Marcel Duchamp - 2025 ACF Fall

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This artist produced a “Green Box” of notes for an artwork in which male figures (10[2])are connected to a chocolate grinder and (10[1])water wheel. Visitors look through a peephole (10[3])to see a headless (10[6])nude (10[3])raising a lamp (10[4]-5[1])in a piece this person (10[2]-5[1])created 25 years after quitting art for chess. (10[7])This (-5[1])artist left broken glass (10[1])in a (10[1])window-like (10[2])piece split (10[1])between (10[1])nine suitors (10[1])and a bride. (10[2])A 1912 (10[1])painting by this artist was dubbed an “explosion in a shingle (10[3])factory” (10[1])for (-5[1])depicting a (10[1])nude (10[1])from several (10[1])perspectives (10[3])as she (-5[1])descends (10[1]-5[2])a staircase. (10[8]-5[4])A snow shovel (10[2]-5[1])is (10[1])one of many found (10[1])objects modified (10[1])by this artist, (10[7]-5[1])including (10[2])one (10[1])signed “R. Mutt.” (10[8]-5[1])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[5])name this (10[3])Dada artist (10[1])whose readymade (10[3])Fountain is (10[1])a (10[2])repurposed (10[2])toilet. (10[5])■END■ (10[11]0[9])

ANSWER: Marcel Duchamp

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Samuel Li	William & Mary A	UNC A	14	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt C	14	10
David Ropp	Duke A	William & Mary B	21	10
Nico Pascual	Michigan State B	Ohio State C	28	10
Arlene Lopez	Stony Brook	George Mason C	28	10
Jeremy Scurlock	Chipola College	Vanderbilt A	28	10
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech C	VCU A	32	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	George Mason B	32	10
David Black	Illinois Champaign	William Woods University A	32	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	Indiana A	32	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Rose-Hulman A	32	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	British Columbia B	32	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Guelph A	33	10
Carter Yott	McMaster A	Toronto A	33	10
Joshua Garner	Ohio State A	WVU B	33	10
Snehan Saroch	Louisville A	Louisville B	36	-5
Kevin Yang	Illinois Blue	Illinois Canada	36	10
Drew Wetterlind	Iowa State	St. Thomas	36	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Brandeis Mozart	36	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Georgia Tech A	36	10
Huy Lai	UCSC	Berkeley Little Prince	41	10
Anton Akroush	Michigan State A	CWRU D	41	-5
Sarah Dong	Michigan A	Michigan State C	41	10
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	UCLA B	49	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCLA A	49	10
Enina Edosomwan	CWRU A	Michigan D	49	10
Faraz Foroughi	NCSU A	Virginia Tech B	49	10
Jonathan Sung	Virginia A	Virginia Tech A	49	10
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	Arizona State A	49	10
Carson Kessler	Washington Pink	Washington State	49	10
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	Cornell D	50	-5
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	Washington Atlantic	54	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	Vassar A	56	10
Britt Bernstein	Georgia A	Georgia Tech E	57	10
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	Imperial C	57	10
Conner Yamnitz	WashU Grizzlers	Chicago B	59	10
Devito Stevanus	McGill B	McGill C	60	10
Kaushik Jayaprabha	Dartmouth C	MIT B	62	10
Ruby Xia	Arizona State B	Texas	65	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Auburn B	65	10
Meredith Wiper	CWRU B	CWRU C	67	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	Pittsburgh	78	10
Max Kurzman	UNC D	UNC C	78	10
Matthew Kohn	Williams A	Southern Connecticut State University A	78	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Wisconsin B	79	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Auburn A	80	-5
Zaire Gibbons	Toronto D	Toronto B	82	10
Julian Moody	Tufts A	UConn A	83	10
Juliette Flatau	Imperial A	Cambridge D	85	10
Diego Monge	Claremont C	USC B	86	10
Asher Lyons	Maryland B	Rutgers B	86	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Clemson A	86	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Amherst B	88	-5
John Rootham	Ottawa D	Ottawa B	89	-5
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Iowa A	89	10
Shivam Saxena	Georgia Tech F	Emory A	89	-5
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Archer Queen	91	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	UCLA F	91	-5
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	Florida Tech B	91	10
Manobhiram Vegendla	Ohio State D	Louisville D	91	10
