nuclear explosion - 2025 ACF Fall

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Description acceptable. Plans called “Shot B” followed one of these events near Desert Rock. (10[1])One of these events that prompted Project 4.1 caused the Lucky Dragon No. 5 (10[2])diplomatic incident. (10[3])The (10[1])effects (10[1])of these (10[1])events on (10[1])“downwinders” (10[5])were (10[1])analyzed (10[4])in the (10[1])Baby (10[1])Tooth (10[1])Survey. (10[10])A (10[1])hundred-foot (10[1])“shot tower” (10[2])was constructed to lift (10[1])the (10[1])“gadget” (10[8])at one of (10[1])these (10[1])events. (10[9])Marshallese (10[4])residents were relocated (10[2]-5[1])in preparation (10[1])for events (10[5]-5[1])of (10[1])this (10[1])type (10[3])at the (10[1])Bikini (10[2])Atoll (10[2])like (10[2])Castle (10[2])Bravo. (10[3])A witness of the first of these events supposedly (10[1])recalled the quotation, “Now I am become (10[1])death, destroyer of worlds.” For 10 points, what events at sites like Trinity were overseen by people like J. Robert Oppenheimer? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: nuclear explosion [accept the explosion of a nuclear bomb or atomic bomb or atom bombs or A-bombs or hydrogen bomb or thermonuclear bomb or nuclear weapon or atomic weapon or thermonuclear weapon or nukes; accept a nuclear test or descriptions of testing an atomic weapon or nuclear bomb; prompt on explosions by asking “of what?”]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
William Erwin	William & Mary B	Virginia Tech C	13	10
Enina Edosomwan	CWRU A	Michigan State A	27	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Tennessee Tech	27	10
Charles Miller	William & Mary C	Liberty A	29	10
Emily Snider	Liberty C	NCSU A	29	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Texas	29	10
Jackson McDonald	Alabama A	Auburn A	30	10
Anjali Rao	Ottawa B	McGill B	31	10
Arjun Saulnier	CWRU C	Ohio State B	33	10
Zachary Leblang	Penn	Lehigh B	35	10
Aiden Hart	Kentucky	Louisville A	36	10
Fuller Wray	Virginia Tech A	JMU B	36	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Iowa State	36	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	South Carolina A	36	10
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	Sewanne	36	10
Vedang Singhal	UNC C	Virginia Tech B	37	10
Diego Monge	Claremont C	UC Santa Barbara	38	10
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	Michigan D	38	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Dartmouth C	38	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Binghamton C	38	10
Alex Emmert	Maryland B	Vassar A	40	10
Omer Korkmaz	Johns Hopkins	Lehigh A	41	10
Jas Wang	UCLA F	USC B	42	10
David Yuan	Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Boss Bandit	43	10
Ishan Pachauri	UCLA C	UCLA A	43	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	UCF A	43	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	Florida Tech A	43	10
Jacob Goodson	Ohio State A	Louisville D	43	10
Josue Lopez	WVU A	Ohio State C	43	10
Ritwik Sharma	Arizona State A	Alberta B	43	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	British Columbia A	43	10
Joyann Hua	British Columbia B	Washington Chinook	43	10
Ian Hatcher	Chipola College	Auburn B	43	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	Michigan C	44	10
Luke Sauer	Michigan Tech	Wisconsin B	45	10
Ethan Ririe	UCSD B	Claremont B	47	10
Wyatt Johnson	CWRU B	Michigan State C	47	10
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	St. Thomas	51	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	UCLA E	52	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	Ottawa A	53	10
Pallas Allen	South Florida A	Florida B	53	10
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	Louisville C	53	10
Kara Braun	Michigan State B	Michigan B	53	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	Princeton	53	10
Owen Gibbs	Boston College B	Williams B	53	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Washington Masu	53	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Georgia Tech A	53	10
Adam Chilbert	Macalester	Wisconsin C	56	10
Yvonne Pan	Amherst B	Brandeis Mozart	57	10
Ayaan Jajodia	Dartmouth B	Brown A	58	10
Eleanor Arron	Williams C	Tufts C	58	10
Alex Hestermann	Washington Sockeye	Washington Chum	58	10
Daniel Chen	Emory A	Clemson B	58	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt B	58	10
Andrew Heller	Georgia Tech E	Clemson C	58	10
Sammy Carstens	Rochester	Binghamton A	58	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Cornell C	58	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Cornell C	58	10
Kingsley Chen	McGill A	Ottawa D	59	10
Sparrow Brotman	NYU B	George Mason C	59	10
Lily Katz	Stony Brook	Rutgers C	59	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Harvard	59	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Mighty Miner	62	10
Alice Ton Nu	Washington Coho	Washington Atlantic	62	-5
Jake Scoville	RIT B	Cornell B	62	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	MIT B	64	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UC Irvine	66	-5
Chris Chang	USC A	UCLA D	66	10
Cooper Morris	Columbia B	Rutgers D	66	10
Jack Feinberg	Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	66	10
Matthew Kohn	Williams A	Tufts B	66	10
Sidarth Erat	MIT A	UConn A	66	10
Nicolaus Derikx	Carleton A	Carleton B	67	10
Alexander Rutten	Columbia A	Rowan	68	10
Kaitlyn Farrin	Brandeis Beethoven	Tufts A	69	10
Julia Austin	Vermont B	Brown B	69	10
Marcus Hoshino	Washington Pink	Boise State	69	10
Avery Becker	Berkeley Archer Queen	UCSC	71	10
Vivian Adolph	UNC B	William & Mary A	72	10
Emilie Moore	RIT A	Binghamton B	72	10
Valentina Chamandy	McGill E	Ottawa C	73	10
Erin Williams	JMU A	UNC A	73	10
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	Liberty B	74	10
Kevin Nolan	NCSU B	VCU A	74	10
Bryce Myers	Stanford A	Stanford B	75	10
Will Massey	Florida Tech B	ERAU Daytona A	75	10
Isabella Johansson	NYU C	Vassar B	76	10
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	Washington Coho	76	10
Austin Embry	Auburn C	Tennessee B	76	10
Evan Roberts	Vanderbilt C	Georgia Tech D	85	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Georgia Tech F	92	10
Advai Srinivasan	UC Irvine	UCSD A	114	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	62.75
Southern California	US	7	100%	14%	57.43
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	0%	56.60
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	53.50
Great Lakes	US	10	100%	0%	41.70
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	48.56
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	55.22
North	US	4	100%	0%	47.00
Northeast	US	12	100%	0%	60.25
Pacific	US	8	100%	13%	51.75
Southeast	US	12	100%	0%	54.33
Upstate NY	US	6	100%	0%	57.67