Gian Lorenzo Bernini - 2025 ACF Fall

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This sculptor created a mattress for a Roman sculpture discovered at the Santa Maria della Vittoria. An unfinished sculpture by this artist (10[1])depicts a woman (10[1])holding the Sun (10[1])while standing on (10[1])the (10[1])Earth. (10[4])Sculptures (10[1])of the (10[1])Cornaro family (10[2])occupy a balcony (10[3])and watch (10[1])over this artist’s (10[1])depiction of a “dart of love.” This artist’s several works (10[1])for the Borghese Gallery (10[3])include (10[2])one of Pluto carrying away (-5[1])Prosperina (10[3])and another (10[1])of Daphne (10[4])turning (10[2])into (10[2])a tree. (10[9]-5[1])This sculptor of Truth Unveiled by (10[1])Time (10[1]-5[1])depicted (-5[1])golden rays falling (10[1])on (10[1])an (10[1])angel (10[1])as he (-5[1])prepares (10[1]-5[1])to thrust (10[1])his (10[1])spear into (10[2])a (-5[1])nun. For 10 points, name this Italian (10[2])Baroque sculptor (10[1]-5[1])of The Ecstasy (10[2])of (-5[1])Saint (10[1])Teresa. (10[2])■END■ (10[18]0[43])

