Of Mice and Men - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

A scene in this novella describes how “a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment” after the death (-5[1])of a character whose body “flopped like a fish.” (10[1]-5[4])A character in this (10[1])novella threatens to get a man with a crooked (-5[1])back (10[1])“strung up on a tree,” (10[2])and later bemoans (10[1])how she married a man who (-5[1])wears (10[1])a Vaseline-filled (10[1])glove. (10[19]-5[3])In this (10[3])novella, (10[6])Carlson (10[3])shoots (10[5])the handyman (10[6])Candy’s (10[1]-5[1])aging (10[1])dog. (10[8])In this (10[2])novella, (10[4])a character (10[4])who dreams (10[1])he’ll (10[2])“live on the fatta (10[1])the lan’” (10[6])is (10[2])killed (-5[1])to (10[1])stop (10[2]-5[1])him (10[2])from being (10[1])lynched for strangling (10[3])Curley’s (10[1]-5[1])wife. (10[3])For (10[1])10 (10[1])points, (10[3])what John Steinbeck novella (-5[1])ends with George (10[1])shooting (10[1])Lennie? (10[2])■END■ (10[10]0[5])

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Doug Frederick	Auburn A	Emory A	22	-5
Rishi Mathur	Claremont B	UCLA C	31	10
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	Toronto C	31	-5
Cole Hennessy	UCF A	Florida A	31	-5
David Xilbille	Georgia Tech C	South Carolina A	31	-5
Fahim Afzal	Cambridge A	Cardiff	31	-5
Dan Millington	Birmingham	Imperial A	35	10
Daniel Kim	Maryland A	Maryland C	44	-5
David Nickel	Purdue A	Illinois Blue	45	10
Bennet Radey	Michigan C	Michigan State B	50	10
Harri Slaughter	Cardiff	Cambridge A	50	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Amherst A	53	10
Charlotte Bauer	McGill C	Ottawa B	59	-5
Sia Kalia	Warwick	Cambridge E	60	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCLA D	62	10
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	63	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	Waterloo C	63	10
Sai Subramanian	CWRU A	Louisville A	63	10
Kyle Chua	CWRU B	Michigan B	63	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	Virginia A	63	10
Ezra Zareba	UNC B	UNC D	63	-5
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	William & Mary A	63	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	George Mason A	63	10
Henry Bauer	NYU A	Maryland B	63	10
Cooper Morris	Columbia B	Rutgers C	63	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Chicago A	63	10
Mica Oestreich	Illinois Canada	Chicago B	63	10
Theodor Martin	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue B	63	10
Maisie Quinn	Brown B	Boston College A	63	10
Ayaan Jajodia	Dartmouth B	Brandeis Mozart	63	10
Devin Tharp	Chipola College	Georgia Tech A	63	10
Fia Gale	Edinburgh D	Durham B	63	10
Musa Ahmed	Edinburgh C	Sheffield A	63	10
Jack Disbury	Durham D	York	63	10
Tevin Francis	Southampton	Cambridge B	63	-5
Saleena Livera	Imperial B	Cambridge D	63	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	RIT A	63	-5
Steven McPhillimey	Lehigh A	Lehigh B	65	10
Apollo Daley	Brown A	Tufts A	65	10
Simarya Ahuja	Washington Sockeye	British Columbia B	65	10
Chris Wang	Toronto B	Toronto A	66	10
Andrew Harms	Michigan State A	Michigan A	66	10
Sam Millenbach	Rowan	NYU C	66	10
Claire Harvey	Vassar B	George Mason C	66	10
Ian Saylor	Wisconsin A	Iowa State	66	10
Alina Moore	Tennessee A	Alabama A	66	10
Charles Miller	William & Mary C	Duke A	67	10
Scott Hyde	Georgia Tech B	Tennessee Tech	67	10
Charlie Nicholls	Cambridge C	LSE	67	10
Lily Hughbanks	Purdue C	Indiana A	68	10
Kayla Drajpuch	Brandeis Bach	UConn A	68	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt C	68	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Montevallo	68	10
Harry Oxley	Imperial C	Oxford	68	10
Rebecca Li	Ottawa A	McGill A	70	10
Gavin Morrow	Washington Steelhead	Arizona State A	70	10
