Krishna - 2025 ACF Fall

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In 1973, Beatle George Harrison helped establish a temple to this figure in Hertfordshire (10[6])and was (10[2])referred (10[1])to (10[1])as (10[2])the “archangel” (10[2])of a sect that primarily worships (10[1])this (10[1])figure (10[9])by its (10[1]-5[1])founder. (10[4])The Palace of (10[1])Gold (10[1])was built (10[1])in New Vrindaban (10[4]-5[1])(“vrin-DAH-buhn”) by worshippers of this figure. (10[3])A. C. (10[3])Bhaktivedanta (10[3]-5[2])Swami (10[2])Prabhupada (10[5]-5[1])(“BUCK-thee-vay-DAHN-tuh SWAH-mee pruh-boo-PAH-duh”) founded a sect that primarily (10[1])worships this figure (10[3])called (10[1])ISKCON (10[9])(“ISS-kon”). Janmashtami (10[3])(“juhn-MAHSH-tuh-mee”) celebrates the birth (10[1])of this figure (10[1])in a prison cell, (10[2]-5[1])and the (10[1])raslila dance (10[1])honors this (10[1])figure and his consort (10[1])Radha. (10[2])This (10[1])charioteer extols (-5[1])yoga (10[1])and bhakti (“BUCK-tee”) to a Pandava (10[2])archer (-5[1])in a section (-5[1])of the Mahabharata (10[1]-5[3])(“muh-huh-BAH-ruh-tuh”). For 10 points, what flute-playing avatar of Vishnu (10[3])advises Arjuna (10[1])in the Bhagavad Gita (10[1])■END■ (10[15]0[13])

ANSWER: Krishna [or Krsna; accept Krishna Janmāshṭamī; accept Govinda; or Madhava; or Gopala; accept the International Society for Krishna Consciousness; prompt on Vishnu until read]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Christina Popov	Queen's A	Toronto H	13	10
Venkat Das	WVU B	Louisville C	13	10
Meredie Cohen	William & Mary A	Virginia Tech B	13	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	George Mason A	13	10
John Maupin	Chipola College	Georgia Tech A	13	10
Musa Ahmed	Edinburgh C	Sheffield A	13	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	Claremont C	15	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	McGill A	15	10
Ritwik Sharma	Arizona State A	Washington Steelhead	16	10
Rishi Swaminathan	NYU B	Columbia A	17	10
Edward Zhang	Vanderbilt C	Mississippi State A	18	10
Anirudh Terdal	LSE	Cambridge C	18	10
Tobias Smerdon	Toronto G	Toronto E	20	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	William Woods University A	20	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Tennessee Tech	26	10
Aidan Keenan	Rochester	Cornell B	27	10
Jamie Pach	Ottawa D	McGill B	28	10
Seth Allen	McMaster A	Waterloo A	28	10
Faraz Foroughi	NCSU A	Virginia Tech A	28	10
Johnny Myers	Williams B	MIT A	28	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington State	28	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Tennessee A	28	10
Harry Fines	York	Durham D	28	10
Oliver Morten	Cardiff	Cambridge A	28	10
Sia Kalia	Warwick	Cambridge E	28	10
Lily Katz	Stony Brook	Johns Hopkins	30	-5
David Nickel	Purdue A	Illinois Blue	30	10
Sai Subramanian	CWRU A	Louisville A	31	10
Brody Johnson	Louisville B	CWRU D	31	10
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	Pittsburgh	31	10
Zaid Asif	NYU A	Maryland B	31	10
Aiden Hart	Kentucky	CWRU C	34	10
Stephen Donoghue	Sheffield B	Durham A	35	10
Sage Saperstein	USC B	UC Irvine	37	10
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	UCSD B	40	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Amherst A	40	-5
Niyanthi Yamunan	Georgia Tech E	Auburn B	40	10
Andrew Boardman	Cambridge D	Imperial B	40	10
Sam Barrekette	RIT A	Cornell D	40	10
Matthew Wozniak	Michigan B	CWRU B	45	10
Ishan Chahande	Ohio State D	WVU A	45	10
Mahathi Veluri	UConn A	Brandeis Bach	45	10
Jas Wang	UCLA F	UCLA E	47	10
Charles Miller	William & Mary C	Duke A	47	10
Suhaan Pastakia	Maryland C	Maryland A	47	10
Nicolaus Derikx	Carleton A	Ottawa C	48	10
Daniel Huang	Michigan C	Michigan State B	48	10
Anila Moparthi	Illinois Orange	Illinois Champaign	48	-5
Marc Greco	Williams A	Dartmouth A	48	-5
Kenner Bailey	Boston University A	Vermont A	48	10
Drew Wetterlind	Iowa State	Wisconsin A	49	10
Yuxuan Lu	Vanderbilt A	Clemson A	49	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	UCLA B	50	10
Anjali Rao	Ottawa B	McGill C	50	10
Anton Akroush	Michigan State A	Michigan A	50	10
Deeksha Easwar	Washington Sockeye	British Columbia B	50	10
