Italian - 2025 ACF Fall

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A work in this language opens by describing “the book of my memory,” which contains the heading “here begins the new life.” Another author who wrote (10[1])in this language described how “your lovely eyes had bound (-5[1])me” (-5[1])on a “day when the sun’s ray was darkened.” (10[5]-5[2])That author addressed a poetry collection in this language to “you who hear the sound, (10[2]-5[3])in (10[1]-5[1])scattered (10[5]-5[1])rhymes.” (10[7]-5[3])The (10[1]-5[1])phrase “abandon all hope ye who (10[1]-5[1])enter (10[3]-5[1])here” (10[17]-5[3])is (10[2])written (10[2]-5[2])on (10[1])the gates (10[1]-5[3])of hell (10[2]-5[6])in the first (10[1]-5[1])part of a poem (10[2]-5[2])written (10[3])in (10[2]-5[1])this language. (10[15]-5[2])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[2])the Divine Comedy (10[4]-5[1])and (10[1])Il (10[1])Canzoniere (10[3]-5[1])(“eel kant-zone-YAY-ray”) were (10[1])written in what language, (10[1])which was used by (10[1])Petrarch (10[1])and Dante Alighieri? (10[3]0[2])■END■ (10[19]0[1])

ANSWER: Italian [or italiano; or lingua italiana; accept Tuscan or dialetto toscano; accept Florentine or dialetto fiorentino]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	British Columbia C	25	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	UCSD A	35	-5
Eric Yang	Purdue A	Purdue C	36	-5
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	CWRU A	45	10
Matthew Lam	Ohio State A	Michigan State B	45	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	NCSU A	45	10
Kevin Yang	Illinois Blue	Illinois Champaign	45	-5
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	UConn A	45	-5
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Washington Sockeye	45	10
Devin Tharp	Chipola College	Alabama A	45	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UC Santa Barbara	60	10
Charlotte Bauer	McGill C	Ottawa B	60	-5
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	William Woods University A	60	-5
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Purdue D	60	-5
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	South Carolina A	60	10
Cole Hennessy	UCF A	Florida Tech A	61	-5
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	RIT B	61	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	Toronto G	62	10
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	Boston College A	62	10
Kenner Bailey	Boston University A	Brandeis Bach	62	10
Micah Lauzon	Dartmouth B	Brown B	62	-5
Coy Mier	Auburn B	Auburn A	62	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Auburn C	62	10
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	Carleton B	63	10
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	CWRU C	63	10
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	Virginia Tech A	63	-5
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	George Mason A	63	-5
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	Iowa B	63	10
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Amherst B	63	-5
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Brown A	63	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Steelhead	63	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Georgia Tech E	63	10
Pranav Jothi	Georgia Tech A	Tennessee A	63	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	Pittsburgh	64	-5
Fern Fang	VCU A	UNC B	64	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	McMaster B	70	-5
Will Hoover	RIT A	Cornell C	70	10
Mia Liu	Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	71	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	Ottawa A	71	10
Anna Liao	Michigan B	Michigan State A	71	-5
Antara Bhattacharya	Cambridge A	Oxford	71	10
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	Claremont B	72	10
Serena Salfiti	USC A	UCLA A	72	-5
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	USC B	72	10
Devito Stevanus	McGill B	McGill A	72	10
Christina Popov	Queen's A	Toronto F	72	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Toronto B	72	10
Mary Kate Vance	Louisville A	CWRU B	72	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	CWRU D	72	10
Nishad Joshi	Kentucky	Louisville D	72	10
Alex McClanahan	WVU A	Michigan State C	72	-5
Johanna Bryant	Liberty A	Duke A	72	10
Owen Ashbrook	Iowa A	Chicago A	72	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Chicago B	72	10
Ben Weng	Macalester	Iowa State	72	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Dartmouth A	72	10
Johnny Myers	Williams B	Brandeis Mozart	72	-5
James Haddix	Washington State	Arizona State A	72	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington Masu	72	10
Louis Harney	Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech F	72	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Georgia Tech C	72	10
Miles Phillips	Florida Tech B	ERAU Daytona A	73	10
Brody Johnson	Louisville B	Michigan C	73	10
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Indiana B	74	10
Will Demos	Wisconsin B	Michigan Tech	74	-5
