Japanese - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

A poem in this language written while visiting a ruined castle describes (-5[1])how the “summer grass” was all that was left (-5[1])of “warrior’s dreams.” (10[1]-5[1])Multiple poets contribute (10[2]-5[1])alternative stanzas to create (10[1])“linked (10[1])verse” poems in this language (10[1])called renga. (10[7]-5[1])Several (10[1])forms (10[1])in this language (10[2])are anchored by a “season word,” (10[4])such (10[2])as (10[1])a (10[1])poem (10[5])set (10[2])in (10[3])spring (10[1])that (10[1])simply (10[1])ends with (10[1])“sound of water.” (10[11]-5[1])Two poets (10[3])used this (10[1])language (10[1])to write a (-5[1])prose and verse (10[3])travelogue (10[1])titled Narrow (10[3]-5[1])Road (10[3])to the (10[1]-5[1])Deep (10[6]-5[1])North. (10[4])Imperial anthologies (-5[1])preserve much (10[1])of this language’s (10[1])early court poetry from (10[1])the Heian period. (10[13]-5[2])For 10 points, (10[2])name this (10[1])language used by Matsuo Bashō (10[1])and other haiku (10[4])masters. (10[3]-5[1])■END■ (10[10])

ANSWER: Japanese [or Nihongo]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Iowa B	11	-5
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt A	20	-5
Deepanshi Matai	Toronto C	Toronto E	23	-5
Kevin Yang	Illinois Blue	Indiana A	23	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	UCSC	26	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	Virginia Tech B	26	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	Washington Coho	26	-5
Mary Kate Vance	Louisville A	Ohio State C	30	10
Pallas Allen	South Florida A	Florida A	31	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	Rose-Hulman A	36	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	Claremont A	38	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	UCSD B	38	10
Andrea Owusu	Duke A	UNC B	38	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Boston College B	38	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Washington Chum	38	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Tennessee Tech	38	10
Rufus Gladwell	Durham A	York	38	-5
Antara Bhattacharya	Cambridge A	Cambridge E	38	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Toronto B	39	10
Tristan Scarlett	Ottawa D	McGill C	40	10
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	CWRU A	43	10
Daniel Kim	Maryland A	George Mason B	43	10
Mia Liu	Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	49	10
Meredie Cohen	William & Mary A	Virginia Tech A	49	10
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	Illinois Urbana	49	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	British Columbia A	49	10
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	Michigan C	50	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Johns Hopkins	50	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Georgia Tech B	51	10
Jonathan Sung	Virginia A	NCSU A	52	10
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	Guelph A	53	10
Arjun Saulnier	CWRU C	Michigan State C	53	10
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	William & Mary B	53	10
Micah Williams	VCU A	UNC C	53	10
Zoe Brennan	Virginia Tech C	Liberty C	53	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Purdue C	54	10
Eugene Kim	Purdue D	William Woods University A	54	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Toronto F	55	10
Magnolia Schnirman Barría	NYU B	Stony Brook	55	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	Michigan Tech	55	10
Devin Tharp	Chipola College	Montevallo	56	10
Bethany Howard	Imperial A	Bristol	57	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	Binghamton C	58	10
Tishe Sonuga	Chicago B	Indiana B	60	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	UCLA F	63	10
Chris Chang	USC A	USC B	63	10
Thomas Brittain	McMaster C	Toronto H	63	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	CWRU B	63	10
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	WVU B	63	10
Andrew Harms	Michigan State A	Michigan D	63	10
Ben Schindelman	Vassar A	Penn	63	10
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	Illinois Champaign	63	-5
Theodor Martin	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue A	63	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Auburn C	63	10
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	Cardiff	63	10
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	LSE	63	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Minnesota	65	10
