Louisiana - 2025 ACF Fall

Packet H: Tossup 20

In a novel set in this state, an anti-abolitionist named Agricola Fusilier is stabbed by one of the title family. George Washington Cable used this state as the setting of his novel The Grandissimes. (10[1])A story set in this state ends with Armand discovering (10[1])a letter (10[3])from (10[1])his mother (10[4])revealing his (10[5])part-Black (10[3])ancestry. (10[9]-5[2])While her husband (10[1]-5[1])Léonce (10[1]-5[1])is away on (10[1])business, (10[9]-5[1])a character in this state (-5[1])drowns (10[2])herself (10[3])after (10[4])Robert (10[6])Lebrun (10[8]-5[2])confesses (10[2])his (10[2])love (-5[1])for her. (10[6])“Désirée’s Baby” (10[1])takes place in this (10[1])state, (10[3])in which a novel centering (-5[1])on Edna Pontellier is also (10[1])set. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])what state is the setting of The Awakening (-5[1])by Kate (10[1])Chopin (10[3])(“shoh-PAN”), whose (10[1])writing (10[1])often draws on her Creole (10[2]-5[1])heritage? (10[3])■END■ (10[26]0[2])

ANSWER: Louisiana [or LA]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzzpoint	Value
Mary Kate Vance	Louisville A	Louisville B	33	10
Devin Tharp	Chipola College	Vanderbilt A	43	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	Pittsburgh	45	10
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech C	VCU A	45	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	George Mason A	45	10
Matthew Lam	Ohio State A	WVU B	46	10
Alayna Roginsky	Florida Tech A	Florida A	48	10
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	UNC A	48	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	Princeton	48	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	Arizona State B	48	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	UCSD B	50	10
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	Toronto B	50	10
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	Chicago A	50	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Rose-Hulman A	50	10
David Zaslavsky	Brandeis Bach	Williams C	50	10
Conner Yamnitz	WashU Grizzlers	Chicago B	51	10
TJ Pickering	Auburn B	Tennessee Tech	51	10
Allen Xu	Georgia Tech A	South Carolina A	51	10
Gus Morin-Strom	Carleton B	McGill E	52	10
Tinashe Sandy	South Florida A	ERAU Daytona A	52	10
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	Michigan State B	52	10
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	Michigan State C	52	10
Sophia Jagels	William & Mary B	Duke A	52	-5
Diego Almaraz	UNC C	UNC D	52	10
Charles Miller	William & Mary C	JMU A	52	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Williams B	52	10
Micah Lauzon	Dartmouth B	Boston University A	52	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Georgia Tech F	52	-5
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	Georgia Tech C	52	10
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	Ohio State D	55	-5
Kevin Yang	Illinois Blue	Illinois Canada	55	10
Apollo Daley	Brown A	Tufts C	56	10
Taiki Takahashi	Dartmouth C	MIT B	56	-5
AnnaLee Simpson	Tusculum A	NCSU B	59	10
Vivian Fan	Claremont A	UCLA B	60	10
Devito Stevanus	McGill B	McGill C	60	10
Meredith Wiper	CWRU B	CWRU C	60	10
Nishad Joshi	Kentucky	Michigan State D	60	10
Nathan Woolery	Louisville C	Michigan C	60	10
Andrea Owusu	Duke A	William & Mary B	60	10
CJ Sershon	Central Oklahoma B	Rose State	60	10
Keira Flenniken	Oklahoma	Central Oklahoma A	60	-5
Harper Royal	Georgia Tech E	Georgia A	60	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt C	60	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Binghamton A	65	-5
Eli Young	Vassar A	Rutgers A	66	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Washington Pink	66	10
Karthik Subramanian	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Archer Queen	67	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCLA A	67	10
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech A	Virginia A	67	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Toronto A	68	10
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	NCSU A	68	10
Vedh Ramesh	Penn	Vassar B	68	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Iowa State	68	10
Mia Liu	Berkeley Little Prince	UCSC	69	10
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	Ottawa C	69	10
Lily Hughbanks	Purdue C	Illinois Orange	69	10