Jerry Lin	Vanderbilt B	Vanderbilt C	74	10
Fintan Thomas	Cambridge E	Imperial D	74	-5
Jonathan Koehler	UCLA C	UCSD B	75	10
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	77	-5
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Berkeley Skeleton King	77	-5
Nathan Woolery	Louisville C	Ohio State D	77	-5
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Montevallo	77	10
Adithya Parat	McMaster C	Toronto I	79	-5
Deepanshi Matai	Toronto C	Toronto A	79	-5
Aleksa Misic	Waterloo B	Waterloo C	79	-5
Indigo Chen	Waterloo C	Waterloo B	79	10
Nicholas Nguyen	Florida B	Florida A	79	-5
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	Indiana A	79	-5
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	British Columbia A	79	10
Honor Mountford	Cambridge C	Imperial B	79	-5
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	Maryland C	82	-5
Oliver Morten	Cardiff	Cambridge B	82	10
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	UCLA D	86	-5
Brian Hobmann	UCLA F	UC Irvine	86	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	86	-5
Ruby Xia	Arizona State B	Washington Coho	86	10
Susanna Liao	Waterloo A	Toronto D	87	10
Liam Buck	St. Thomas	Wisconsin A	87	10
Rufus Gladwell	Durham A	Edinburgh A	87	10
Diego Almaraz	UNC C	Virginia Tech C	88	-5
Samuel Li	William & Mary A	Virginia A	88	10
Andrew Park	Harvard	Williams C	88	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Mighty Miner	90	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	South Florida A	90	10
Ben Kantsiper	JMU B	Liberty B	90	10
William Cowperthwait	NCSU B	Liberty C	90	10
Charles Miller	William & Mary C	William & Mary B	90	10
Ethan Enochian	Purdue D	WashU Grolars	90	10
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	Wisconsin C	90	10
Yvonne Pan	Amherst B	Tufts C	90	10
Sonya Bates	Washington Atlantic	British Columbia B	90	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Clemson C	90	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Tennessee Tech	90	10
Charlotte Nicholas	Durham B	Sheffield A	90	10
Thomas Popham	Edinburgh D	York	90	-5
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	Bristol	90	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	ESF	90	10
Lance Enriquez	Binghamton B	Rochester	90	-5
Jonah McGinley	Rochester	Binghamton B	90	10
Misty Chen	Purdue C	Purdue A	92	10
Gerrit Severeid	McGill E	Ottawa C	93	10
Eoghan Herriot	Durham D	Edinburgh B	93	10
Sam Zavadil	Michigan State D	WVU B	96	-5
Kyle Hart	MIT B	Brandeis Beethoven	96	10
Eleanor Dalton	York	Edinburgh D	96	10
Sia Kalia	Warwick	Imperial A	96	10
Molly Oakley	Binghamton C	Cornell B	96	10
James Carrick-Lawson	Southampton	Birmingham	97	10
Nick Machin	UCLA A	USC A	98	10
Frances Corban	Toronto H	Brock A	99	10
Tobias Zajac	Michigan State C	WVU A	99	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Sewanne	99	10
Thaddeus Holmes	Durham C	Edinburgh C	99	-5
Zachary Bornstein	Virginia Tech A	Virginia Tech B	100	10
Shlok Dev	LSE	Imperial C	104	10
Liam Henderson	McMaster B	Toronto E	108	10
Steve Gaughan	Brandeis Mozart	Williams B	109	10
Anjali Rao	Ottawa B	McGill C	112	0
Saju Ramraj	Toronto I	McMaster C	112	10
Pratham Bhanushali	WVU B	Michigan State D	112	10
Diego Almaraz	UNC C	Virginia Tech C	112	0
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Rose-Hulman A	112	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Archer Queen	113	10
Thomas Wu	Berkeley Skeleton King	UCSC	113	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	UCLA B	113	10
Blake Kim-Wansbrough	Toronto A	Toronto C	113	10
June Miller	Florida A	Florida B	113	10
Dominic Heffron	Florida Tech A	UCF A	113	10
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	Michigan B	113	10
Ishan Chahande	Ohio State D	Louisville C	113	10
Elise Economou	Pittsburgh	Michigan D	113	10
Zoe Brennan	Virginia Tech C	UNC C	113	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Maryland A	113	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	Rutgers A	113	10
David Black	Illinois Champaign	Illinois Blue	113	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	Illinois Canada	113	0
Luke Sauer	Michigan Tech	Wisconsin B	113	10
Maisie Quinn	Brown B	Dartmouth B	113	10
John Halsun	UConn A	Tufts B	113	10
Pen Hughes	Edinburgh C	Durham C	113	10
Saleena Livera	Imperial B	Cambridge C	113	10
Ollie Glin-Conway	Imperial D	Cambridge E	113	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	40%	95.80
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	25%	95.75
Northern California	US	4	100%	50%	96.75
Southern California	US	7	100%	43%	82.29
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	80%	20%	74.75
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	44%	89.33
Florida	US	4	100%	50%	97.25
Great Lakes	US	12	100%	42%	82.67
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	22%	83.56
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	100%	100%	113.00
Midwest	US	9	89%	56%	86.00
North	US	4	100%	50%	90.50
Northeast	US	10	100%	40%	86.80
Pacific	US	8	100%	0%	66.50
Southeast	US	13	100%	0%	71.46
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	20%	81.40