Jonathan Swift - 2025 ACF Fall

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In a work by this author, a father’s order to preserve three coats is disregarded by Peter, who eventually evicts (10[1])his brothers, Jack and Martin, for objecting. (10[4])A character created by this author (10[1])rejects human society after he meets a talking race of horses, (10[5])the (10[3])Houyhnhnms (10[16])(“WIN-ims”). An (10[1])essay (-5[1])by (10[2])this author, (10[6])which imagines (10[1])making “admirable (10[3])gloves for ladies (10[2])and (10[1])summer (10[1])boots for gentlemen,” (10[1])calculated that a nation (10[1])contained (10[2])one (10[1])hundred (10[2])twenty (10[1])thousand (10[1])impoverished (10[2])breeders. (10[7])In that essay, (10[4])this author (-5[1])of (10[1])A Tale of a Tub (10[2])suggested (10[2])“greatly lessen[ing] the number of Papists” (10[1])by cannibalizing (10[1])Irish (10[2])babies. (10[10]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this Anglo-Irish author of A Modest Proposal and Gulliver’s Travels. (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: Jonathan Swift

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Columbia B	19	10
Mary Kate Vance	Louisville A	Kentucky	26	10
Sarah Dong	Michigan A	Louisville C	26	10
Devin Tharp	Chipola College	Auburn B	26	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt C	26	10
Michael Ai	Williams A	Tufts B	32	10
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	WVU A	43	10
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech C	William & Mary B	43	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Minnesota	43	10
Rafael Gómez	Amherst B	Brandeis Mozart	43	10
Maisie Quinn	Brown B	Vermont B	43	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	CWRU C	44	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Clemson B	44	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Tennessee A	44	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Skeleton King	45	10
Tristan Scarlett	Ottawa D	McGill A	45	10
Charlotte Bauer	McGill C	Ottawa A	45	10
Nicholas Nguyen	Florida B	South Florida A	45	10
Pace Klein	CWRU B	Michigan State C	45	10
Peter Zeng	Ohio State A	Louisville D	45	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	Michigan State B	45	10
Cara Leonard	William & Mary C	Liberty A	45	10
Emily Snider	Liberty C	NCSU A	45	10
Miranda Chen	Vassar B	NYU C	45	10
Ian Saylor	Wisconsin A	Iowa State	45	10
Sidarth Erat	MIT A	UConn A	45	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	British Columbia A	45	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Washington Sockeye	45	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	South Carolina A	45	10
Leona Barker	Edinburgh B	Sheffield A	45	10
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	UNC C	46	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	MIT B	47	-5
David Zaslavsky	Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	48	10
Doug Frederick	Auburn A	Alabama A	48	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	Stanford A	50	10
Huy Lai	UCSC	Berkeley Archer Queen	50	10
Alexandra Knight	Liberty B	UNC D	50	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Vanderbilt A	50	10
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	Rochester	50	10
Danny Cutbill	RIT A	Binghamton B	50	10
Vivian Fan	Claremont A	UCLA E	52	10
Caedmon Holland	Lehigh B	Penn	54	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Cornell C	54	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Cornell C	54	10
Peyton Legg	UCF A	Florida A	57	10
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech A	JMU B	57	10
Mia Liu	Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Boss Bandit	58	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Macalester	59	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Clemson C	62	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	Claremont C	66	10
Ethan Tran	UCLA C	UCLA A	67	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	JMU A	67	10
Henry Bauer	NYU A	Princeton	68	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Dartmouth C	69	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Boise State	69	10
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Alberta B	70	10
Kaitlyn Farrin	Brandeis Beethoven	Tufts A	71	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UC Irvine	72	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	USC A	72	10
Ethan Ririe	UCSD B	Claremont B	73	10
Andrew Harms	Michigan State A	CWRU A	73	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Dartmouth B	73	10
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Williams C	73	10
Joyann Hua	British Columbia B	Washington Chinook	73	10
Bharath Ram	Georgia Tech A	Georgia A	73	10
Pen Hughes	Edinburgh C	Durham B	73	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Ottawa B	76	10
Magnolia Schnirman Barría	NYU B	George Mason C	76	10
John Shelly	Rowan	Columbia A	76	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	Washington Steelhead	76	10
Owen Gibbs	Boston College B	Williams B	78	-5
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	Carleton B	79	10
Logan Van Pelt	Washington Coho	Washington Atlantic	84	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Washington Masu	84	10
Joshua Iyo	UNC B	William & Mary A	85	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	NCSU B	85	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt B	91	10
Aryan Malhotra	Rutgers C	Stony Brook	93	10
Will Demos	Wisconsin B	Michigan Tech	94	10
Eleanor Dalton	York	Durham C	94	10
Vivienne Ruemler	USC B	UCLA F	95	10
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	Ottawa C	95	10
Daniel Huang	Michigan C	Pittsburgh	95	10
Gary Wang	Michigan D	CWRU D	95	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Lehigh A	95	10
Eli Young	Vassar A	Maryland B	95	-5
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Harvard	95	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Durham D	95	10
Kathryn Knispel	Edinburgh D	Durham A	95	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Binghamton C	95	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	RIT B	95	10
Shivam Saxena	Georgia Tech F	Montevallo	98	10
Abby Tipton	Auburn C	Tennessee B	109	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	Florida Tech A	110	10
Rohit Chintala	Maryland B	Vassar A	110	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Boston College B	110	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	80.40
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	50.75
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	71.00
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	0%	68.00
Florida	US	3	100%	0%	70.67
Great Lakes	US	10	100%	0%	53.70
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	58.11
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	70.67
North	US	4	100%	0%	60.25
Northeast	US	12	83%	17%	59.20
Pacific	US	8	100%	0%	68.25
Southeast	US	12	100%	0%	59.67
Upstate NY	US	6	100%	0%	66.33