flowers - 2025 ACF Fall

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Pseudocopulation with these structures is induced by Pouyannian mimicry, where these structures mimic a mate’s appearance. (10[1])The development of these structures is described as the (10[2])interaction of three groups (10[2])of homeotic genes (10[1])in the ABC (10[4])model. (10[14])Entomophilous (10[1])(“en-toh-MOFF-il-us”) examples of these structures (10[1])co-evolved ultraviolet patterns (10[3])to advertise (10[2])themselves. (10[11]-5[4])The ability to bear (10[1])fruits (10[1])and (10[2])these (10[1])structures (10[4])is (10[3])shared (10[1])by all angiosperms, (10[9]-5[1])whose (10[1]-5[1])common (10[5])name references (10[2])these structures. (10[5])Hermaphroditic, (10[3])or perfect, (10[2])examples of these structures (10[1])contain (10[1])both stamens (10[2])and (10[2])carpels. (10[6])For 10 points, name these plant reproductive structures (10[1])that (10[1])attract (-5[1])pollinators (10[1])with (10[1])their colorful petals. ■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: flowers [or blooms or blossoms; accept perfect flowers or hermaphroditic flowers; accept flowering plants; accept entomophilous flowers; prompt on petals until read; prompt on carpels until read; prompt on stamens until read]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
David Yuan	Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford B	15	10
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	UCLA C	24	10
Wyatt Johnson	CWRU B	Pittsburgh	24	10
Aaryan Sumesh	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford A	28	10
Xavier Bornhorst	Maryland A	Rutgers C	28	10
Anna Liao	Michigan B	Michigan State D	31	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Maryland C	34	10
Owen Ashbrook	Iowa A	Illinois Orange	34	10
Yoyo Liu	British Columbia C	Washington Pink	34	10
Jeremy Scurlock	Chipola College	Tennessee Tech	34	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCLA E	35	10
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	Ottawa B	35	10
Nathan Woolery	Louisville C	Ohio State B	35	10
Jason Thieu	Michigan State A	Louisville D	35	10
Snehan Saroch	Louisville A	WVU A	35	10
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	JMU A	35	10
Samuel Li	William & Mary A	Liberty A	35	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	Tusculum A	35	10
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech A	UNC B	35	10
Liam Rojas	Virginia A	UNC D	35	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	Lehigh B	35	10
Eric Yang	Purdue A	Indiana B	35	10
Ethan Ma	Illinois Blue	WashU Grolars	35	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	William Woods University A	35	10
Henry Ding	Princeton	NYU B	36	10
Owen Feng	Vanderbilt A	Tennessee A	40	10
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Berkeley Skeleton King	43	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	Claremont B	43	10
Brayden Zhang	Vanderbilt B	Montevallo	43	10
Ian Saylor	Wisconsin A	Wisconsin B	45	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Georgia Tech A	45	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	Claremont A	46	10
Platon Gorokhov	Toronto E	Waterloo C	46	-5
June Miller	Florida A	Florida Tech B	46	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	ERAU Daytona A	46	10
Nicholas Nguyen	Florida B	Florida Tech A	46	10
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	CWRU A	46	-5
Nishad Joshi	Kentucky	Ohio State C	46	10
Jacob Goodson	Ohio State A	Michigan D	46	10
Jesse Mindel	NCSU A	Virginia Tech C	46	10
Dustin Sanders	Chicago B	Purdue C	46	10
Luke Simon	Alberta B	Washington Sockeye	46	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Georgia Tech F	46	-5
Charlotte Nicholas	Durham B	Durham C	46	-5
Thomas Popham	Edinburgh D	Edinburgh B	46	10
Danny Cutbill	RIT A	Cornell D	46	10
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto D	Toronto H	50	10
Liam Markland	Alberta A	British Columbia A	51	10
Matthew Bucek	George Mason A	Lehigh A	52	10
Honor Mountford	Cambridge C	Cambridge E	52	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Ottawa C	53	10
Valentina Chamandy	McGill E	Carleton B	54	10
Ethen Sun	Toronto C	McMaster A	54	10
David Ropp	Duke A	William & Mary C	54	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Wisconsin C	54	10
Chris Wang	Toronto B	Queen's A	55	10
Andrew Lin	Toronto G	Toronto I	55	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Illinois Urbana	55	10
Drew Wetterlind	Iowa State	Minnesota	56	10
Diego Monge	Claremont C	USC A	59	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	USC B	59	10
Francis Dinh	Illinois Canada	Purdue D	59	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Arizona State A	59	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	British Columbia B	59	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech B	59	10
John Shelley	Clemson B	Sewanne	59	10
Atticus Teter	Durham A	Durham D	59	10
Stephen Donoghue	Sheffield B	Edinburgh A	59	10
Mata Cooper	Southampton	Imperial B	59	-5
William Cowperthwait	NCSU B	UNC A	60	-5
Justin Gilbert	Auburn C	Vanderbilt C	60	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Waterloo A	61	10
Brody Johnson	Louisville B	Michigan State B	61	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Rowan	61	10
Elizabeth Ziberman	Stony Brook	George Mason B	61	10
Anya Srinivasan	Washington Atlantic	Arizona State B	61	10
David Black	Illinois Champaign	Rose-Hulman A	63	10
Bethany Howard	Imperial A	Imperial C	63	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Boss Bandit	65	10
Jeremy Kim	Toronto F	Brock A	65	10
Daniel Abrams	Rutgers B	NYU C	65	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Georgia A	65	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Emory A	65	10
Ethan Ririe	UCSD B	UCLA F	66	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	Washington Chinook	66	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Birmingham	66	10
James Xiao	Toronto A	Guelph A	68	10
Nina Chen	Waterloo B	McMaster C	68	10
Peyton Legg	UCF A	South Florida A	72	10
Joseph Cole	UNC A	NCSU B	73	10
Alex Emmert	Maryland B	Vassar B	75	10
Antara Bhattacharya	Cambridge A	Imperial D	75	10
Fionn O’Connor	South Carolina A	Alabama A	76	10
Oliver Morten	Cardiff	LSE	76	10
Marcus Hatfield	WVU B	Ohio State D	77	10
Quinn Doyle	Macalester	Michigan Tech	77	10
Helen Neves	Boise State	Washington State	77	10
Laura Bullock	Sheffield A	York	77	10
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	Cambridge B	77	10
Jolie Yeh	Warwick	Bristol	77	10
Daniel Huang	Georgia Tech D	Clemson C	85	10
Tobias Cortes	Indiana A	Iowa B	86	10
Gabriel Dodds	Liberty C	Liberty B	87	-5
Tristan Scarlett	Ottawa D	Ottawa A	88	10
Thomas Zhao	Michigan C	Michigan State C	89	10
Lucas Hall	Waterloo C	Toronto E	93	10
Enina Edosomwan	CWRU A	CWRU D	93	10
Alexandra Knight	Liberty B	Liberty C	93	10
Moses Dong	Georgia Tech F	Mississippi State A	93	10
Jacob Coyne	Durham C	Durham B	93	10
Saleena Livera	Imperial B	Southampton	93	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	20%	66.80
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	13%	72.38
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	37.75
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	47.43
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	0%	57.50
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	63.22
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	52.50
Great Lakes	US	11	100%	9%	52.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	22%	49.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	49.67
Midwest	US	9	100%	0%	49.78
North	US	4	100%	0%	58.00
Pacific	US	8	100%	0%	56.63
Southeast	US	12	100%	8%	60.33
Upstate NY	US	1	100%	0%	46.00