Norway - 2025 ACF Fall

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Britain planned to invade this country with Plan R 4 and laid mines in its waters as part of (10[1])Operation Wilfred. (10[3])A series of Allied-led operations aimed to sabotage (10[1])the heavy water (10[1])production (10[14])taking (10[7]-5[1])place (10[8])in (10[2])this country (10[14])at (10[4])Vemork (10[9]-5[2])(“VAY-mork”). Iron ore (10[1])transported (-5[1])through (10[1])this (10[1])country’s (10[2])port (10[2])of Narvik (10[3])became tactically (10[2])significant (10[3])during (10[1])World War (10[1])Two. (-5[2])Under Nazi occupation, (10[3]-5[1])this country (10[2])was led by a politician whose name (10[2])has since (10[1])become a byword (10[1]-5[1])for (10[1])“collaborator.” (10[4]-5[2])Vidkun Quisling led this country after its King (-5[1])Haakon VII (“HAW-kohn the seventh”) went into exile when the Nazis invaded shortly after occupying Denmark in 1940. For 10 points, what country is governed from Oslo? (10[1])■END■ (10[10])

ANSWER: Norway [or Norge]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UCSD B	18	10
Ishan Chahande	Ohio State D	Michigan State D	20	10
Lucas Guan	Brown A	Vermont B	20	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Chipola College	20	10
Nathan Redford	Liberty A	William & Mary B	28	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	UCLA F	31	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	UCLA C	32	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	Waterloo A	32	10
Brady Hagan	Ohio State B	Louisville B	32	10
Thomas Zhao	Michigan C	Ohio State A	32	10
Nishad Joshi	Kentucky	Michigan D	32	10
Daniel Luebs	Michigan State B	CWRU D	32	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	Ohio State C	32	10
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	VCU A	32	10
Zachary Leblang	Penn	Johns Hopkins	32	10
Jiping Fang	Illinois Blue	WashU Grizzlers	32	10
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	Illinois Urbana	32	10
Ayaan Jajodia	Dartmouth B	MIT A	32	10
Doug Frederick	Auburn A	Georgia Tech F	32	10
Rory Moloney	Cambridge E	LSE	32	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	UC Santa Barbara	33	10
Jesse Erwin	Toronto C	McMaster A	33	10
Dirk Hay	Louisville D	CWRU C	33	-5
Vivian Adolph	UNC B	Virginia Tech C	33	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech A	33	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Georgia Tech E	33	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Sheffield A	33	10
Miguel Carreira	Imperial B	Imperial A	33	10
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto D	Toronto A	34	10
Matthew Bucek	George Mason A	Maryland A	34	10
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Tufts B	34	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Washington Chum	34	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Alabama A	34	10
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Cambridge D	34	10
Harry Crane	Warwick	Cambridge C	34	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	Cornell C	34	10
Cranmer McGinn	McMaster C	Toronto H	35	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Illinois Orange	35	10
Diego Monge	Claremont C	UCLA E	37	10
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	CWRU B	37	10
Adam Monusko	Michigan A	Louisville A	37	10
Arjun Saulnier	CWRU C	Louisville D	37	10
James Mickel	Michigan State C	WVU B	37	10
Joe O'Connor	George Mason B	Vassar A	37	10
Rohit Chintala	Maryland B	Maryland C	37	10
Salil Jain	Williams B	Boston College A	37	10
Jonathan Schnipper	Brandeis Mozart	Brown B	37	10
Ryan Zhang	British Columbia C	Arizona State B	37	10
Ritwik Sharma	Arizona State A	Texas	37	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Sewanne	37	10