Michael Ai	Williams A	Southern Connecticut State University A	69	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	British Columbia B	69	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Tennessee B	69	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	Florida Tech B	70	10
Andrew Harms	Michigan State A	CWRU D	70	-5
Ethan Enochian	Purdue D	Iowa B	70	10
Jonathan Schnipper	Brandeis Mozart	Vermont B	70	10
Helen Neves	Boise State	Washington Sockeye	70	10
Veronica Ritter	Kansas State A	Harding	70	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Clemson A	70	10
Logan Patil	Georgia Tech F	Emory A	70	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Georgia Tech B	70	10
Megan Englehart	ESF	RIT B	70	-5
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Waterloo B	71	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	Indiana A	71	10
Alex Mayernick	Lehigh A	Maryland C	72	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Boston College B	72	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	McMaster B	73	-5
Michael Zheng	UCLA F	UC Santa Barbara	75	10
Anjali Rao	Ottawa B	Ottawa D	75	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	UCF A	75	10
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	Boston College A	75	10
Rae Meyers	Arizona State A	British Columbia C	75	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Georgia Tech D	75	10
Rafael Gómez	Amherst B	Dartmouth A	77	10
Jonathan Ho	Alberta B	Washington Masu	81	10
Surya Donath	Stanford A	Berkeley Skeleton King	82	10
Sai Subramanian	CWRU A	Michigan D	82	10
Robert Szot	Nebraska B	Murray State College A	82	10
Mason Evans	Tulsa A	Nebraska C	87	-5
Jaden Bandy	Rutgers B	Maryland B	92	10
Diana Obiozo	USC A	Claremont B	93	10
Adriana Kim	Illinois Champaign	William Woods University A	93	10
Tosca Zhang	NYU A	George Mason B	96	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	Rochester	104	-5
Kushagra Bahuguna	Washington Chinook	Washington Coho	106	10
Anthony Gagliano	McGill A	Ottawa A	107	10
Cecile Thomas	Tufts A	UConn A	107	10
Jackson Hatcher	Nebraska A	Murray State College B	107	10
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	Washington Atlantic	108	10
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	Cornell D	109	10
Maya Vardag	Waterloo A	Toronto C	114	-5
Ethen Sun	Toronto C	Waterloo A	114	10
Grace Early	Iowa A	Illinois Urbana	114	10
Frances Corban	Toronto H	Toronto F	115	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Macalester	115	10
Kieran Freed	Rochester	RIT A	115	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Mighty Miner	116	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UC Irvine	116	0
Katherine Mack	UC Irvine	UCLA E	116	10
Sarah Silverman	Claremont C	USC B	116	10
Mikkie Smylie	Brock A	Toronto I	116	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Guelph A	116	0
Brendan Bridle	Queen's A	McMaster C	116	10
Tobias Smerdon	Toronto G	Waterloo C	116	10
Mohit Nair	CWRU D	Michigan State A	116	10
Ishan Chahande	Ohio State D	Louisville D	116	10
Gabriel Dodds	Liberty C	JMU B	116	10
Jack Marguiles	Stony Brook	George Mason C	116	10
Andrew Wu	Columbia A	Johns Hopkins	116	10
Aidan Drain	NYU C	Lehigh B	116	10
Neal Tandon	Columbia B	Rowan	116	10
Sparrow Brotman	NYU B	Rutgers C	116	10
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	Michigan Tech	116	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Wisconsin B	116	10
Ohm Patel	Boston University B	Brandeis Beethoven	116	10
Kyle Hart	MIT B	Dartmouth C	116	10
Luke Hasksins	Kansas State B	Tulsa B	116	10
Nolan King	Nebraska C	Tulsa A	116	10
Sage Snow	Central Oklahoma A	Oklahoma	116	10
Matthew Bray	Auburn C	Vanderbilt B	116	10
Ethan Miniard	Montevallo	Clemson C	116	10
Isaiah Schmid	Binghamton B	Cornell B	116	10
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	Cornell A	116	10
Astrid Kelley	RIT B	ESF	116	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	Conv. %	Neg %	Avg. Buzz
Northern California	Main	✓	4	100%	0%	83.50
Southern California	Main	✓	7	100%	0%	82.43
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	✓	5	100%	0%	72.60
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	✓	9	89%	22%	95.75
Florida	Main	✓	4	100%	0%	61.25
Great Lakes	Main	✓	11	100%	18%	65.64
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	✓	9	100%	11%	63.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	✓	12	100%	0%	88.92
Midwest	Main	✓	9	100%	0%	69.22
North	Main	✓	4	100%	0%	103.75
Northeast	Main	✓	12	100%	8%	76.00
Pacific	Main	✓	8	100%	0%	77.88
South Central	Main	✓	7	100%	29%	95.29
Southeast	Main	✓	13	100%	8%	69.46
Upstate NY	Main	✓	5	100%	60%	114.40