Louis Pasteur - 2025 ACF Fall

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This scientist and collaborator of Marie Laurent (“laur-ON”) told his family never to reveal his laboratory notebooks to anyone as he often gave misleading accounts of his discoveries. Researchers from a European institute named for this scientist (-5[1])were jointly (-5[1])awarded (-5[3])a 2008 (-5[2])Nobel Prize (-5[3])for discovering (-5[2])HIV. (10[1]-5[2])This scientist corresponded (-5[1])with John Tyndall and boiled meat broth (10[2])in (10[1])a (10[1])swan neck (10[5])flask (10[8])to disprove (10[7])the (10[1])theory (10[6]-5[1])of (10[2])spontaneous (10[3])generation. (10[7]-5[3])A (10[1])process (10[2]-5[1])named (10[1])for this scientist (10[6])involves (10[1])heating (-5[1])a liquid (10[8])to (10[3])70 (10[5])degrees (10[3])Celsius (10[10])to (10[1])inactivate (10[2])enzymes (10[1])that cause (10[1])spoilage. (10[12])For 10 points, (10[2])name this French (10[1])scientist (10[1])and “father of microbiology,” (10[3])who names a process that makes it (10[1])safe (10[1])to drink (10[1])milk. (10[2])■END■ (10[12])

ANSWER: Louis Pasteur [accept pasteurization; accept Pasteur Institute or Institut Pasteur] (The researchers in the second line are Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier.)

