Ishmael - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

As a child, this character was visited by a “silent form” after being sent to bed early for trying to climb the chimney. (-5[1])A “prophet” (10[1])named Elijah warns this character about an (10[1])“ungodly, god-like man.” (10[1])This character describes the “bridegroom clasp” of a man he later describes as “George Washington cannibalistically developed.” After rooming with that man at a hotel owned (10[1])by Peter (10[1])Coffin called the Spouter (10[1])Inn, (10[4])this (10[1])character (10[1])is roused (-5[1])by Father Mapple’s (10[1])sermon about Jonah. (-5[2])This character is the only survivor of the Pequod’s (10[2])destruction (10[2])by a (10[1])whale. (10[3]-5[2])For 10 points, (10[1])what character’s (10[1])name (10[1]-5[1])follows (10[2])the words (10[1])“call me” (10[3])in the first (10[1])line of (10[2])Herman Melville’s Moby Dick? ■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: Ishmael [accept “Call me Ishmael”]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Claire Harvey	Vassar B	Rutgers C	22	-5
Danny Cutbill	RIT A	Cornell D	24	10
Maisie Quinn	Brown B	Williams B	31	10
Rick Line	Cardiff	Cambridge B	34	10
Owen Gibbs	Boston College B	Boston University B	60	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Washington Steelhead	62	10
Michael Ai	Williams A	Brown A	66	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	George Mason B	67	10
Micah Lauzon	Dartmouth B	Boston College A	67	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Arizona State A	67	10
Devin Tharp	Chipola College	Vanderbilt A	67	10
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue A	68	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Dartmouth A	69	10
Rohit Chintala	Maryland B	Maryland A	71	-5
Alex Mayernick	Lehigh A	Princeton	74	10
Matthew Bucek	George Mason A	NYU A	77	-5
John Shelly	Rowan	George Mason C	77	-5
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	Brandeis Bach	86	10
James Haddix	Washington State	British Columbia A	86	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	Maryland C	87	10
William Berger	Dartmouth C	Harvard	87	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Toronto B	89	10
Jack Granahan	Brandeis Mozart	MIT A	90	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Tufts A	90	10
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Southern Connecticut State University A	90	-5
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	UConn A	90	10
Henry Rutherford-Braun	British Columbia B	British Columbia C	90	-5
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Vassar A	93	10
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	Columbia A	95	10
Kevin Liu	Texas	Washington Chum	96	10
Anya Srinivasan	Washington Atlantic	Alberta B	96	-5
Jaden Bandy	Rutgers B	NYU B	97	10
Grace Lovitt	Washington Masu	Washington Coho	97	10
Cooper Morris	Columbia B	NYU C	99	10
Henry Bauer	NYU A	George Mason A	101	10
Arlene Lopez	Stony Brook	Penn	101	10
Stephen Donoghue	Sheffield B	Edinburgh A	101	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	Maryland B	104	10
Kyle Hart	MIT B	Williams C	106	10
Alex Hestermann	Washington Sockeye	Arizona State B	106	10
Abbi Tesreau	George Mason C	Rowan	111	10
Sophia Peng	Rutgers C	Vassar B	111	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Tufts C	111	10
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	British Columbia B	111	10
Luke Simon	Alberta B	Washington Atlantic	111	10
Isabella DePrimo	Washington Chinook	Boise State	111	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	1	100%	0%	101.00
UK (South)	UK	1	100%	0%	34.00
Eastern Canada (2)	US	1	100%	0%	89.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	33%	95.00
Midwest	US	1	100%	0%	68.00
Northeast	US	12	100%	8%	79.42
Pacific	US	9	100%	22%	94.11
Southeast	US	1	100%	0%	67.00
Upstate NY	US	1	100%	0%	24.00