liver - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

This organ’s outflow of blood is occluded in Budd–Chiari syndrome. (10[1])Damage to this organ (-5[1])is indicated (-5[2])by an AST/ALT (-5[1])ratio (10[3])that (10[1])deviates (10[2])from one. (10[6])Kupffer cells reside (10[2])in this organ’s (10[4]-5[1])sinusoids, (10[2])where they destroy (10[2])foreign (10[2])microbes. (10[1])This (10[1])organ (-5[1])produces (-5[1])ketone bodies in low glucose conditions (10[2]-5[2])and is the most common (-5[1])site of (-5[1])steatosis, (10[1]-5[3])a disease characterized (-5[1])by a buildup of fat. (10[5])Bilirubin (10[6]-5[2])is broken (10[1])down (10[4])by this (10[3])organ, (10[2]-5[1])which (10[1])receives (10[1])blood through the portal (10[2])vein. (10[2])A (10[1])fluid produced by this organ (10[2])that aids in (10[1])lipid (10[1])digestion is stored (10[1]-5[1])in the gallbladder. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[2])name this bile-producing (10[2])organ whose (10[2])cirrhosis (10[3])may be caused (10[2])by (10[2])alcohol (10[1])poisoning. (10[2])■END■ (10[14])

ANSWER: liver [accept liver cirrhosis; accept fatty liver disease]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	UNC C	9	10
Jason Thieu	Michigan State A	CWRU A	13	-5
Sarah Dong	Michigan A	Louisville C	15	-5
Deeksha Easwar	Washington Sockeye	Washington Chum	15	-5
Jeremy Scurlock	Chipola College	Auburn B	18	-5
Anna Liao	Michigan B	Michigan State B	19	10
Miles Spieler	Ohio State C	WVU A	19	10
Judah Friedman	UConn A	MIT A	19	10
Ben Weng	Macalester	Wisconsin C	20	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Lehigh A	21	10
Jacob Coyne	Durham C	York	21	10
Thomas Wu	Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Mighty Miner	23	10
Ethan Tran	UCLA C	UCLA A	23	10
Matthew Lam	Ohio State A	Louisville D	23	10
Vivian Adolph	UNC B	William & Mary A	23	10
Alex Emmert	Maryland B	Vassar A	23	10
Jack Disbury	Durham D	Sheffield B	23	10
Snehan Saroch	Louisville A	Kentucky	26	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	Princeton	26	10
Aaryan Sumesh	Berkeley Archer Queen	UCSC	29	10
Pace Klein	CWRU B	Michigan State C	29	10
Cooper Morris	Columbia B	Rutgers D	29	-5
Matthew Kohn	Williams A	Tufts B	29	10
Caleb Slusher	South Carolina A	Clemson A	29	10
Owen Gibbs	Boston College B	Williams B	30	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Boise State	30	10
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	Carleton B	33	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	NCSU B	33	10
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	Ottawa D	34	10
Charles Xin	British Columbia A	Arizona State B	34	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Tennessee Tech	35	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Ottawa B	36	10
Rohan Soni	UCLA F	USC B	37	-5
Zachary Fitzpatrick	Wisconsin B	Michigan Tech	38	-5
Joel Kim	Clemson B	Emory A	44	10
Nitish Sudhakar	Georgia Tech A	Georgia A	44	-5
Brayden Zhang	Vanderbilt B	Georgia Tech C	44	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Georgia Tech F	44	-5
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Auburn C	49	-5
Sarah Silverman	Claremont C	UC Santa Barbara	51	-5
David Yuan	Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Boss Bandit	52	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	South Florida A	52	-5
Kenneth Moeller	ERAU Daytona A	Florida Tech B	52	-5
Jonah McGinley	Rochester	Binghamton A	52	-5
Yvonne Pan	Amherst B	Brandeis Mozart	55	-5
Advai Srinivasan	UC Irvine	UCSD A	60	10
Claire Wilson	Lehigh B	Penn	60	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Harvard	60	10
Olivia Ding	Texas	Washington Steelhead	60	10
Laura Bullock	Sheffield A	Edinburgh B	60	10
