Nineteen Eighty-Four - 2025 ACF Fall

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In this novel, a contradictory word meaning to quack like a duck is brought up by a character who desires to express every (10[1])concept (10[2])using exactly (-5[1])one word. (10[1])This novel’s appendix (10[2])details (10[2])the (10[1])A, (10[1])B, and (10[1])C (10[1])vocabularies (10[3])of a language (10[5])where all (10[2])parts (10[2])of (10[1])speech (10[4]-5[1])are interchangeable. (10[4]-5[1])In this novel, (10[2])the philologist Syme (10[4]-5[1])works (10[1])on the (10[1])eleventh (10[4])edition (10[7])of a (10[2])dictionary. (10[14])A dark-haired (10[1]-5[1])girl (10[3])throws a dictionary (10[4])at an image (10[3])of Emmanuel Goldstein (10[1])in (10[1])this novel (10[4])on (10[1])a “bright cold day in April [when] (10[1])the clocks (10[2])were (10[2])striking thirteen.” (10[4])For 10 points, (10[1])the words “thoughtcrime” and “doublethink” (10[1])and (10[1])the (10[1])language Newspeak originate from what George Orwell (10[1])novel about Winston Smith? ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Nineteen Eighty-Four [or 1984]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Leighton Karpinia	Florida Tech A	Florida Tech B	22	10
Tristan Scarlett	Ottawa D	McGill A	23	10
Nate Brown	CWRU C	Michigan C	23	10
Lauren Stamp	Cambridge A	Cambridge C	25	-5
Micah Williams	VCU A	UNC A	27	10
Michael Ai	Williams A	Tufts A	30	10
Molly Oakley	Binghamton C	Cornell D	30	10
Hayden Willett	Purdue B	Illinois Blue	31	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Auburn A	31	10
Yechan Park	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford A	32	10
Yoyo Liu	British Columbia C	Washington Sockeye	33	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UCLA C	35	10
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	William Woods University A	36	10
Brandom Pham	Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Little Prince	37	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	UC Santa Barbara	37	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Columbia B	37	10
Charlotte Bauer	McGill C	McGill B	40	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	WVU B	40	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Georgia A	40	10
Evan Roberts	Vanderbilt C	Georgia Tech E	40	10
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	Warwick	40	10
Benjamin Silversten	William & Mary C	William & Mary A	42	10
Alice Groth	Durham B	Durham D	42	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Archer Queen	43	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	43	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	Wisconsin B	44	10
Jonathan Sung	Virginia A	Virginia Tech C	45	10
Sparrow Brotman	NYU B	Maryland A	45	-5
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Rowan	45	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	Alberta A	45	10
Scott Hyde	Georgia Tech B	Alabama A	45	10
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	Pittsburgh	47	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Purdue C	47	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Auburn B	47	-5
Leona Barker	Edinburgh B	Sheffield B	47	10
Eleanor Dalton	York	Edinburgh A	47	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Tennessee Tech	50	10
Andres Lorenzo	RIT B	RIT A	50	10
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	Ottawa C	53	10
Meredith Wiper	CWRU B	Louisville C	53	10
Davis Johnson	Purdue A	Chicago A	53	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Chipola College	53	-5
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	Binghamton B	53	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Lehigh A	54	10
Lily Katz	Stony Brook	Princeton	56	10
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	Tusculum A	57	10
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	WashU Grizzlers	57	10
Abby Tipton	Auburn C	Georgia Tech A	57	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech F	57	10
Brian Hobmann	UCLA F	USC A	58	10
Daniel Luebs	Michigan State B	Louisville A	58	10
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	Michigan State D	58	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	Rutgers C	58	10
Alex Matchinski	Michigan Tech	Wisconsin C	58	10
Ritwik Sharma	Arizona State A	Washington Masu	58	10
Brandon Hunt	Auburn B	Vanderbilt A	58	10
Cole Hennessy	UCF A	ERAU Daytona A	60	10
Ethan Enochian	Purdue D	Indiana A	60	10
Katherine Mack	UC Irvine	Claremont A	61	10
Rishi Mathur	Claremont B	USC B	61	10
Yuv Magan	UCSD B	Claremont C	61	10
Josue Lopez	WVU A	Louisville B	61	10
Johanna Bryant	Liberty A	JMU B	61	10
Hudson Kee	William & Mary B	Liberty B	61	10
Justine Hopkins	Liberty C	UNC D	61	10
Halah Cates	UNC C	NCSU B	61	10
Nathan Zhao	Maryland B	Penn	61	10
Leandro Zhang	Columbia A	Maryland C	61	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Illinois Champaign	61	10
Hanson Hunynh	Boston University B	Southern Connecticut State University A	61	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Washington Chum	61	10
Connor Yu	Cornell C	Rochester	61	10
John Shelley	Clemson B	Vanderbilt B	63	-5
Rick Line	Cardiff	Imperial A	63	10
Yashaswi Jaishy	Iowa B	Rose-Hulman A	64	10
Jaime Wang	Washington Atlantic	Washington Steelhead	64	10
Pen Hughes	Edinburgh C	Edinburgh D	64	10
Maggie Dunn	Michigan B	Kentucky	67	10
Jacob Goodson	Ohio State A	CWRU A	67	10
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	LSE	67	10
Minh Nguyen	Cornell B	ESF	67	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	UCSC	70	10
Andrea Owusu	Duke A	Virginia Tech A	70	10
Jonathan Ho	Alberta B	Boise State	70	10
Daniel Abrams	Rutgers B	Vassar B	73	10
Nick Machin	UCLA A	UCLA B	74	10
Matthew Stall	CWRU D	Ohio State D	76	10
Ruby Xia	Arizona State B	Washington Chinook	76	10
Alex Irvine	Sheffield A	Durham C	76	10
Rory Moloney	Cambridge E	Southampton	76	10
Alina Moore	Tennessee A	Emory A	77	10
Ben Schindelman	Vassar A	Lehigh B	84	10
Rebecca Li	Ottawa A	McGill E	86	10
Noah Trochessett	Florida B	Florida A	86	10
Grace Early	Iowa A	Indiana B	87	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Imperial B	87	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	South Florida A	89	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	NYU C	89	10
Joyann Hua	British Columbia B	Washington Coho	89	10
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Imperial D	89	10
Aditi Nebhwani	Bristol	Imperial C	92	10
Rose Phipps	George Mason B	George Mason C	97	10
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	Macalester	98	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Georgia Tech D	99	10
Richy Sun	Vanderbilt B	Clemson B	106	10
Daniel Kim	Maryland A	NYU B	111	10
Devin Tharp	Chipola College	Mississippi State A	111	10
Honor Mountford	Cambridge C	Cambridge A	111	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	55.20
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	13%	78.13
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	45.50
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	55.29
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	0%	50.50
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	64.25
Great Lakes	US	10	100%	0%	55.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	53.89
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	11	100%	9%	71.73
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	1	100%	0%	37.00
Midwest	US	9	100%	0%	55.11
North	US	4	100%	0%	60.75
Northeast	US	2	100%	0%	45.50
Pacific	US	8	100%	0%	62.00
Southeast	US	12	100%	25%	64.25
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	0%	52.20