Japan - 2025 ACF Fall

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A composer from this country combined a Western orchestra with its traditional instruments in his November Steps. Syllables such as (10[1])“don” and “ka” are part of a “mouth-writing” system used (10[2])to notate (-5[1])drum music (-5[1])from this (10[1])country. (10[7]-5[3])A (10[1])folk song from this (10[1])country (10[1]-5[1])asks (10[1]-5[1])“Is it mist, or clouds?” (10[1])while describing its title flowers, (10[2]-5[1])and (-5[1])is often (10[1])given (10[1])to beginner players of a 13-stringed (-5[1])zither (-5[3])from this (-5[1])country, (-5[3])the (-5[2])koto. (10[6]-5[4])Traditional (10[4])instruments (10[4])from (10[1])this (10[1])country (10[1])such as the (10[1])biwa (10[1]-5[2])and the (10[2])shakuhachi (10[10]-5[1])are frequently (10[4])played (10[5])in its (10[1])gagaku (10[5])ensembles. (10[3])For 10 points, (10[2])name this (10[2])home country of Tōru (10[1]-5[1])Takemitsu (10[8])and (10[2])Koji (10[1])Kondo, (10[6])the latter (10[4])of whom (10[1])writes (10[1])video game music for (10[1])Nintendo. (10[2])■END■ (10[13])

ANSWER: Japan [or Nihon-koku; or Nippon-koku]