Nitinkisor Rajesh Kumar	Edinburgh B	Edinburgh A	50	10
Naayaz Hashim	Oxford	Imperial C	50	-5
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Archer Queen	55	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	UCSD A	58	10
Nathan Redford	Liberty A	JMU A	58	10
Vishnu Sharma	Texas	Washington Pink	58	10
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue B	59	10
Ishan Pachauri	UCLA C	Claremont B	60	10
Deepanshi Matai	Toronto C	Toronto D	60	10
Ezra Zareba	UNC B	UNC D	60	10
Ben Schindelman	Vassar A	Rutgers D	60	10
Francis Dinh	Illinois Canada	Chicago B	60	10
Anurag Shah	Indiana A	Purdue C	60	10
Shining Sun	Boston College A	Brown B	60	10
Nikhil Nair	Boston University B	Tufts C	60	10
Micah Lauzon	Dartmouth B	Brandeis Mozart	60	10
Kaushik Jayaprabha	Dartmouth C	Brandeis Beethoven	61	10
Anya Srinivasan	Washington Atlantic	Boise State	61	10
Logan Van Pelt	Washington Coho	Alberta B	61	10
Sri Lnu	Clemson B	Georgia Tech D	64	10
Aryan Malhotra	Rutgers C	Columbia B	67	10
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	Michigan D	71	10
Daniel Abrams	Rutgers B	Princeton	71	-5
Sruti Banerjee	Washington Chinook	Washington Masu	71	10
Aditi Nebhwani	Bristol	Imperial D	73	10
Valentina Chamandy	McGill E	Carleton B	75	10
Tobias Zajac	Michigan State C	Michigan State D	77	10
Shivam Saxena	Georgia Tech F	Georgia A	81	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	WashU Grolars	82	10
Gabrielle Smith	Auburn A	Emory A	82	10
Margaret Withers	George Mason B	Penn	83	10
Monica Wang	Guelph A	Waterloo C	85	-5
Joshua Garner	Ohio State A	Ohio State B	86	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Chum	91	10
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	South Carolina A	91	10
Lucas Guan	Brown A	Tufts A	92	-5
Richy Sun	Vanderbilt B	Auburn C	95	-5
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Waterloo B	98	10
Micah Williams	VCU A	UNC C	98	-5
Owen Ashbrook	Iowa A	Rose-Hulman A	98	-5
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	Southampton	98	-5
Adithya Parat	McMaster C	Brock A	106	10
Victor Xu	Toronto B	Toronto A	106	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	UCF A	106	10
Yvonne Pan	Amherst B	Boston College B	108	10
Gentry Dowdy	Liberty B	Tusculum A	112	10
Aris Anton	Waterloo C	Guelph A	113	10
Imtiaz Kidwai	Toronto F	Toronto I	113	0
Saju Ramraj	Toronto I	Toronto F	113	0
Becca Wu	JMU B	NCSU B	113	0
Joseph Cole	UNC A	Virginia A	113	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Stony Brook	113	0
Alex Mayernick	Lehigh A	Lehigh B	113	10
Vihaan Jim	Princeton	Rutgers B	113	0
John Shelly	Rowan	NYU C	113	0
Yiwei Jiang	NYU C	Rowan	113	0
Jun Chen	George Mason C	Vassar B	113	10
David Black	Illinois Champaign	Illinois Orange	113	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Iowa A	113	10
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	Purdue D	113	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Williams A	113	0
Kyle Hart	MIT B	Harvard	113	0
Julian Moody	Tufts A	Brown A	113	10
Yoyo Liu	British Columbia C	British Columbia A	113	10
Abby Tipton	Auburn C	Vanderbilt B	113	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Sewanne	113	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Clemson C	113	0
Lucy Izabella	Edinburgh D	Durham B	113	10
Tevin Francis	Southampton	Cambridge B	113	0
David Latimer	Imperial A	Birmingham	113	10
Will Barton	Imperial C	Oxford	113	0
Derek Li	Cornell A	Binghamton A	113	0
Claire Chambers	Binghamton A	Cornell A	113	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	Binghamton B	113	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	47.80
UK (South)	UK	8	75%	25%	50.00
Northern California	US	1	100%	0%	55.00
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	43.86
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	0%	43.20
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	89%	11%	68.00
Florida	US	1	100%	0%	106.00
Great Lakes	US	12	100%	0%	46.83
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	78%	11%	61.57
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	75%	17%	60.44
Midwest	US	9	100%	22%	72.22
North	US	1	100%	0%	49.00
Northeast	US	12	75%	25%	64.78
Pacific	US	9	100%	0%	61.00
Southeast	US	13	92%	8%	59.83
Upstate NY	US	4	100%	0%	73.25