Pranav Jothi	Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech D	65	10
Brandon Hunt	Auburn B	Sewanne	65	10
Nicolaus Derikx	Carleton A	McGill E	67	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Boss Bandit	68	10
Rohit Chintala	Maryland B	NYU C	71	-5
Nishad Joshi	Kentucky	Michigan State B	74	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	British Columbia B	74	10
Hamza Ali	Washington Masu	Washington Sockeye	74	10
Siheon Lee	Imperial C	Warwick	75	10
Joshua Garner	Ohio State A	Ohio State D	77	-5
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	Rutgers B	77	10
Adriana Kim	Illinois Champaign	Illinois Canada	77	10
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Boise State	77	10
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	Ottawa B	78	10
Anna Liao	Michigan B	WVU A	78	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Clemson C	78	10
Matthew Bucek	George Mason A	Maryland C	80	10
Jacob Coyne	Durham C	Durham D	80	-5
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	Claremont C	81	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UCLA B	81	10
Sophia Peng	Rutgers C	Princeton	81	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Chinook	81	10
Tevin Francis	Southampton	Oxford	81	-5
Claire Chambers	Binghamton A	Cornell C	81	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	ESF	81	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Archer Queen	82	10
Devito Stevanus	McGill B	Ottawa A	82	10
John Shelly	Rowan	Lehigh A	82	10
Dan Millington	Birmingham	Imperial B	82	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Tennessee B	84	-5
Jake Scoville	RIT B	Rochester	86	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	George Mason C	89	10
Antony Bailey	York	Durham A	93	10
Bolun Thompson	UCLA C	UC Irvine	96	10
Sophia Schlag	Ottawa C	Carleton B	96	-5
Andrew Lin	Toronto G	Waterloo A	96	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	UCF A	96	10
Orin Overmiller	Florida Tech B	Florida State A	96	10
Brennan Davis	Louisville B	Michigan State D	96	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Macalester	96	10
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	Alberta B	96	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Georgia Tech F	96	-5
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Georgia A	96	10
Richy Sun	Vanderbilt B	Tennessee A	96	10
Leo Neve	Durham D	Durham C	96	10
Kathryn Knispel	Edinburgh D	Sheffield A	96	10
Alice Groth	Durham B	Sheffield B	96	10
Honor Mountford	Cambridge C	Imperial D	96	10
Carly Hemani	JMU A	Tusculum A	99	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Wisconsin B	99	10
Alice Ton Nu	Washington Coho	Texas	101	10
Ryan Liu	Ohio State D	Ohio State A	106	10
Simon Choist	Queen's A	Toronto I	109	10
Gavin Ge	Waterloo B	Toronto A	109	10
Ryan Gomes	Florida Tech A	ERAU Daytona A	109	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Edinburgh C	109	10
Ellie Wang	Brock A	Waterloo C	110	10
Ezra Siegartel	Vassar B	Lehigh B	110	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Mississippi State A	110	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Cornell B	110	-5
Valerie Brown	Carleton B	Ottawa C	111	10
Platon Gorokhov	Toronto E	Toronto C	111	10
Cara Leonard	William & Mary C	JMU B	111	10
Andrew Wu	Columbia A	Columbia B	111	10
Yiwei Jiang	NYU C	Maryland B	111	10
Jacob Chaudhry	Iowa B	WashU Grolars	111	10
Moses Dong	Georgia Tech F	Clemson B	111	10
Canaan Martin	Tennessee B	Georgia Tech E	111	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Southampton	111	10
Gabriel Nell	Cornell B	Cornell A	111	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	40%	98.00
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	13%	73.13
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	56.25
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	65.71
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	20%	75.60
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	82.78
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	83.00
Great Lakes	US	11	100%	9%	65.36
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	59.33
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	1	100%	0%	111.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	75.78
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	100%	0%	79.50
Midwest	US	9	100%	22%	58.56
North	US	4	100%	0%	78.75
Northeast	US	1	100%	0%	38.00
Pacific	US	8	100%	13%	73.75
Southeast	US	12	100%	25%	78.33
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	20%	83.40