Hokusai - 2025 ACF Fall

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A work by this artist depicts a maid whose neck is made of plates rising like a snake out of a well. This artist depicted people grabbing at loose papers while on a winding path (10[1])through (10[1])a field. (10[1])To recreate the image of maple leaves in a river, (10[3])this artist dipped a (10[1])chicken’s (10[1])feet (10[1])in ink (10[3])and (10[2])ran it (10[3])across (10[1])a canvas. (10[4]-5[1])A landmark that this artist (10[1])once depicted (10[1])through a craftsman’s (10[1])barrel is rendered in bright orange (10[1])in Fine Wind, Clear Morning. (10[14])This (10[1])artist (10[1])used (10[1])Prussian Blue (10[1])for a ukiyo-e (10[3]-5[1])(“oo-kee-yo-EH”) artwork (10[2])that depicts a cresting (10[3])phenomenon (10[2])over (10[1])two (10[2])boats (10[4]-5[1])of fishermen. (10[5])For 10 points, (10[2]-5[1])name this (-5[1])artist (10[1])whose (10[1])woodblock (10[1]-5[1])print series (10[2]-5[2])Thirty-six (10[1])Views of Mount Fuji (10[2])includes (10[2])The Great Wave (10[1])Off (10[1])Kanagawa. (-5[1])■END■ (10[2]0[13])

ANSWER: Hokusai [or Katsushika Hokusai]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	Penn	34	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Emory A	35	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Dartmouth C	37	10
David Ropp	Duke A	Liberty A	47	10
David Black	Illinois Champaign	Indiana A	47	10
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	Boise State	47	10
Vivian Fan	Claremont A	UCLA C	51	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	Maryland A	52	10
Snehan Saroch	Louisville A	Michigan B	53	10
Matthew Lam	Ohio State A	Michigan State A	55	10
Jonathan Sung	Virginia A	Liberty B	55	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Michigan Tech	55	10
Carter Yott	McMaster A	Toronto E	56	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Tennessee B	56	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	Michigan C	58	10
Matthew Bucek	George Mason A	Johns Hopkins	58	10
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Iowa A	58	10
Kevin Yang	Illinois Blue	Iowa B	59	10
Mia Liu	Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Mighty Miner	61	-5
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Boston University A	61	10
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Washington Pink	61	10
Jeremy Scurlock	Chipola College	Clemson B	61	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech C	61	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Auburn C	66	10
Pace Klein	CWRU B	Michigan A	68	10
Ezra Zareba	UNC B	William & Mary C	71	10
Samuel Li	William & Mary A	JMU B	77	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCLA B	82	10
Anthony Gagliano	McGill A	Ottawa A	82	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	Toronto H	82	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Toronto I	82	10
Chris Wang	Toronto B	Waterloo A	82	10
Gary Wang	Michigan D	Ohio State D	82	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	UNC C	82	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	JMU A	82	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	William Woods University A	82	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Arizona State B	82	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Washington Coho	82	10
Coy Mier	Auburn B	Vanderbilt B	82	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	South Carolina A	82	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Georgia Tech F	82	10
Devito Stevanus	McGill B	Ottawa B	83	10
Eric Yang	Purdue A	Illinois Orange	84	10
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	Southern Connecticut State University A	85	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Boss Bandit	87	10
Charlotte Bauer	McGill C	Ottawa C	90	-5
Joseph Strom	Louisville B	Ohio State C	90	10
Brayden Whitlow	George Mason C	Rutgers C	90	10
Drew Wetterlind	Iowa State	Macalester	90	10
Zaire Gibbons	Toronto D	Waterloo B	91	10
Bonham Buchannon	Louisville D	WVU B	91	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Amherst B	95	10
Ayaan Jajodia	Dartmouth B	Williams C	95	10
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	British Columbia B	95	10
Nicholas Nguyen	Florida B	Florida State A	96	10
John Gamble	NCSU A	UNC D	96	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	Purdue D	97	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Chicago B	98	10
Kayla Drajpuch	Brandeis Bach	Tufts C	98	10
Tristan Scarlett	Ottawa D	Carleton B	99	10
Andrew Lin	Toronto G	Queen's A	99	10
Margaret Withers	George Mason B	Princeton	99	-5
Vivian Lu	Wisconsin C	Wisconsin B	99	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Sewanne	99	10
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Stanford A	101	10
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	101	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Indiana B	101	10
Sidarth Erat	MIT A	Boston University B	101	10
Connor Yu	Cornell C	RIT B	101	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Washington Masu	104	10
Peter Smith	Binghamton A	ESF	104	-5
Aidan Keenan	Rochester	Cornell A	104	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Minnesota	106	-5
Vivienne Ruemler	USC B	UCSD B	107	10
Duncan Occhiogrosso	UConn A	Brandeis Beethoven	108	10
Henry Nonnemaker	CWRU C	Pittsburgh	109	-5
Jaden Bandy	Rutgers B	Lehigh B	109	10
Ethen Sun	Toronto C	Brock A	111	10
Jack Meyers	Brown B	Dartmouth A	111	-5
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	Washington Chinook	111	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	Cornell B	111	-5
Elena Thai	Waterloo C	Toronto F	112	10
Tobias Zajac	Michigan State C	Louisville C	116	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Alberta B	116	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	USC A	117	10
Mackenzie Tott	Columbia A	Rutgers D	117	10
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	UCLA F	120	10
Blake Johnson	Boston College A	Harvard	121	10
Aaron Henry	Maryland C	Columbia B	122	-5
Sam Montgomery	Ottawa C	McGill C	123	0
Adithya Parat	McMaster C	Toronto A	123	0
Leighton Karpinia	Florida Tech A	South Florida A	123	10
Orin Overmiller	Florida Tech B	UCF A	123	0
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	CWRU C	123	0
AnnaLee Simpson	Tusculum A	NCSU B	123	0
Neal Tandon	Columbia B	Maryland C	123	0
Henry Ding	Princeton	George Mason B	123	0
Francis Dinh	Illinois Canada	Rose-Hulman A	123	0
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	Wisconsin A	123	0
Ethan Erickson	Boston College B	Amherst A	123	10
Jason Cottle	Clemson C	Georgia A	123	0
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Vanderbilt C	123	0
Hannah Bickom	ESF	Binghamton A	123	0
Eli O'Sick Johnson	Binghamton C	Binghamton B	123	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
Northern California	US	4	75%	25%	96.33
Southern California	US	5	100%	0%	95.40
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	75%	25%	88.00
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	89%	0%	89.38
Florida	US	3	67%	0%	109.50
Great Lakes	US	9	89%	11%	76.63
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	8	88%	0%	72.86
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	8	75%	25%	76.67
Midwest	US	9	89%	0%	78.25
North	US	4	75%	25%	81.33
Northeast	US	11	91%	9%	92.40
Pacific	US	8	100%	0%	87.25
Southeast	US	11	82%	0%	69.33
Upstate NY	US	5	40%	40%	102.50