Jesus Christ - 2025 ACF Fall

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This figure or a later follower names the Jǐngjiào Sutras, which document a “ten-character” symbol and were made around Alopen’s visit to Emperor Tàizōng. According (-5[1])to legend, this figure walked across (10[1])Siberia and died in the Japanese village (10[1])of Shingō. (10[8])This (10[1])male (10[2])figure (10[2]-5[1])appeared on icons (10[2])which some (10[2])Nagasaki (10[2])residents (10[2])were forced to (10[1])step (10[1])on (10[5]-5[2])called (10[6])fumi-e. (10[14]-5[1])After (10[2])a vision (10[2])that he (10[1])was (10[1])this (10[2])figure’s (10[1])younger brother, (10[4])Hóng (10[4])Xiùquán (10[22]-5[1])(“sh’yoh-ch’WEN”) proclaimed (10[4])a (10[3])“Heavenly (10[2])Kingdom” (10[5])in the (10[1])Tàipíng Rebellion. (10[6])Silkworms were (10[1])smuggled (10[1])out of China by Nestorian devotees of this figure. For 10 points, Matteo Ricci (10[1])and other missionaries preached in China about (10[1])what Western (10[1])religious (10[1])figure? (10[3])■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: Jesus Christ [or Jesus Christ; or Jesus of Nazareth; accept Yēsū or Yēsū Jīdū; accept Iesu or Iesu Kirisuto] (The Jesus Sutras often refer to the cross as “ten-character.”)

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Tennessee A	24	-5
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	Michigan State A	30	10
John Maupin	Chipola College	Vanderbilt A	37	10
Adam Monusko	Michigan A	Michigan State C	39	10
Jesse Mindel	NCSU A	Virginia Tech B	39	10
Eugene Kim	Purdue D	Iowa B	39	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	St. Thomas	39	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	British Columbia B	39	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Texas	39	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Clemson C	39	10
Youyou Yu	Imperial A	Cambridge D	39	10
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	UNC C	40	10
Aiden Hart	Kentucky	Michigan State D	41	10
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	UNC A	41	10
Tosca Zhang	NYU A	George Mason B	42	10
Jake Markus	Dartmouth B	Boston University A	42	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Georgia A	42	-5
Deepanshi Matai	Toronto C	Waterloo A	45	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	UCF A	45	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	Indiana A	47	10
Blake Johnson	Boston College A	Tufts B	47	10
Aiden Wilson	WVU B	Ohio State A	48	10
Isaiah Schmid	Binghamton B	Cornell B	48	10
Michael Zheng	UCLA F	UC Santa Barbara	49	10
Sam Barrekette	RIT A	Rochester	49	10
TJ Pickering	Auburn B	Tennessee Tech	52	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Williams A	53	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Stanford B	54	10
Cliodora Selyuzhitsky	UCSD A	UCLA A	54	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida Tech A	54	10
Antonio LaNave	Virginia Tech C	VCU A	54	-5
Omer Korkmaz	Johns Hopkins	Columbia A	54	-5
Francis Dinh	Illinois Canada	Illinois Blue	54	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Amherst A	54	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	Claremont A	55	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	UCSD B	55	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Waterloo B	55	10
Roy Yang	WashU Grolars	Rose-Hulman A	55	10
Hanson Hunynh	Boston University B	Brandeis Beethoven	55	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Alabama A	55	10
Janghyun Lee	Berkeley Little Prince	UCSC	56	10
Orion Brey	Louisville A	Louisville B	56	10
Johnathan Li	Penn	Vassar B	56	10
Daniel Kim	Maryland A	Princeton	56	10
Ben Schindelman	Vassar A	Rutgers A	56	10
Jeremy Katen	George Mason A	Rutgers D	56	10
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	Michigan Tech	56	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Macalester	56	-5
Rafael Gómez	Amherst B	Dartmouth A	56	10
Daniel Chen	Emory A	Georgia Tech F	56	10
Melissa Thai	Georgia A	Georgia Tech E	56	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Georgia Tech B	56	10
Edward Zhang	Vanderbilt C	Mississippi State A	56	10
Fahim Afzal	Cambridge A	Southampton	56	10
Ollie Glin-Conway	Imperial D	Imperial B	56	10
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	Toronto B	57	10
Vivian Lu	Wisconsin C	Wisconsin B	57	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UC Irvine	59	10
Jonathan Schnipper	Brandeis Mozart	Vermont B	59	10