<Editors, Classical Music>

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Joseph Strom	Louisville B	Michigan C	19	10
Duncan Occhiogrosso	UConn A	Tufts B	29	10
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Clemson A	29	10
Yuval Klein	Williams C	Harvard	31	-5
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	McGill B	33	-5
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	Claremont B	35	10
Justin Sato	Stanford A	Berkeley Little Prince	36	10
Michael Zheng	UCLA F	UC Irvine	36	10
Tristan Scarlett	Ottawa D	Ottawa A	36	10
Chris Wang	Toronto B	McMaster A	36	10
Andrea Owusu	Duke A	Liberty A	36	10
David Black	Illinois Champaign	Illinois Blue	36	-5
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Indiana B	36	-5
Mohamed Algraiw	MIT A	Boston College A	36	-5
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Steelhead	36	10
Juliette Flatau	Imperial A	Warwick	36	10
Ryan Zhang	Washington State	Arizona State A	37	10
Aaron Henry	Maryland C	Rutgers A	41	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	USC B	42	-5
Will Huang	Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	42	10
Jeremy Kim	Toronto F	Queen's A	43	10
Yasmin Campbell	Cambridge B	Cardiff	43	-5
Judah Garlic	Cornell C	RIT A	48	10
Alex Randall	Kentucky	Louisville D	53	10
Jacob Goodson	Ohio State A	Michigan State B	53	-5
Faraz Foroughi	NCSU A	UNC A	53	10
Nova Sink	Virginia Tech A	Virginia Tech B	54	-5
Xavier Bornhorst	Maryland A	George Mason A	56	10
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	Texas	57	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	UCSC	63	-5
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	UCSD A	64	-5
Alice Zhang	Dartmouth A	Vermont B	64	-5
James Bramley	Durham C	Edinburgh C	64	-5
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Rose-Hulman A	66	-5
Charlotte Bauer	McGill C	Ottawa B	67	-5
Deepanshi Matai	Toronto C	Toronto A	67	-5
Veer Vanmali	Mississippi State A	Auburn C	67	-5
Kieran Fake	CWRU D	Ohio State B	68	-5
Samuel Li	William & Mary A	Virginia A	68	-5
Monica Wang	Guelph A	Toronto G	69	10
Will Marcotte	Toronto D	Waterloo A	69	10
Ryan Gomes	Florida Tech A	UCF A	69	-5
Miles Spieler	Ohio State C	CWRU C	69	-5
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	Indiana A	69	-5
James Horsley	Iowa State	Macalester	69	10
Jack Feinberg	Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	69	10
Simarya Ahuja	Washington Sockeye	Washington Pink	69	-5
Yuxuan Lu	Vanderbilt A	South Carolina A	69	10
Alina Moore	Tennessee A	Georgia Tech A	69	10
Angelo Pan	CWRU A	Michigan A	70	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	Michigan State A	70	10
Misty Chen	Purdue C	Purdue A	70	10
Vivian Lu	Wisconsin C	Minnesota	70	10
Alma Gazzaniga	UNC B	VCU A	71	10
Jacky Li	MIT B	Brandeis Beethoven	71	10
Niyanthi Yamunan	Georgia Tech E	Emory A	71	10
Oliver Morten	Cardiff	Cambridge B	71	10
Alice Ton Nu	Washington Coho	Arizona State B	72	10
Liam Henderson	McMaster B	Toronto E	73	10
Zachary Fitzpatrick	Wisconsin B	Michigan Tech	74	10
Britt Bernstein	Georgia A	Tennessee Tech	77	10
Mary Kate Vance	Louisville A	CWRU B	78	-5
Eugene Kim	Purdue D	WashU Grolars	78	10
Sonya Bates	Washington Atlantic	British Columbia B	78	-5
Miles Phillips	Florida Tech B	ERAU Daytona A	80	10
Owen Ashbrook	Iowa A	Chicago A	80	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Mighty Miner	81	10
Cliodora Selyuzhitsky	UCSD A	UC Santa Barbara	81	10
Bolun Thompson	UCLA C	UCSD B	81	10
Akhil Upadrasta	Ohio State D	Louisville C	81	10
Walter Carson	NCSU B	Liberty C	81	-5
James Braxton	William & Mary B	William & Mary C	81	10
Apollo Daley	Brown A	Amherst A	81	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Chipola College	81	10
Richy Sun	Vanderbilt B	Vanderbilt C	81	10
Ollie Glin-Conway	Imperial D	Cambridge E	81	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Cambridge A	81	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UCLA D	83	10
Shivam Saxena	Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech B	83	10
Benjamin Turner	York	Edinburgh D	83	10
Hayley Morris	RIT B	Cornell D	83	10
Nicolaus Derikx	Carleton A	Carleton B	84	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	Florida A	84	10
Ryan Zhang	British Columbia C	Washington Chum	84	10
Nikki Chaco	Georgia Tech D	Montevallo	84	10
Siheon Lee	Imperial C	LSE	84	10
Andrew Park	Harvard	Williams C	86	10
Adrian Li	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	87	10
Jackson Price	Dartmouth B	Brown B	87	10
Will Barash	Brandeis Mozart	Williams B	87	10
Sri Lnu	Clemson B	Clemson C	87	10
Pen Hughes	Edinburgh C	Durham C	87	10
Chris Chang	USC A	UCLA A	88	10
Mikkie Smylie	Brock A	Toronto H	88	10
Alex Miller	Edinburgh B	Durham D	88	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington Masu	91	10
Christine Prince	Cornell A	ESF	91	10
Gerrit Severeid	McGill E	Ottawa C	93	10
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Amherst B	93	10
Indigo Chen	Waterloo C	Waterloo B	97	-5
Sam Zavadil	Michigan State D	WVU B	97	10
Indiana Gee	Toronto I	McMaster C	98	10
Arjun Saulnier	CWRU C	Ohio State C	98	10
Varun Ramanathan	Michigan D	Pittsburgh	98	10
Gabriel Dodds	Liberty C	NCSU B	98	10
Dustin Sanders	Chicago B	Illinois Urbana	98	10
Sophia Madrazo	Purdue B	Iowa B	98	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Auburn B	98	10
Vishrut Pisupati	Imperial B	Cambridge C	98	10
Isabel Dent	Sewanne	Tennessee B	99	10
Amelia Rees	Durham A	Edinburgh A	99	10
Vivienne Ruemler	USC B	UCLA E	100	10
Tobias Zajac	Michigan State C	WVU A	101	10
Nathan Sprouse	Virginia Tech B	Virginia Tech A	101	10
Marcus Hoshino	Washington Pink	Washington Sockeye	101	10
Mata Cooper	Southampton	Birmingham	101	10
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	Bristol	101	10
Kieran Freed	Rochester	Binghamton B	101	10
Pallas Allen	South Florida A	Florida State A	103	10
Austin Embry	Auburn C	Mississippi State A	103	10
Alex Irvine	Sheffield A	Durham B	103	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	Binghamton C	103	10
Joyann Hua	British Columbia B	Washington Atlantic	105	10
Gavin Ge	Waterloo B	Waterloo C	106	10
Julia Austin	Vermont B	Dartmouth A	110	10
Sai Yarlagadda	Ottawa B	McGill C	111	10
Emily Justak	Indiana B	WashU Grizzlers	111	10
Huy Lai	UCSC	Berkeley Skeleton King	112	10
Denali Tran-Le	McGill B	McGill A	112	10
Blake Kim-Wansbrough	Toronto A	Toronto C	112	10
Peyton Legg	UCF A	Florida Tech A	112	10
Meredith Wiper	CWRU B	Louisville A	112	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	CWRU D	112	10
Nico Pascual	Michigan State B	Ohio State A	112	10
Abby Keith	Liberty B	JMU B	112	10
Liam Rojas	Virginia A	William & Mary A	112	10
Sriram Koritala	Illinois Blue	Illinois Champaign	112	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	Illinois Canada	112	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	William Woods University A	112	10
Shining Sun	Boston College A	MIT A	112	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	20%	92.00
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	13%	81.63
Northern California	US	4	100%	25%	79.00
Southern California	US	7	100%	29%	72.00
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	40%	87.20
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	22%	77.11
Florida	US	4	100%	25%	94.75
Great Lakes	US	12	100%	33%	85.25
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	8	100%	38%	83.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	100%	0%	48.50
Midwest	US	9	100%	44%	96.78
North	US	4	100%	0%	63.75
Northeast	US	10	100%	30%	82.50
Pacific	US	8	100%	25%	72.88
Southeast	US	13	100%	8%	79.31
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	0%	85.20