gold - 2025 ACF Fall

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According to the Sunan Abi Dawud, Muslim men cannot wear silk or this (10[1])material. (10[14])Melchior (10[2])gave (10[1])this material (10[1])to an infant to portray the child’s (10[1])future (-5[1])kingship. (10[7]-5[1])It doesn’t (10[2])contain (10[2])copper, (10[1])but (10[1])during (-5[1])rituals, (10[2])yopo seeds were inhaled (10[1])from plates of this material by the Muisca. (10[4]-5[2])Some objects (10[1])of this material (10[1])in Reformed (10[2])Egyptian were (10[1])deciphered (10[1])with the (10[1])help (10[1])of (10[1])Angel (10[1])Moroni. (10[7])Joseph (10[2])Smith (10[13]-5[1])translated (10[4])the (10[1])Book of (10[3]-5[1])Mormon (10[6])from (10[2])that (-5[1])set of plates (10[3])of this material. (10[5])Due to idolatry, God killed the Israelites for worshipping (10[1])an animal made from this metal. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])Muisca religious ceremonies may have inspired El Dorado, (10[1])a city of what precious metal? ■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: gold [accept golden; accept dahab; or asjad; or tibr; or ibrīz; prompt on tumbaga]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Jacob Coyne	Durham C	Durham B	12	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	Claremont A	13	10
Jonathan Koehler	UCLA C	UCLA B	13	10
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto D	Toronto H	13	10
Miles Phillips	Florida Tech B	Florida A	13	10
Eric Cameron	Michigan State C	Michigan C	13	10
Isabelle Mitchem	WVU A	Louisville A	13	10
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech A	UNC B	13	10
Suhaan Pastakia	Maryland C	Johns Hopkins	13	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Georgia Tech A	13	10
Alina Moore	Tennessee A	Vanderbilt A	13	10
Atticus Teter	Durham A	Durham D	13	10
Vishrut Pisupati	Imperial B	Southampton	13	10
Fahim Afzal	Cambridge A	Imperial D	13	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Birmingham	13	10
Pratham Bhanushali	WVU B	Ohio State D	14	10
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	Arizona State B	14	10
Emily Justak	Indiana B	Purdue A	15	10
Yousuf Huq	McMaster A	Toronto C	17	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Mighty Miner	24	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	Cornell D	25	-5
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	Claremont B	26	10
Aris Anton	Waterloo C	Toronto E	26	-5
Mikkie Smylie	Brock A	Toronto F	26	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	ERAU Daytona A	26	10
Alex Emmert	Maryland B	Vassar B	26	10
Sparrow Brotman	NYU B	Princeton	26	10
Anneke Stracks	Macalester	Michigan Tech	26	10
Fionn O’Connor	South Carolina A	Alabama A	26	10
Hafsa Shaikh	Toronto I	Toronto G	28	10
Harper Royal	Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech B	28	10
Francis Dinh	Illinois Canada	Purdue D	29	10
Benjamin Turner	York	Sheffield A	29	10
Avery Becker	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford A	30	10
Ian Saylor	Wisconsin A	Wisconsin B	31	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	Queen's A	32	-5
Yutong Han	Michigan State D	Michigan B	33	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	Washington Chinook	33	10
Ahmed Azhari	Cambridge E	Cambridge C	37	10
Rohan Soni	UCLA F	UCSD B	45	-5
Alex Randall	Kentucky	Ohio State C	45	10
Lauryn Hendrix	Louisville C	Ohio State B	45	10
Kevin Cronk	Virginia Tech C	NCSU A	45	10
Veer Vanmali	Mississippi State A	Georgia Tech F	45	-5
Youyou Yu	Imperial A	Imperial C	45	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Emory A	47	10
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	Virginia A	50	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Ottawa C	52	10
Nicholas Nguyen	Florida B	Florida Tech A	52	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	Minnesota	54	10
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	Liberty A	55	10
Joshua Garner	Ohio State A	Michigan D	57	10
Andrew Harms	Michigan State A	Louisville D	58	10
Angelo Pan	CWRU A	CWRU D	59	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	Ottawa A	60	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	Lehigh B	61	10
David Black	Illinois Champaign	Rose-Hulman A	61	10
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	Iowa A	61	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Boise State	61	10
John Maupin	Chipola College	Tennessee Tech	61	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Edinburgh A	61	10
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	Cambridge B	61	10
David Ropp	Duke A	William & Mary C	62	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	William Woods University A	62	10
Janghyun Lee	Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford B	63	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCLA E	63	10
Vivienne Ruemler	USC B	UCLA D	63	10
Nicolaus Derikx	Carleton A	Ottawa B	63	10
Pallas Allen	South Florida A	UCF A	63	10
Wyatt Johnson	CWRU B	Pittsburgh	63	10
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	JMU A	63	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	NCSU B	63	10
Alex Mayernick	Lehigh A	George Mason A	63	10
Rose Phipps	George Mason B	Stony Brook	63	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Illinois Blue	63	10
Suyog Vibhuti	Washington Steelhead	British Columbia B	63	10
Jonathan Ho	Alberta B	Washington Sockeye	63	10
John Shelley	Clemson B	Sewanne	63	-5
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Waterloo A	64	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	Tusculum A	64	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Wisconsin C	64	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	British Columbia A	64	10
James Zhao	Vanderbilt C	Auburn C	65	10
Brody Johnson	Louisville B	Michigan State B	67	10
Jaden Rupolo	Liberty B	Liberty C	67	10
Yoyo Liu	British Columbia C	Washington Pink	67	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Vanderbilt B	67	-5
Huy Lai	UCSC	Berkeley Skeleton King	68	10
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	Carleton B	68	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Chicago A	68	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Tennessee B	68	10
Kathryn Knispel	Edinburgh D	Edinburgh B	68	10
Jolie Yeh	Warwick	Bristol	68	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Rowan	69	10
Aeron Wheel	Cardiff	LSE	69	10
Jaden Bandy	Rutgers B	NYU C	70	-5
Serena Salfiti	USC A	Claremont C	73	10
Kevin He	Toronto A	Guelph A	73	10
Cranmer McGinn	McMaster C	Waterloo B	73	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	Rutgers C	76	10
Tishe Sonuga	Chicago B	Purdue C	76	10
Anurag Shah	Indiana A	Iowa B	76	10
Ritwik Sharma	Arizona State A	Washington Chum	76	10
Nikki Chaco	Georgia Tech D	Clemson C	76	10
Isabel Dent	Sewanne	Clemson B	85	10
Shivam Saxena	Georgia Tech F	Mississippi State A	91	10
Richy Sun	Vanderbilt B	Montevallo	94	10
Brendan Bridle	Queen's A	Toronto B	102	10
Brandon Dillard	UCSD B	UCLA F	109	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Waterloo C	109	10
Renita Tang	NYU C	Rutgers B	109	10
Irene Wu	Cornell D	RIT A	109	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	36.60
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	0%	39.88
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	46.25
Southern California	US	7	100%	14%	51.43
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	0%	60.75
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	22%	56.11
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	38.50
Great Lakes	US	11	100%	0%	42.45
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	53.56
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	56.22
Midwest	US	9	100%	0%	56.78
North	US	4	100%	0%	43.75
Pacific	US	8	100%	0%	55.13
Southeast	US	12	100%	25%	55.58
Upstate NY	US	1	100%	100%	109.00