Daniel Huang	Michigan C	Louisville C	91	10
Kevin Liu	Maryland A	Princeton	91	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Williams B	91	-5
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	Boston College A	91	10
Kenner Bailey	Boston University A	Dartmouth B	91	-5
Brandon Wiltse	Washington Chinook	Washington Coho	91	-5
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Durham C	91	10
Oliver Morten	Cardiff	Bristol	91	10
Pallas Allen	South Florida A	ERAU Daytona A	94	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Tennessee B	94	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Sewanne	94	-5
Anthony Gagliano	McGill A	Ottawa A	95	10
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	USC A	99	10
Yiwei Jiang	NYU C	Lehigh B	101	10
Ethan Ririe	UCSD B	UCLA D	104	10
Simon Choist	Queen's A	McMaster C	104	-5
June Miller	Florida A	Florida Tech A	104	10
Mason Lambert	JMU A	William & Mary C	104	10
James Meek	George Mason A	Rutgers D	104	10
Anila Moparthi	Illinois Orange	Purdue C	104	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Tennessee A	104	10
Benjamin Turner	York	Edinburgh B	104	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Indiana B	105	10
Simarya Ahuja	Washington Sockeye	Boise State	105	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Mighty Miner	106	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Waterloo B	109	10
Will Huang	Wisconsin A	Macalester	109	10
Owen Gibbs	Boston College B	Vermont A	109	10
Emma Gates	Brown A	Tufts C	109	10
Eleanor Arron	Williams C	Brandeis Bach	109	-5
Barkot Belay	Emory A	Georgia Tech F	109	10
Stephen Donoghue	Sheffield B	Edinburgh C	109	10
Kamil Boehm	Cambridge A	Southampton	109	10
Danny Cutbill	RIT A	Rochester	109	10
Cole Hennessy	UCF A	Florida B	111	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	Stanford A	112	10
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	Ottawa C	112	10
Maya Vardag	Waterloo A	Toronto C	112	10
Sophia Peng	Rutgers C	NYU B	112	10
Atom Lucenet	Imperial D	Imperial B	112	10
Adithya Parat	McMaster C	Queen's A	114	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	Lehigh A	114	10
Haylee Weisner	Washington Masu	Alberta B	114	10
Richy Sun	Vanderbilt B	Auburn C	116	10
Yun Loh	Penn	Vassar B	118	10
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	Michigan Tech	118	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Georgia Tech D	118	10
Rufus Gladwell	Durham A	Durham B	120	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Clemson C	121	10
Ariyan Miah	Binghamton B	Cornell B	121	10
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	Carleton B	122	10
Hayley Morris	RIT B	ESF	122	10
Anjali Rao	Ottawa B	Ottawa D	123	10
Samuel Zheng	Toronto F	Toronto H	123	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Columbia A	123	10
Dan Millington	Birmingham	Cambridge C	123	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Cornell C	123	10
Katherine Mack	UC Irvine	UCLA E	124	0
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UC Irvine	124	0
Brian Hobmann	UCLA F	UC Santa Barbara	124	10
Shaynee Ruffle	Toronto G	Waterloo C	124	10
Mohit Nair	CWRU D	Michigan State A	124	10
Sam Zavadil	Michigan State D	Kentucky	124	0
Brody Johnson	Louisville B	Louisville A	124	10
John Shelly	Rowan	Columbia B	124	10
Meredith Onions	Iowa B	Purdue D	124	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Amherst A	124	10
Jack Yesner	Brandeis Beethoven	Boston University B	124	10
Bokei Thompson	Amherst B	Dartmouth A	124	0
Micah Lauzon	Dartmouth B	Boston University A	124	10
Alice Ton Nu	Washington Coho	Washington Chinook	124	0
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Georgia Tech B	124	10
Rob Morris	Durham D	Sheffield A	124	0
Adam Doyle	Cambridge E	Oxford	124	0
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Cambridge E	124	0
Abhinav Dinesh	LSE	Warwick	124	10
Solomon Blecher	Cornell D	Binghamton A	124	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	80%	0%	106.00
UK (South)	UK	8	88%	0%	100.14
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	87.50
Southern California	US	7	86%	14%	85.17
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	20%	102.40
Eastern Canada (2)	US	8	100%	13%	91.25
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	100.00
Great Lakes	US	11	91%	18%	72.60
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	7	100%	0%	49.57
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	0%	90.75
Midwest	US	9	100%	0%	68.11
North	US	4	100%	0%	85.50
Northeast	US	12	83%	33%	94.00
Pacific	US	8	88%	13%	66.86
Southeast	US	13	100%	23%	82.46
Upstate NY	US	5	80%	20%	118.75