ANSWER: Gian Lorenzo Bernini

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Snehan Saroch	Louisville A	CWRU A	21	10
Michael Ai	Williams A	Dartmouth A	24	10
Yuxuan Lu	Vanderbilt A	Clemson A	27	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Iowa A	30	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Chicago A	31	10
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	Michigan D	32	10
David Ropp	Duke A	William & Mary C	32	10
Jonathan Sung	Virginia A	UNC A	32	10
Samuel Li	William & Mary A	Virginia Tech B	32	10
James Meek	George Mason A	Rutgers A	33	10
Eric Yang	Purdue A	Illinois Blue	35	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	WashU Grizzlers	37	10
Jeremy Scurlock	Chipola College	Georgia Tech A	37	10
Nico Pascual	Michigan State B	Michigan C	40	10
Jaden Bandy	Rutgers B	Princeton	40	10
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	Williams B	40	10
Elise Economou	Pittsburgh	Louisville D	42	10
Sarah Dong	Michigan A	Michigan State A	45	10
Yulia Wolczuk	Durham B	Edinburgh D	55	10
Anthony Gagliano	McGill A	Ottawa A	59	10
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	Illinois Champaign	59	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt C	59	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Tennessee A	60	10
Adil Soubki	Cambridge B	Southampton	60	10
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	65	-5
Nick Machin	UCLA A	Claremont C	66	10
Lauryn Hendrix	Louisville C	WVU B	66	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Auburn B	66	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Binghamton A	68	10
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	UCSD B	70	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	Maryland C	70	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Boston University A	70	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Arizona State A	70	10
Chris Wang	Toronto B	Toronto A	71	10
Peter Zeng	Ohio State A	Ohio State B	71	10
Renita Tang	NYU C	Rowan	72	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Georgia Tech C	72	10
Monica Wang	Guelph A	Waterloo C	74	-5
Andrew Lin	Toronto G	Toronto E	74	10
Meredith Wiper	CWRU B	Michigan B	74	10
Johanna Bryant	Liberty A	JMU A	74	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	Maryland B	74	10
Sophia Peng	Rutgers C	Columbia B	74	10
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	Chicago B	74	10
Lucas Guan	Brown A	Tufts A	74	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Chum	74	10
Ruby Xia	Arizona State B	Washington State	74	10
Isabella DePrimo	Washington Chinook	Washington Masu	80	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	Purdue C	81	10
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	British Columbia A	81	-5
Siheon Lee	Imperial C	Oxford	82	-5
Devito Stevanus	McGill B	Ottawa D	85	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	Cornell D	86	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Emory A	87	10
Joseph Strom	Louisville B	CWRU D	88	10
Minh Nguyen	Cornell B	Rochester	90	-5
Zaire Gibbons	Toronto D	Toronto C	91	10
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Boston University B	91	-5
Ishan Pachauri	UCLA C	Claremont B	93	10
Manobhiram Vegendla	Ohio State D	WVU A	94	10
Vivienne Ruemler	USC B	UC Irvine	96	10
Mackenzie Tott	Columbia A	NYU B	96	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	UNC C	97	-5
Ezra Zareba	UNC B	UNC D	104	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Georgia Tech B	104	10
Saju Ramraj	Toronto I	Toronto F	106	10
Atom Lucenet	Imperial D	Bristol	106	-5
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Waterloo A	109	10
Nishad Joshi	Kentucky	CWRU C	109	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCLA D	110	-5
Pen Hughes	Edinburgh C	Sheffield A	111	10
Anjali Rao	Ottawa B	McGill C	112	10
Braydon Morefield	George Mason B	Penn	112	10
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	UC Santa Barbara	113	0
Rohan Soni	UCLA F	UCLA E	113	0
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UCLA F	113	0
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	Ottawa C	113	10
Gerrit Severeid	McGill E	Carleton B	113	0
Stefan Mihai	Carleton B	McGill E	113	0
Elena Thai	Waterloo C	Guelph A	113	10
Brendan Bridle	Queen's A	Toronto H	113	0
Sicheng Jiang	Toronto H	Queen's A	113	0
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Waterloo B	113	10
Sam Zavadil	Michigan State D	Michigan State C	113	0
Tobias Zajac	Michigan State C	Michigan State D	113	0
William Cowperthwait	NCSU B	JMU B	113	0
Levan Tsiskarisvili	JMU B	NCSU B	113	0
Jaden Rupolo	Liberty B	Tusculum A	113	0
Zachary Bornstein	Virginia Tech A	NCSU A	113	10
Arlene Lopez	Stony Brook	Johns Hopkins	113	10
Alex Mayernick	Lehigh A	Lehigh B	113	0
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Vassar A	113	0
Ben Schindelman	Vassar A	Rutgers D	113	0
Abbi Tesreau	George Mason C	Vassar B	113	10
Ba Loc Dinh	Illinois Urbana	William Woods University A	113	10
Emily Justak	Indiana B	Purdue D	113	10
Merrick Hill	Iowa State	Wisconsin A	113	0
Will Huang	Wisconsin A	Iowa State	113	0
Luc Vulliez	Amherst A	Vermont B	113	0
Owen Gibbs	Boston College B	Amherst B	113	0
Jack Meyers	Brown B	Boston College A	113	10
Ohm Patel	Boston University B	Tufts C	113	0
Jonathan Schnipper	Brandeis Mozart	Dartmouth B	113	10
Emmy Zhou	Brandeis Beethoven	Dartmouth C	113	10
Andrew Park	Harvard	MIT B	113	0
Kayla Drajpuch	Brandeis Bach	UConn A	113	10
Helen Neves	Boise State	Washington Atlantic	113	0
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	Boise State	113	0
Charles Xin	British Columbia A	British Columbia C	113	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Texas	113	0
Vishnu Sharma	Texas	Washington Pink	113	0
Alice Ton Nu	Washington Coho	Alberta B	113	0
Richy Sun	Vanderbilt B	Auburn C	113	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Georgia Tech D	113	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Montevallo	113	0
Ethan Miniard	Montevallo	Sewanne	113	0
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Durham A	113	10
Leo Neve	Durham D	York	113	10
Leo Godbee	Bristol	Imperial D	113	0
Kamil Boehm	Cambridge A	Cardiff	113	10
Vishrut Pisupati	Imperial B	Cambridge D	113	0
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	Imperial B	113	0
David Latimer	Imperial A	Birmingham	113	0
Dan Millington	Birmingham	Imperial A	113	0
Naayaz Hashim	Oxford	Imperial C	113	0
Abhinav Dinesh	LSE	Cambridge C	113	0
Honor Mountford	Cambridge C	LSE	113	0
Jolie Yeh	Warwick	Cambridge E	113	0
Nicholas Hall	Cambridge E	Warwick	113	0
Ariyan Miah	Binghamton B	ESF	113	0
Megan Englehart	ESF	Binghamton B	113	0
Eli O'Sick Johnson	Binghamton C	Cornell C	113	0
Connor Yu	Cornell C	Binghamton C	113	0
Aidan Keenan	Rochester	Cornell B	113	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	4	100%	0%	98.00
UK (South)	UK	8	25%	25%	86.50
Northern California	US	1	0%	100%
Southern California	US	7	57%	14%	81.25
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	80%	0%	92.25
Eastern Canada (2)	US	8	88%	13%	96.71
Great Lakes	US	12	92%	0%	62.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	67%	11%	64.50
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	83%	0%	79.70
Midwest	US	9	100%	0%	63.67
North	US	1	0%	0%
Northeast	US	12	67%	8%	82.50
Pacific	US	8	63%	13%	82.20
Southeast	US	11	91%	0%	73.80
Upstate NY	US	5	40%	20%	77.00