag	Ottawa C	Carleton B	83	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Guelph A	83	10
Chase Moss	WVU A	WVU B	83	10
Gentry Dowdy	Liberty B	NCSU B	83	10
Arthur Zhang	Purdue C	Iowa A	83	10
Jacob Chambers	Iowa State	Wisconsin A	83	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Tennessee A	83	10
Mikkie Smylie	Brock A	Queen's A	84	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Waterloo C	85	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Michigan Tech	85	10
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	RIT B	85	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	USC A	88	10
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto D	McMaster A	88	10
Miles Spieler	Ohio State C	Louisville D	88	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	Virginia Tech A	88	10
Daniel Kim	Maryland A	Rutgers A	88	10
Vedh Ramesh	Penn	Rutgers D	88	10
Simarya Ahuja	Washington Sockeye	Arizona State A	88	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt B	88	10
Eoghan Herriot	Durham D	Edinburgh D	88	10
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	Binghamton B	88	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Little Prince	89	10
Tianyi Zheng	UCSD B	UCSD A	89	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	McGill A	89	-5
James Xiao	Toronto A	Waterloo A	89	10
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	Florida State A	89	10
Meredith Wiper	CWRU B	CWRU A	89	10
Emily Snider	Liberty C	Tusculum A	89	10
James Braxton	William & Mary B	JMU A	89	10
Jaden Bandy	Rutgers B	Lehigh A	89	10
Alexander Rutten	Columbia A	Princeton	89	10
John Shelly	Rowan	Vassar B	89	10
Renita Tang	NYU C	Rutgers C	89	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Purdue D	89	10
Hanson Hunynh	Boston University B	Amherst B	89	10
Blake Johnson	Boston College A	Brandeis Mozart	89	10
Doug Frederick	Auburn A	Tennessee Tech	89	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Georgia Tech D	89	10
Molly Oakley	Binghamton C	Rochester	89	10
Molly Oakley	Binghamton C	Rochester	89	10
Imtiaz Kidwai	Toronto F	McMaster C	90	10
Brayden Whitlow	George Mason C	Columbia B	91	10
Tri Lam	Washington Chum	Alberta B	92	10
Addison Wiggins	South Florida A	Florida Tech B	94	10
Kaitlyn Farrin	Brandeis Beethoven	Harvard	94	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	CWRU C	95	10
Sarah Silverman	Claremont C	UC Irvine	97	10
Abby Tipton	Auburn C	Vanderbilt C	98	10
Ezra Zareba	UNC B	UNC C	101	10
Eleanor Arron	Williams C	Dartmouth C	101	10
Jacie Bradley	Clemson C	Sewanne	101	10
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	McGill C	105	10
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	McGill E	106	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Ottawa D	106	10
Maya Hunt	Michigan State C	Ohio State D	106	10
Eli Young	Vassar A	Stony Brook	106	0
Virginia Brooks	Minnesota	Wisconsin B	106	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	72.40
UK (South)	UK	7	100%	0%	56.57
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	60.25
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	68.71
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	60%	93.20
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	0%	76.33
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	71.00
Great Lakes	US	12	100%	8%	73.42
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	71.44
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	10	90%	10%	79.67
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	100%	0%	80.00
Midwest	US	9	100%	0%	58.44
North	US	4	100%	0%	86.00
Northeast	US	11	100%	0%	69.55
Pacific	US	8	100%	0%	62.38
Southeast	US	13	100%	0%	75.08
Upstate NY	US	6	83%	17%	84.40