Mean Girls - 2025 ACF Fall

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A 2017 musical with this title briefly starred Sabrina Carpenter (10[3])in a role (10[6])originated (10[8])by (10[4])Erika (10[4])Henningsen. (10[10]-5[1])Chappell Roan (10[1])and her crush watch a film with this title (10[2])every night (10[3]-5[1])in “Naked (10[4])in Manhattan.” (10[7])A live-action (10[2])character played (10[3])by Auli’i (10[1])Cravalho (-5[1])(“ow-LEE-ee kruh-VAWL-yo”) narrates (-5[1])a 2024 musical (10[3])film with this title (10[3]-5[1])in which an (10[1])antagonist (10[1])played by (10[1])Reneé (10[1])Rapp (10[3])is called (10[7])an (10[2])“apex (10[3])predator.” (10[7])In a film with (10[2])this title, a character (10[1])jokingly (10[1])blames (10[1])“a big, (10[1])lesbian crush” for why she gave an enemy Kälteen bars (10[1])to make her (10[1])gain weight and lose popularity. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, a film with what title shows the “too gay (10[1])to function” Damian and Janis Ian opposing Regina George’s Plastics? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Mean Girls (Henningsen originated Cady Heron in the musical adaptation of Mean Girls.)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	Waterloo B	9	10
Sarah Dong	Michigan A	Ohio State B	9	10
Fia Gale	Edinburgh D	Durham C	9	10
Chris Wang	Toronto B	Toronto I	12	10
Brady Bier	Boston University A	Tufts C	12	10
Lulu Anderson	Sheffield B	York	12	10
Megan Rowe	Cambridge D	Warwick	12	10
Bethany Howard	Imperial A	LSE	12	10
Kieran Freed	Rochester	Cornell D	12	10
Chen Nagahawatte	Ottawa B	McGill C	13	10
Susanna Liao	Waterloo A	Queen's A	13	10
Molly Krallman	Louisville C	CWRU C	13	10
Brody Johnson	Louisville B	Kentucky	13	10
Diana Risley	WashU Grolars	Illinois Canada	13	10
Adam Chilbert	Macalester	St. Thomas	13	10
Virginia Brooks	Minnesota	Wisconsin B	13	10
Madeline Strauss	Tufts A	MIT A	13	10
Mary Kate Vance	Louisville A	Michigan State D	14	10
Parker Jones	NCSU B	Virginia Tech B	14	10
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	Cornell B	14	10
Megan Englehart	ESF	Cornell C	14	10
Elena Thai	Waterloo C	McMaster A	15	10
Zaire Gibbons	Toronto D	McMaster C	15	10
AnnaMaria Donnelly	UCF A	Florida Tech A	15	10
Sonali Srikanth	Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech B	15	10
Adrian Li	Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Little Prince	16	10
Rebecca Li	Ottawa A	Carleton B	16	10
Elise Economou	Pittsburgh	Michigan State C	16	10
Chase Moss	WVU A	Michigan State B	16	-5
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	Duke A	16	10
Alma Gazzaniga	UNC B	JMU B	16	10
Jonah Chancio	JMU A	UNC C	16	10
Margaret Withers	George Mason B	NYU B	16	10
Maisie Quinn	Brown B	Brandeis Mozart	16	10
Sam Chernoff	Emory A	Montevallo	16	10
Abbie Isabel	Edinburgh A	Durham B	16	10
Abigail Zimmerman	Iowa A	Chicago B	18	10
William Kiker	Dartmouth A	Vermont B	27	10
Molly Oakley	Binghamton C	RIT B	27	10
Zoe Brennan	Virginia Tech C	Liberty B	29	10
Anila Moparthi	Illinois Orange	Chicago A	29	10
Salil Jain	Williams B	Vermont A	29	10
Aditi Nebhwani	Bristol	Cambridge B	29	-5
Yashaswi Jaishy	Iowa B	William Woods University A	31	10
Yashaswi Jaishy	Iowa B	William Woods University A	31	10
Melissa Thai	Georgia A	Vanderbilt C	31	10
Nina Bindra	Southampton	Cambridge C	31	10
Ritisha Dey	Stanford A	Berkeley Skeleton King	33	10
Maggie Dunn	Michigan B	Ohio State C	33	10
Elizabeth Ziberman	Stony Brook	NYU A	33	10