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	Clemson A	37	10
Aeron Wheel	Cardiff	Southampton	37	10
Platon Gorokhov	Toronto E	Waterloo C	38	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	Rutgers A	38	10
Luke Bromley	Indiana B	Iowa B	38	10
Logan Van Pelt	Washington Coho	Boise State	38	10
Bailey Lacefield	Toronto G	McMaster B	39	10
Mason Lambert	JMU A	Duke A	39	10
Jack Marguiles	Stony Brook	Rutgers D	39	-5
Alan Cai	Amherst A	Williams A	39	10
William Berger	Dartmouth C	MIT B	39	10
Alex Nassar	Boston College B	Tufts C	39	10
Andy Liu	British Columbia A	Washington Sockeye	39	10
Thaddeus Holmes	Durham C	Durham A	39	-5
Thomas Popham	Edinburgh D	Edinburgh A	39	10
Isaiah Schmid	Binghamton B	Cornell D	39	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	RIT B	39	10
James Zhao	Vanderbilt C	Vanderbilt B	41	10
Imtiaz Kidwai	Toronto F	Brock A	42	-5
Joyann Hua	British Columbia B	Washington State	43	10
David Thomas	Purdue C	WashU Grolars	44	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	CWRU A	45	10
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	Princeton	45	10
Gavin Ge	Waterloo B	Guelph A	46	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Brandeis Bach	46	10
Oliver West	Cambridge B	Cambridge A	48	10
Judah Solomon	Imperial D	Imperial C	48	10
Molly Oakley	Binghamton C	ESF	48	10
Jaden Bandy	Rutgers B	Columbia A	50	10
David Nickel	Purdue A	Purdue B	50	10
Aidan Drain	NYU C	George Mason C	51	10
William Kiker	Dartmouth A	Tufts A	51	10
Liam Markland	Alberta A	Washington Pink	51	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Amherst B	52	10
Eric Parrilla	Chicago A	Indiana A	54	10
William Henley	Illinois Champaign	Iowa A	55	-5
Austin Embry	Auburn C	Mississippi State A	55	-5
Alex Mayernick	Lehigh A	NYU B	58	10
Anya Srinivasan	Washington Atlantic	Washington Masu	58	10
Melissa Thai	Georgia A	Auburn B	58	10
Adam Pierzchalo	Edinburgh C	Edinburgh B	58	-5
Josue Lopez	WVU A	Louisville C	60	10
Jaden Rupolo	Liberty B	Liberty C	60	10
Advai Srinivasan	UC Irvine	USC A	67	10
Charlotte Nicholas	Durham B	York	67	10
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	UCSD A	69	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Chicago B	72	-5
Louis Harney	Georgia Tech B	Emory A	72	10
Akif Ismail	Williams C	Brandeis Beethoven	73	10
Ben Kantsiper	JMU B	Tusculum A	74	10
Alexander DaGrossa	Rowan	Rutgers C	74	10
Luke Simon	Alberta B	Washington Chinook	74	-5
Justin Fountain	Clemson C	Georgia Tech D	74	10
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	RIT A	74	-5
Will Hoover	RIT A	Binghamton A	74	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Bristol	82	-5
Ezra Siegartel	Vassar B	Columbia B	106	10
Mikkie Smylie	Brock A	Toronto F	107	10
Indiana Gee	Toronto I	Queen's A	107	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Stony Brook	107	10
Eric Lipsutz	Chicago B	William Woods University A	107	10
Grace Early	Iowa A	Illinois Champaign	107	10
Isabella DePrimo	Washington Chinook	Alberta B	107	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Auburn C	107	10
Tal Bowen	Durham A	Durham C	107	10
Leona Barker	Edinburgh B	Edinburgh C	107	10
Leo Godbee	Bristol	Oxford	107	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	40%	70.60
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	13%	46.63
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	41.00
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	52.33
Great Lakes	US	12	100%	8%	36.08
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	6	100%	0%	44.33
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	8%	55.75
Midwest	US	9	100%	22%	55.44
Northeast	US	12	100%	0%	41.58
Pacific	US	9	100%	11%	49.33
Southeast	US	12	100%	8%	48.17
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	20%	46.80