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech A	JMU B	61	10
Cara Leonard	William & Mary C	Liberty A	61	10
Madison Bernard	Liberty C	NCSU A	61	-5
Sophia Jagels	William & Mary B	Virginia Tech C	61	10
Cy Stavros	Vermont A	Dartmouth C	61	-5
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Alabama A	61	10
Judah Garlic	Cornell C	Cornell D	61	10
Judah Garlic	Cornell C	Cornell D	61	10
Mackenzie Tott	Columbia A	Rowan	63	10
Aditya Koushik	Stanford B	Stanford A	64	10
Ethan Ririe	UCSD B	Claremont B	64	10
Carly Hemani	JMU A	UNC A	64	10
Yulia Wolczuk	Durham B	Edinburgh C	64	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	Florida Tech A	66	10
Brady Hagan	Ohio State B	CWRU C	66	10
Nathan Whittington	Tennessee A	Sewanne	66	10
Magnolia Schnirman Barría	NYU B	George Mason C	67	-5
Jonathan Ho	Alberta B	Arizona State A	67	10
Sonya Bates	Washington Atlantic	Washington Coho	67	10
Alan Cai	Amherst A	MIT B	68	10
Shivam Saxena	Georgia Tech F	Montevallo	69	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	Ottawa A	73	10
Virginia Brooks	Minnesota	St. Thomas	73	10
Asish Madarapu	UNC D	Liberty B	74	10
Rufus Gladwell	Durham A	Edinburgh D	74	10
Kayla Drajpuch	Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	75	10
Chris Chang	USC A	UCLA D	80	10
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	Rochester	80	10
Drew Wetterlind	Iowa State	Wisconsin A	83	10
Niyanthi Yamunan	Georgia Tech E	Clemson C	84	10
Andrew Sklar	Vassar B	NYU C	87	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	RIT B	87	-5
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	Claremont A	90	10
Matthew Stall	CWRU D	Michigan D	90	10
Lucas Guan	Brown A	Dartmouth B	90	-5
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Brown B	93	10
Danny Cutbill	RIT A	Binghamton B	93	10
Jack Yesner	Brandeis Beethoven	Tufts A	96	10
Akif Ismail	Williams C	Tufts C	96	10
AnnaMaria Donnelly	UCF A	Florida A	98	10
Brandon Wiltse	Washington Chinook	British Columbia B	98	10
Sai Subramanian	CWRU A	Michigan State A	99	10
Aaron Wang	Cornell A	Binghamton C	99	10
Hayley Morris	RIT B	Cornell B	99	10
Lauryn Hendrix	Louisville C	Michigan A	102	10
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	Pittsburgh	102	10
Jesse Mindel	NCSU A	Liberty C	103	10
Steve Gaughan	Brandeis Mozart	Amherst B	103	10
Elizabeth Ziberman	Stony Brook	Rutgers C	104	10
Abby Lowy	Washington Masu	Washington State	105	10
Coy Mier	Auburn B	Chipola College	105	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	Claremont C	106	10
Vivienne Ruemler	USC B	UCLA F	106	10
Gerrit Severeid	McGill E	Ottawa C	106	10
Addison Wiggins	South Florida A	Florida B	106	10
Orin Overmiller	Florida Tech B	ERAU Daytona A	106	10
Abbi Tesreau	George Mason C	NYU B	106	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Columbia B	106	10
Alex Matchinski	Michigan Tech	Wisconsin B	106	10
Ayaan Jajodia	Dartmouth B	Brown A	106	10
Kaushik Jayaprabha	Dartmouth C	Vermont A	106	10
Tri Lam	Washington Chum	Washington Sockeye	106	10
Justin Gilbert	Auburn C	Tennessee B	106	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Georgia Tech A	106	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt C	106	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	48.40
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	42.00
Southern California	US	7	100%	29%	75.57
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	0%	56.40
Florida	US	4	100%	50%	94.00
Great Lakes	US	10	100%	20%	57.50
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	54.33
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	22%	66.22
North	US	4	100%	25%	70.50
Northeast	US	12	100%	25%	73.42
Pacific	US	8	100%	13%	70.88
Southeast	US	12	100%	33%	71.25
Upstate NY	US	6	100%	33%	82.17