Lebanon - 2025 ACF Fall

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This country’s War of Brothers and War of the Camps included a “Movement of the Deprived,” (10[1])the Amal faction. It’s not (10[1])Spain, but in this country, foreign-sponsored Phalange militias stormed the Shatila refugee (-5[1])camp. (10[1])The Taif Agreement (10[1])which ended (10[1])this country’s (-5[1])civil war stipulated (10[1])powersharing (10[1])between its Sunni, (10[1])Shia, and Maronite (10[2])Christian (10[3])communities. (10[10])A group (10[1]-5[1])once (10[1])led in this country (10[1])by Hassan Nasrallah (10[1])was (10[1])targeted (10[1]-5[1])after a massive bombing (10[1])on US Marine barracks (10[1])in 1983. This country, which housed PLO refugees in the 1970s, overthrew Syrian occupation in the Cedar Revolution. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[3])Hezbollah is headquartered in what country’s (-5[1])capital of Beirut? ■END■ (10[2]0[2])

ANSWER: Lebanon [or Republic of Lebanon]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	George Mason A	15	10
Jack Granahan	Brandeis Mozart	MIT A	20	10
Ritwik Sharma	Arizona State A	Alberta A	32	-5
Jackson Price	Dartmouth B	Boston College A	33	10
Yuxuan Lu	Vanderbilt A	Chipola College	36	10
Yuval Klein	Williams C	MIT B	38	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Vassar A	40	-5
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	Alberta B	43	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Edinburgh A	44	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	McMaster A	47	10
William Kiker	Dartmouth A	Amherst A	50	10
David Zaslavsky	Brandeis Bach	Tufts B	50	10
Nathan Zhao	Maryland B	Maryland A	51	10
Suhaan Pastakia	Maryland C	Rutgers A	51	10
Sam Hewitt	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue A	51	10
Joe O'Connor	George Mason B	Rutgers D	52	10
Daniel Abrams	Rutgers B	NYU B	52	10
Jack Marguiles	Stony Brook	Penn	52	10
Ethan Erickson	Boston College B	Boston University B	52	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Tufts A	52	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Tufts C	52	10
John Halsun	UConn A	Vermont A	52	10
Marc Greco	Williams A	Brown A	52	10
Ryan Zhang	Washington State	British Columbia A	52	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Texas	52	10
Vihaan Jim	Princeton	Lehigh A	54	10
Gavin Morrow	Washington Steelhead	Washington Pink	54	-5
Alice Ton Nu	Washington Coho	Washington Masu	55	10
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	British Columbia B	59	10
Abbi Tesreau	George Mason C	Rowan	62	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Sockeye	63	10
Eli Young	Vassar A	Johns Hopkins	64	10
Taiki Takahashi	Dartmouth C	Harvard	64	-5
Miranda Chen	Vassar B	Rutgers C	68	10
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	Columbia A	72	10
Oliver Morten	Cardiff	Cambridge B	90	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Brown B	93	10
Carson Kessler	Washington Pink	Washington Steelhead	93	10
Solomon Blecher	Cornell D	RIT A	93	10
Aidan Drain	NYU C	Columbia B	99	-5
Neal Tandon	Columbia B	NYU C	103	0
Andrew Park	Harvard	Dartmouth C	103	0
Liam Markland	Alberta A	Arizona State A	103	10
Isabella DePrimo	Washington Chinook	Boise State	103	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	1	100%	0%	44.00
UK (South)	UK	1	100%	0%	90.00
Eastern Canada (2)	US	1	100%	0%	47.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	92%	17%	53.91
Midwest	US	1	100%	0%	51.00
Northeast	US	12	92%	8%	49.45
Pacific	US	9	100%	22%	69.22
Southeast	US	1	100%	0%	36.00
Upstate NY	US	1	100%	0%	93.00