Yiwei Jiang	NYU C	Lehigh B	61	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Georgia Tech A	62	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	McGill A	63	10
Aarnav Vyas	Illinois Orange	Purdue C	63	10
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	Chicago A	64	10
Tobias Smerdon	Toronto G	Waterloo C	66	10
Sparrow Brotman	NYU B	Rutgers C	66	10
Logan Van Pelt	Washington Coho	Washington Chinook	66	10
Siheon Lee	Imperial C	Cambridge B	66	10
Cranmer McGinn	McMaster C	Queen's A	67	10
Anneke Stracks	Macalester	Wisconsin A	67	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Washington Pink	67	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Edinburgh C	67	10
Thomas Wu	Berkeley Skeleton King	Stanford A	68	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	Ottawa B	68	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Guelph A	68	10
Thomas Vukovic	Toronto H	Toronto F	68	10
Ishan Chahande	Ohio State D	Louisville D	68	10
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	Louisville C	68	10
David Ropp	Duke A	William & Mary B	68	-5
Charles Miller	William & Mary C	JMU A	68	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	Lehigh A	68	10
Nathan Zhao	Maryland B	Rutgers B	68	10
Finley Campbell	Tufts A	UConn A	68	10
David Zaslavsky	Brandeis Bach	Williams C	68	10
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	Arizona State A	68	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington Sockeye	68	10
Jaime Wang	Washington Atlantic	British Columbia A	68	10
John Shelley	Clemson B	Tennessee B	68	10
Alina Moore	Tennessee A	Georgia Tech C	68	10
Atticus Teter	Durham A	Durham B	68	10
Thaddeus Holmes	Durham C	Edinburgh A	68	10
Charlie Nicholls	Cambridge C	Birmingham	68	10
Fintan Thomas	Cambridge E	Oxford	68	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Cornell C	68	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	RIT B	68	10
Avery Becker	Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Boss Bandit	69	10
Kyle Chua	CWRU B	CWRU C	69	10
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech A	Virginia A	69	10
Richy Sun	Vanderbilt B	Auburn C	69	10
Elise Economou	Pittsburgh	Ohio State B	70	10
Taiki Takahashi	Dartmouth C	MIT B	70	10
Aeron Wheel	Cardiff	Bristol	70	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	McGill C	71	10
Eoghan Herriot	Durham D	Sheffield A	71	10
Daniel Luebs	Michigan State B	Ohio State C	72	10
Ben Kantsiper	JMU B	Liberty C	72	10
Alexander DaGrossa	Rowan	Columbia B	72	10
Sam Hewitt	WashU Grizzlers	Chicago B	72	10
Lucas Guan	Brown A	Tufts C	72	10
Miles Phillips	Florida Tech B	Florida State A	74	10
Mai Höglund	Claremont B	USC A	76	10
James Xiao	Toronto A	McMaster A	76	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	CWRU A	76	10
Kevin Nolan	NCSU B	Tusculum A	76	10
Grace Early	Iowa A	Illinois Urbana	76	10
Ethan Erickson	Boston College B	Vermont A	76	10
Brayden Whitlow	George Mason C	Stony Brook	78	10
Anirudh Terdal	LSE	Warwick	79	10
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	Carleton B	93	10
Alex Forman	Cornell D	Binghamton A	100	10
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	South Florida A	102	10
David Black	Illinois Champaign	William Woods University A	103	10
Nicolaus Derikx	Carleton A	Ottawa C	104	10
Hamza Ali	Washington Masu	Alberta B	104	10
Harry Fines	York	Edinburgh B	104	10
Ted Li	Claremont C	USC B	105	10
Ellie Wang	Brock A	Toronto I	105	10
William Erwin	William & Mary B	Duke A	105	10
Micah Williams	VCU A	Virginia Tech C	105	10
Mackenzie Tott	Columbia A	Johns Hopkins	105	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Georgia Tech D	105	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	75.60
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	0%	62.75
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	61.75
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	64.71
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	0%	79.80
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	0%	67.44
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	68.75
Great Lakes	US	11	100%	0%	57.91
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	22%	68.33
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	8%	65.33
Midwest	US	9	100%	0%	63.67
North	US	4	100%	25%	54.75
Northeast	US	12	100%	0%	60.00
Pacific	US	8	100%	0%	64.88
Southeast	US	13	100%	15%	59.92
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	0%	66.60