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue C	33	10
Emma Gates	Brown A	Williams C	33	10
Connor Tindall	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt B	33	10
Reese Powell	Cornell A	Binghamton B	33	10
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	McGill E	35	10
Stella Broome	Virginia A	Liberty C	35	10
Abbott Sherwin	NCSU A	William & Mary B	37	10
Mackenzie Tott	Columbia A	George Mason A	37	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Georgia Tech C	37	10
Bharath Ram	Georgia Tech A	Alabama A	39	10
Andrew Lin	Toronto G	McMaster B	40	-5
Alex Matchinski	Michigan Tech	Wisconsin A	41	-5
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	McGill B	44	10
Cheyenne Hewitt	Tusculum A	UNC A	44	10
Miguel Carreira	Imperial B	Cambridge E	44	10
Alex Grigoriades	Lehigh A	Columbia B	48	10
Isabella Johansson	NYU C	Penn	48	10
Wren Horne-Sarkees	Harvard	Williams A	48	10
Doug Frederick	Auburn A	Georgia Tech E	48	-5
Yuxuan Lu	Vanderbilt A	Clemson B	51	10
Mahathi Veluri	UConn A	Boston University B	52	10
David Zaslavsky	Brandeis Bach	Dartmouth B	54	10
Ellen Ge	Toronto A	Toronto H	55	10
Noah Scattergood	Brock A	Toronto E	56	10
Brayden Whitlow	George Mason C	Maryland A	56	10
Jason Cottle	Clemson C	Auburn C	56	10
Deepanshi Matai	Toronto C	Toronto F	58	10
Sierra Cerna	ERAU Daytona A	Florida B	58	10
Dirk Hay	Louisville D	CWRU D	58	10
Adriana Kim	Illinois Champaign	Purdue B	58	10
Jacob Peitz	Boston College B	MIT B	58	10
Eoghan Herriot	Durham D	Edinburgh C	58	10
Lauren Stamp	Cambridge A	Birmingham	58	10
Suhaan Pastakia	Maryland C	Rowan	59	10
Marissa Statos	Illinois Urbana	Purdue A	59	10
Eli Young	Vassar A	Rutgers B	60	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Tennessee B	60	10
Atom Lucenet	Imperial D	Oxford	60	10
June Miller	Florida A	Florida State A	61	10
Tinashe Sandy	South Florida A	Florida Tech B	61	10
Venkat Das	WVU B	CWRU A	61	10
Johanna Bryant	Liberty A	Virginia Tech A	61	10
Drew Wetterlind	Iowa State	Wisconsin C	61	10
Shivam Saxena	Georgia Tech F	Auburn B	61	10
Rick Line	Cardiff	Imperial C	61	10
Andrew Harms	Michigan State A	Ohio State D	65	10
Amelia Rees	Durham A	Edinburgh B	65	10
Alex Gonzales	Rutgers A	Maryland B	69	10
Niyanthi Yamunan	Georgia Tech E	Auburn A	70	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	UCSC	71	10
Kara Braun	Michigan State B	WVU A	73	10
Alina Moore	Tennessee A	Chipola College	83	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Toronto G	86	10
Ty Brennan	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Stanford B	91	10
Sriram Koritala	Illinois Blue	Purdue D	91	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Dartmouth C	91	-5
Tobias Cortes	Indiana A	Rose-Hulman A	103	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Michigan Tech	114	10
Yasmin Campbell	Cambridge B	Bristol	114	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	32.00
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	13%	49.00
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	52.75
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	0%	27.00
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	35.44
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	48.75
Great Lakes	US	10	100%	10%	35.50
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	29.78
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	47.33
Midwest	US	10	100%	0%	46.60
North	US	4	100%	25%	50.25
Northeast	US	11	91%	9%	34.20
Southeast	US	12	100%	8%	46.00
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	0%	20.00