Greek gods - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

In a play, one of these figures convinces a king to crossdress after that king had chained him in the royal stables. During a trial, one of these figures argues (-5[1])that the mother is the nurse (-5[1])of the seed (-5[1])instead of a true (10[1])parent, (10[1])before another (10[2])of (-5[1])these figures casts (10[1]-5[1])a tie-breaking vote. (10[4]-5[3])One of these figures incites his followers (10[1]-5[2])to kill his cousin Pentheus in Euripides’ The Bacchae. (10[2]-5[2])A crane that lifted (10[2])these figures (10[1])above the (10[1])stage partially (10[1]-5[1])names (10[1])a plot device (10[5])where a (10[1])seemingly (10[13])insurmountable (10[7]-5[3])problem (10[5]-5[1])is abruptly (10[4])resolved. (10[8]-5[2])Greek (10[3])theater emerged (10[2])from (10[3])dithyrambs (10[2])(“DITH-uh-rams”) sung to honor one of these figures. (10[8])For 10 points, (-5[1])name these figures who are “ex machina” (10[2])or (10[1]-5[1])“from (10[2])the (10[1])machine” (10[5])and include (10[1])Dionysus. ■END■ (10[12]0[2])

ANSWER: Greek gods [or goddess or theos or deus or theoi or dei; accept Olympians; accept deus ex machina or god from the machine; prompt on Apollo or Athena or Dionysus until read by asking “What broader group is that figure part of?”] (The second line refers to The Eumenides by Aeschylus.)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Fia Gale	Edinburgh D	Edinburgh B	29	-5
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech C	NCSU A	35	-5
David Ropp	Duke A	William & Mary C	38	-5
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	Kentucky	42	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	USC B	43	10
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Washington Chum	45	10
Charlie Nicholls	Cambridge C	Cambridge E	45	10
Bharath Ram	Georgia Tech A	Clemson A	46	-5
Alex Mayernick	Lehigh A	George Mason A	49	10
Arlene Lopez	Stony Brook	George Mason B	49	-5
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UCSD A	52	-5
Brennan Davis	Louisville B	Michigan State B	52	10
Bennet Radey	Michigan C	Michigan State C	52	10
Meredith Wiper	CWRU B	Pittsburgh	52	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	Washington Chinook	52	-5
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Georgia Tech C	52	-5
Eoghan Herriot	Durham D	Durham A	52	10
Blake Kim-Wansbrough	Toronto A	Guelph A	59	10
Peyton Legg	UCF A	South Florida A	59	-5
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Wisconsin B	59	-5
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Berkeley Skeleton King	68	10
Saju Ramraj	Toronto I	Toronto G	68	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	NCSU B	68	-5
Britton Webster	Alabama A	South Carolina A	68	-5
Kaiden Webb	Chicago A	Illinois Urbana	72	10
Jacob Coyne	Durham C	Durham B	72	10
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	Michigan State A	74	10
Ben Simmons	Macalester	Michigan Tech	76	10
Drew Wetterlind	Iowa State	Minnesota	78	-5
Scott Hyde	Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech E	78	10
Andrew McKenzie	Ohio State B	Louisville C	79	10
Ethan Ririe	UCSD B	UCLA F	82	10
Tristan Scarlett	Ottawa D	Ottawa A	82	10
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	Liberty A	82	10
Justine Hopkins	Liberty C	Liberty B	82	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Illinois Champaign	82	10
Edward Zhang	Vanderbilt C	Auburn C	84	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	Claremont B	85	10
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	UCLA A	85	10
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	Toronto H	85	10
Anna Liao	Michigan B	Michigan State D	85	10
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	JMU A	85	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	Johns Hopkins	85	10
Misty Chen	Purdue C	Chicago B	85	10
Eugene Kim	Purdue D	Illinois Canada	85	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Illinois Blue	85	10
Sophia Madrazo	Purdue B	William Woods University A	85	10
Vivian Lu	Wisconsin C	St. Thomas	85	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Birmingham	85	10
Danny Cutbill	RIT A	Cornell D	85	10
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	Carleton B	86	10
Susanna Liao	Waterloo A	McMaster B	86	10
Xavier Bornhorst	Maryland A	Rutgers C	86	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Rowan	86	10
