Haitian Revolution - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

A 1938 book on this event separates one society into “small whites” and “big whites” (10[3])whose class (10[3])divide (10[2])left them “sleeping (10[3])at the edge of Vesuvius.” (10[2])A leader of this event inspired by (10[2])Abbe Reynal (10[3])(“ah-BAY ray-NALL”) was imprisoned at the Fort de Jeux (10[5]-5[2])(“zhuh”). This event was fomented by the affranchis (10[1]-5[1])and fought by the militias who later split (10[1])under (10[1])leaders like Alexandre Pétion and Henri Christophe (10[5])(“on-REE krees-TOFF”). C. L. (10[1])R. (10[1])James’s book (10[1])The Black (10[2])Jacobins (10[9])chronicles (10[1]-5[1])this (10[1])event, (10[12])during (10[2])which (-5[2])Charles Leclerc’s (10[2])(“luh-CLAIR’s”) force (10[5])was decimated by yellow fever (10[3])while fighting generals (10[1])like Jean-Jacques (10[1])Dessalines (10[3])(“day-sah-LEEN”). For 10 points, (10[4])Toussaint (10[1])L’Ouverture (10[8])(“TOO-sahn loo-vair-TOOR”) led (10[1])what (10[1])slave (10[3])revolt (10[4])on a French colony (10[2])in the Caribbean? (10[1])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: Haitian Revolution [or Révolution Haïtienne; accept Haitian War of Independence; accept the Haitian Revolt or Haitian Uprising or Haitian Rebellion; prompt on Toussaint L’Ouverture’s Rebellion until read]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UCSD A	14	10
Orion Brey	Louisville A	Michigan B	14	10
Doug Frederick	Auburn A	Georgia Tech D	14	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	Carleton B	16	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	Maryland A	16	10
John Maupin	Chipola College	Clemson B	16	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	ERAU Daytona A	17	10
Adam Monusko	Michigan A	CWRU B	17	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	Illinois Champaign	20	10
Jaime Wang	Washington Atlantic	Washington Chinook	20	10
Ethan Miniard	Montevallo	Sewanne	20	10
Nicholas Nguyen	Florida B	Florida State A	25	10
Jeremy Katen	George Mason A	Johns Hopkins	25	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	MIT B	32	10
Jackson McDonald	Alabama A	Tennessee B	32	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Little Prince	34	10
Ben Kantsiper	JMU B	William & Mary A	34	10
Will Huang	Wisconsin A	Minnesota	34	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Skeleton King	41	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	Claremont C	41	10
Roo Tapia	Louisville B	Ohio State C	41	10
Ba Loc Dinh	Illinois Urbana	Indiana B	41	-5
Eli Zimmerman	Tufts C	Brandeis Bach	41	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Amherst B	41	-5
Joyann Hua	British Columbia B	British Columbia A	41	10
David Nickel	Purdue A	Illinois Orange	48	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Tufts B	48	-5
Ishan Chahande	Ohio State D	Michigan D	56	10
William Erwin	William & Mary B	Liberty C	57	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Ottawa B	64	10
Suhaan Pastakia	Maryland C	Columbia B	64	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Boston University A	64	10
Matthew Bray	Auburn C	Georgia Tech B	64	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	South Carolina A	64	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Toronto E	66	10
Imtiaz Kidwai	Toronto F	Waterloo C	67	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt A	69	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	UNC C	71	10
Liam Markland	Alberta A	Arizona State B	71	10
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	UCLA C	72	10
Venkat Das	WVU B	Louisville D	72	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	CWRU C	72	10
Liam Rojas	Virginia A	Liberty B	72	10
Abbi Tesreau	George Mason C	Rutgers C	72	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	William Woods University A	72	10
Merrick Hill	Iowa State	Macalester	72	10
Jackson Price	Dartmouth B	Williams C	72	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Alberta B	72	10
Rishi Mathur	Claremont B	UCLA F	73	-5
Derek Li	Cornell A	Rochester	73	10
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto D	Waterloo B	74	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	USC A	75	10
Bailey Lacefield	Toronto G	Queen's A	75	10
Sicheng Jiang	Toronto H	Guelph A	75	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Toronto I	75	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	Waterloo A	75	10
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	Ohio State A	75	10
Mason Lambert	JMU A	VCU A	75	10
Sam Hewitt	WashU Grizzlers	Iowa A	75	10
William Kiker	Dartmouth A	Brown B	75	10
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Washington Pink	75	10
Alice Ton Nu	Washington Coho	Washington Steelhead	75	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Clemson C	75	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Archer Queen	76	10
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	Boise State	76	10
Eli Young	Vassar A	Vassar B	77	-5
Johnny Myers	Williams B	Dartmouth C	77	-5
John Gamble	NCSU A	UNC D	79	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	Penn	79	10
Blake Kim-Wansbrough	Toronto A	McMaster C	80	10
Andrew McKenzie	Ohio State B	Michigan C	80	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Illinois Canada	80	10
Sidarth Erat	MIT A	Boston University B	80	10
Moses Dong	Georgia Tech F	Tennessee Tech	80	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	McGill A	85	10
TJ Pickering	Auburn B	Vanderbilt B	85	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Vanderbilt C	85	10
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	ESF	88	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	UC Irvine	90	10
Nathan Redford	Liberty A	Duke A	91	10
Charles Miller	William & Mary C	UNC B	91	10
Rafael Gómez	Amherst B	Vermont B	91	10
Sriram Koritala	Illinois Blue	Iowa B	94	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Wisconsin B	94	10
Owen Gibbs	Boston College B	Amherst A	94	10
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	RIT B	94	10
Nathan Woolery	Louisville C	Michigan State C	95	10
Ethen Sun	Toronto C	Brock A	96	10
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	Rutgers B	96	10
Johnathan Ahdout	Princeton	George Mason B	96	10
James Windle	Purdue D	Purdue B	96	10
Luke Sauer	Michigan Tech	St. Thomas	96	10
John Halsun	UConn A	Brandeis Beethoven	96	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Mississippi State A	96	10
Ariyan Miah	Binghamton B	Binghamton C	96	10
Alexander Rutten	Columbia A	Rutgers D	97	10
Kaiden Webb	Chicago A	Chicago B	98	10
Ethan Ririe	UCSD B	USC B	99	10
Wren Horne-Sarkees	Harvard	Boston College A	99	10
Kaushik Jayaprabha	Dartmouth C	Williams B	99	10
Addison Wiggins	South Florida A	Florida Tech A	100	10
Peyton Legg	UCF A	Florida Tech B	100	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Washington Masu	100	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	Cornell B	100	10
Surya Donath	Stanford A	UCSC	104	10
Sophia Schlag	Ottawa C	McGill C	104	10
Chase Moss	WVU A	Michigan State D	107	10
Michael Zheng	UCLA F	Claremont B	108	10
Lindi Blaylock	Tusculum A	NCSU B	108	10
Andrew Sklar	Vassar B	Vassar A	108	10
Emily Justak	Indiana B	Illinois Urbana	108	10
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	Southern Connecticut State University A	108	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	63.75
Southern California	US	7	100%	14%	71.29
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	0%	67.25
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	0%	75.89
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	60.50
Great Lakes	US	10	100%	0%	62.90
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	75.33
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	72.56
Midwest	US	9	100%	11%	76.78
North	US	4	100%	0%	74.00
Northeast	US	12	100%	25%	79.25
Pacific	US	8	100%	0%	66.25
Southeast	US	12	100%	0%	58.33
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	0%	90.20