Kenya - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

In a novel from this country, the protagonist falls in love with a barmaid after moving to Ilmorog. In another novel, Kihika kills a district officer in this country, causing him to be hanged after Mugo turns him in. (10[1])The narrator falls (10[2])in love with Denys Finch Hatton in a memoir set on one of this country’s coffee plantations. (-5[1])This country’s native (10[1])languages (10[1])are advocated in favor of the “cultural bomb” (10[2]-5[1])English (10[1])in a collection by its author Ngũgĩ (10[2]-5[1])wa (10[3])Thiong’o (10[5]-5[3])(“nʼGOO-gee wah thee-ON-go”). Kikuyu (-5[2])laborers man (10[1])a farm in this country (10[1]-5[1])in Isak (10[2])Dinesen’s memoir Out of Africa. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this East African country where Ngũgĩ once taught at the University of Nairobi. ■END■ (10[17])

ANSWER: Kenya [or Republic of Kenya; or Jamhuri ya Kenya]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	UConn A	38	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	Maryland C	41	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Washington Steelhead	41	10
Oliver Morten	Cardiff	Cambridge B	58	-5
Rohit Chintala	Maryland B	Maryland A	61	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Arizona State A	62	10
Micah Lauzon	Dartmouth B	Boston College A	70	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Tufts A	70	10
Lucas Guan	Brown A	Williams A	70	-5
Theodor Martin	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue A	71	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Tufts C	78	-5
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	Brandeis Bach	78	10
Jeremy Scurlock	Chipola College	Vanderbilt A	78	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Toronto B	79	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Edinburgh A	79	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	RIT A	79	10
Rishi Swaminathan	NYU B	Rutgers B	80	-5
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Dartmouth A	80	10
Sidarth Erat	MIT A	Brandeis Mozart	80	10
Johnny Myers	Williams B	Brown B	80	-5
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Sockeye	80	10
James Haddix	Washington State	British Columbia A	80	10
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	British Columbia B	80	-5
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	Cardiff	80	10
Henry Bauer	NYU A	George Mason A	81	-5
Arlene Lopez	Stony Brook	Penn	81	-5
Owen Gibbs	Boston College B	Boston University B	83	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Vassar A	88	-5
Akif Ismail	Williams C	MIT B	88	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Texas	90	10
Alice Ton Nu	Washington Coho	Washington Masu	90	10
Margaret Withers	George Mason B	Rutgers D	95	-5
Aidan Drain	NYU C	Columbia B	113	10
Matthew Bucek	George Mason A	NYU A	113	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	George Mason B	113	10
Eli Young	Vassar A	Johns Hopkins	113	10
Elias Lowrey	Lehigh B	Columbia A	113	10
Daniel Abrams	Rutgers B	NYU B	113	10
Johnathan Li	Penn	Stony Brook	113	10
Vihaan Jim	Princeton	Lehigh A	113	10
John Shelly	Rowan	George Mason C	113	10
Ezra Siegartel	Vassar B	Rutgers C	113	10
Taiki Takahashi	Dartmouth C	Harvard	113	10
Eli Zimmerman	Tufts C	Southern Connecticut State University A	113	10
Michael Ai	Williams A	Brown A	113	10
Nico Miller	Brown B	Williams B	113	10
Henry Rutherford-Braun	British Columbia B	British Columbia C	113	10
Anya Srinivasan	Washington Atlantic	Alberta B	113	10
Isabella DePrimo	Washington Chinook	Boise State	113	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	1	100%	0%	79.00
UK (South)	UK	1	100%	100%	80.00
Eastern Canada (2)	US	1	100%	0%	79.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	42%	102.67
Midwest	US	1	100%	0%	71.00
Northeast	US	12	100%	25%	86.58
Pacific	US	9	100%	11%	86.89
Southeast	US	1	100%	0%	78.00
Upstate NY	US	1	100%	0%	79.00