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Daniel Huang	Michigan C	CWRU D	35	-5
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	George Mason B	37	-5
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Boss Bandit	38	-5
Aiden Hart	Kentucky	Pittsburgh	38	-5
Suyog Vibhuti	Washington Steelhead	Washington Chinook	38	-5
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	UCLA C	40	-5
Nicholas Nguyen	Florida B	Florida Tech A	40	-5
Bonham Buchannon	Louisville D	Ohio State C	42	-5
Rae Meyers	Arizona State A	Washington Sockeye	42	-5
Josh Morris	Bristol	Imperial C	42	-5
Aidan Keenan	Rochester	Binghamton C	44	-5
Aidan Keenan	Rochester	Binghamton C	44	-5
William Kiker	Dartmouth A	Brown A	45	-5
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Atlantic	45	10
Youyou Yu	Imperial A	Cambridge D	45	-5
Dawson Teu	Waterloo A	Toronto A	48	-5
Nick Machin	UCLA A	USC B	55	10
Sidarth Erat	MIT A	Brown B	55	10
Samuel Li	William & Mary A	NCSU A	56	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Iowa State	57	10
Seth Allen	McMaster A	Toronto D	59	10
Jacob Goodson	Ohio State A	Louisville B	59	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	NYU A	59	10
Arthur Zhang	Purdue C	Iowa A	59	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Chipola College	59	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	USC A	60	10
Jeremy Kim	Toronto F	McMaster C	60	10
Deepanshi Matai	Toronto C	Toronto B	60	10
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech B	Virginia A	60	10
David Nickel	Purdue A	Chicago B	60	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Dartmouth B	60	10
Yoyo Liu	British Columbia C	Washington State	60	10
Daniel Lu	Washington Pink	Washington Masu	60	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCSD B	62	10
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	McGill E	62	10
Andrew Harms	Michigan State A	Louisville A	62	10
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech A	UNC A	62	10
Xavier Bornhorst	Maryland A	Rutgers A	62	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Penn	62	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Tennessee Tech	62	10
Marc Greco	Williams A	Vermont B	63	10
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Stanford A	64	10
Nathan Woolery	Louisville C	Michigan State D	64	-5
Andrew McKenzie	Ohio State B	Michigan State B	64	10
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech C	UNC D	64	10
Yashaswi Jaishy	Iowa B	Illinois Champaign	64	10
Caleb Slusher	South Carolina A	Tennessee A	64	10
Andreas Ktori	Durham A	Edinburgh C	64	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	ESF	65	10
Peter Smith	Binghamton A	RIT B	65	10
Tristan Scarlett	Ottawa D	McGill B	66	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Waterloo C	66	10
Anna Liao	Michigan B	Michigan A	66	10
Aaryan Sumesh	Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Mighty Miner	67	10
Advai Srinivasan	UC Irvine	Claremont C	67	10
Angelo Pan	CWRU A	CWRU B	67	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Purdue D	67	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Indiana A	67	10
Vikram Rajmohan	Amherst A	Tufts A	67	10
Brayden Zhang	Vanderbilt B	Mississippi State A	67	-5
Alex Miller	Edinburgh B	Durham B	67	10
Honor Mountford	Cambridge C	Cambridge E	67	-5
Connor Yu	Cornell C	Binghamton B	67	-5
Bharath Ram	Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech C	68	10
Yvonne Pan	Amherst B	Boston University B	69	10
Andrew Park	Harvard	Brandeis Beethoven	69	-5
Mahathi Veluri	UConn A	Boston University A	69	10
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	Indiana B	70	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	UCLA D	73	10
Thomas Vukovic	Toronto H	Toronto I	73	10
Gwen Myers	WVU A	WVU B	73	10
Sophia Madrazo	Purdue B	Illinois Canada	73	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Alabama A	73	10
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Imperial B	73	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Illinois Blue	74	10
Daniel Chen	Emory A	Georgia A	75	-5
David Yuan	Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Skeleton King	77	10
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	McGill C	77	10
Arjun Saulnier	CWRU C	Michigan D	77	10
Cooper Morris	Columbia B	George Mason C	77	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	WashU Grizzlers	77	10
Jonathan Schnipper	Brandeis Mozart	Boston College A	77	10
Moses Dong	Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech E	77	10
James Carrick-Lawson	Southampton	Cambridge A	77	10
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	UCLA B	78	10
Joshua Iyo	UNC B	UNC C	78	10
Stephen Donoghue	Sheffield B	Durham C	78	10
Andrew Lin	Toronto G	Waterloo B	79	10
Audrey Nolan	NCSU B	Liberty B	79	10
Elizabeth Ziberman	Stony Brook	Vassar A	79	10
Henry Rutherford-Braun	British Columbia B	Texas	79	10
TJ Pickering	Auburn B	Georgia Tech B	79	10
Alex Emmert	Maryland B	George Mason A	80	10
Vihaan Jim	Princeton	Columbia A	80	10
Emma Gates	Brown A	Dartmouth A	80	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford B	81	10
Mason Lambert	JMU A	William & Mary B	81	10
Cara Leonard	William & Mary C	Liberty A	81	10
Daniel Abrams	Rutgers B	Lehigh A	81	10
Reid Eichberg	Tufts B	Vermont A	81	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Clemson C	81	10
Rory Moloney	Cambridge E	Cambridge C	81	10
Judah Solomon	Imperial D	Oxford	81	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Cornell D	81	10
Ariyan Miah	Binghamton B	Cornell C	81	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	ERAU Daytona A	82	10
Abhay Ariyapappillil	Ottawa B	Ottawa A	83	10
Peyton Legg	UCF A	Florida A	83	10
Platon Gorokhov	Toronto E	Guelph A	84	10
Magnolia Schnirman Barría	NYU B	Lehigh B	86	10
Pallas Allen	South Florida A	Florida Tech B	87	10
Akhil Upadrasta	Ohio State D	Michigan State C	87	10
Ezra Siegartel	Vassar B	Rowan	87	10
Ben Simmons	Macalester	St. Thomas	87	10
Alex Matchinski	Michigan Tech	Wisconsin C	87	10
Taiki Takahashi	Dartmouth C	Williams C	87	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Alberta B	87	10
Edward Zhang	Vanderbilt C	Auburn C	87	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Clemson B	87	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Tennessee B	87	10
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	Imperial A	87	10
Sia Kalia	Warwick	LSE	87	10
Sam Montgomery	Ottawa C	Carleton B	90	10
Harry Oxley	Imperial C	Bristol	90	10
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	Wisconsin B	93	10
Abbie Isabel	Edinburgh A	Sheffield A	94	10
Katie Young	Liberty C	Tusculum A	98	10
Eli O'Sick Johnson	Binghamton C	Rochester	98	10
Eli O'Sick Johnson	Binghamton C	Rochester	98	10
Miriam Lee	Queen's A	Brock A	105	10
Renita Tang	NYU C	Rutgers C	106	10
Leo Neve	Durham D	Edinburgh D	108	10
Yutong Han	Michigan State D	Louisville C	109	10
Isabella DePrimo	Washington Chinook	Washington Steelhead	109	10
Aarav Kakad	UCLA C	UC Santa Barbara	110	10
Kevin He	Toronto A	Waterloo A	110	10
Ryan Gomes	Florida Tech A	Florida B	110	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	Kentucky	110	10
Mohit Nair	CWRU D	Michigan C	110	10
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	Louisville D	110	10
Braydon Morefield	George Mason B	Johns Hopkins	110	10
Kaitlyn Farrin	Brandeis Beethoven	Harvard	110	10
Simarya Ahuja	Washington Sockeye	Arizona State A	110	10
Alice Ton Nu	Washington Coho	British Columbia A	110	10
Britt Bernstein	Georgia A	Emory A	110	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt B	110	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	82.20
UK (South)	UK	7	100%	43%	82.29
Northern California	US	4	100%	25%	72.25
Southern California	US	7	100%	14%	72.14
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	0%	75.60
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	77.33
Florida	US	4	100%	25%	90.50
Great Lakes	US	12	100%	33%	82.83
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	73.22
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	10	100%	10%	80.80
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	100%	0%	80.50
Midwest	US	9	100%	0%	67.89
North	US	4	100%	0%	81.00
Northeast	US	11	100%	18%	74.36
Pacific	US	8	100%	25%	82.50
Southeast	US	13	100%	15%	80.31
Upstate NY	US	6	100%	50%	81.33