Jack Piros	Illinois Orange	Iowa A	86	10
Sonya Bates	Washington Atlantic	Arizona State B	86	10
Liam Markland	Alberta A	British Columbia A	86	10
Jonathan Ho	Alberta B	Washington Sockeye	86	-5
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Tennessee B	86	-5
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	Cambridge B	86	-5
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Mighty Miner	87	-5
Nina Chen	Waterloo B	McMaster C	87	10
Matthew Stall	CWRU D	CWRU A	87	10
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	Virginia A	87	10
Nathan Zhao	Maryland B	Vassar B	87	10
David Latimer	Imperial A	Imperial C	87	10
Hermione Lu	Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford B	89	10
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	UCLA C	89	10
Deepanshi Matai	Toronto C	McMaster A	89	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington State	89	10
Miriam Lee	Queen's A	Toronto B	90	-5
Platon Gorokhov	Toronto E	Waterloo C	90	10
Joshua Garner	Ohio State A	Michigan D	90	10
Ryan Liu	Ohio State D	WVU B	90	10
Joshua Iyo	UNC B	Virginia Tech A	90	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	Lehigh B	90	-5
Carson Kessler	Washington Pink	British Columbia C	90	10
Aiden Shields	Clemson A	Georgia Tech A	90	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Vanderbilt B	90	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Tennessee A	90	10
Nghia Khau	VCU A	Tusculum A	91	10
Sparrow Brotman	NYU B	Princeton	91	10
Logan Patil	Georgia Tech F	Mississippi State A	91	10
Matthew Westley	Purdue A	Indiana B	93	10
Antara Bhattacharya	Cambridge A	Imperial D	93	10
Charlie Rickards	Ottawa C	McGill B	94	10
Ryan Gomes	Florida Tech A	Florida B	94	10
Aidan Drain	NYU C	Rutgers B	94	10
Chase Moss	WVU A	Louisville A	95	10
John Maupin	Chipola College	Tennessee Tech	95	10
Chris Chang	USC A	Claremont C	102	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCLA E	102	10
Chen Nagahawatte	Ottawa B	Carleton A	102	10
Connor Kahn	NCSU A	Virginia Tech C	102	10
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	Iowa State	102	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	British Columbia B	102	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Sheffield B	102	10
Tevin Francis	Southampton	Imperial B	102	10
Rick Line	Cardiff	LSE	105	-5
Bryce Myers	Stanford A	Berkeley Archer Queen	112	10
Benjamin Turner	York	Sheffield A	112	10
Ellie Wang	Brock A	Toronto F	113	10
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	Florida State A	113	-5
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Sewanne	114	10
Aditi Nebhwani	Bristol	Warwick	114	10
Margaret Withers	George Mason B	Stony Brook	115	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Boss Bandit	116	10
Kevin Nolan	NCSU B	UNC A	116	10
Caedmon Holland	Lehigh B	Rutgers A	116	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	Iowa B	116	10
Will Demos	Wisconsin B	Wisconsin A	116	10
Oliver West	Cambridge B	Cambridge D	118	10
Chris Wang	Toronto B	Queen's A	120	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida Tech B	120	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	ERAU Daytona A	120	10
Pallas Allen	South Florida A	UCF A	120	10
Charles Miller	William & Mary C	Duke A	120	10
Kushagra Bahuguna	Washington Chinook	Texas	120	10
Simarya Ahuja	Washington Sockeye	Alberta B	120	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Alabama A	120	10
Jason Cottle	Clemson C	Georgia Tech D	120	0
Daniel Huang	Georgia Tech D	Clemson C	120	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Georgia A	120	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Emory A	120	10
Leona Barker	Edinburgh B	Edinburgh D	120	0
Shlok Dev	LSE	Cardiff	120	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	80%	20%	84.50
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	25%	95.50
Northern California	US	4	100%	25%	96.25
Southern California	US	7	100%	14%	84.00
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	0%	91.00
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	88.56
Florida	US	4	100%	50%	113.50
Great Lakes	US	11	100%	0%	72.55
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	33%	95.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	22%	89.89
Midwest	US	9	100%	0%	87.67
North	US	4	100%	50%	94.75
Pacific	US	8	100%	25%	92.25
Southeast	US	12	100%	33%	101.00
Upstate NY	US	1	100%	0%	85.00