Justin Gilbert	Auburn C	Vanderbilt B	70	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Georgia Tech D	70	10
Leona Barker	Edinburgh B	Edinburgh A	70	10
Violet Page	Binghamton C	Cornell C	70	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Texas	71	-5
Sam Barrekette	RIT A	Cornell D	71	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UCLA F	72	10
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	UC Santa Barbara	73	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Waterloo A	73	10
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	Pittsburgh	73	10
Arlene Lopez	Stony Brook	Johns Hopkins	73	10
Gavin Chen	Vassar A	Rutgers D	73	10
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	Purdue D	73	10
Matthew Kohn	Williams A	Dartmouth A	73	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Georgia Tech C	73	10
Sarah Silverman	Claremont C	UCLA A	75	10
Jonah McGinley	Rochester	Cornell B	75	10
Owen Ashbrook	Iowa A	Rose-Hulman A	76	10
Sonya Bates	Washington Atlantic	Boise State	76	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Clemson C	76	10
Tal Bowen	Durham A	Sheffield B	76	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Waterloo B	78	10
Bokei Thompson	Amherst B	Boston College B	78	10
Jacky Li	MIT B	Harvard	78	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Clemson A	78	10
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech A	NCSU A	80	10
Peter Zeng	Ohio State A	Ohio State B	81	10
Aiden Wilson	WVU B	Louisville C	81	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	McGill B	85	10
Nicolaus Derikx	Carleton A	Ottawa C	87	10
James Mickel	Michigan State C	Michigan State D	87	10
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Boston University B	87	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Boston University A	87	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Chum	87	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Auburn B	87	10
Brody Johnson	Louisville B	CWRU D	88	10
Vihaan Jim	Princeton	Rutgers B	88	10
Logan Van Pelt	Washington Coho	Alberta B	89	-5
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington State	90	10
Gerrit Severeid	McGill E	Carleton B	91	10
Taylor Smallacombe	VCU A	UNC C	91	-5
Logan Patil	Georgia Tech F	Georgia A	91	10
Isabelle Mitchem	WVU A	Ohio State D	92	10
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	Williams B	92	10
Judah Solomon	Imperial D	Bristol	94	10
Yuv Magan	UCSD B	Claremont A	97	10
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	Illinois Champaign	97	10
William Berger	Dartmouth C	Brandeis Beethoven	97	10
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	Michigan D	98	-5
Sparrow Brotman	NYU B	Columbia A	98	10
Andrew Lin	Toronto G	Toronto E	99	10
Charles Xin	British Columbia A	British Columbia C	99	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Auburn A	99	10
Katherine Mack	UC Irvine	USC B	100	10
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	Cornell A	101	10
Parker Jones	NCSU B	JMU B	102	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	William Woods University A	102	10
Isaiah Schmid	Binghamton B	ESF	102	10
Jonah Chancio	JMU A	Liberty A	106	-5
Arjun Saulnier	CWRU C	Kentucky	109	10
Leonard Castine	Penn	George Mason B	110	10
Anjali Rao	Ottawa B	McGill C	111	10
Abigail Elms	Queen's A	Toronto H	111	10
Ellie Wang	Brock A	McMaster C	112	0
Adithya Parat	McMaster C	Brock A	112	10
Ethen Sun	Toronto C	Toronto D	112	10
Samuel Zheng	Toronto F	Toronto I	112	0
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	UCF A	112	10
Gary Wang	Michigan D	Ohio State C	112	10
Nathan Redford	Liberty A	JMU A	112	10
Jaden Rupolo	Liberty B	Tusculum A	112	10
Noah Fine	UNC D	UNC B	112	10
Diego Almaraz	UNC C	VCU A	112	0
Tanmay Mirashi	Maryland C	Maryland A	112	10
Vishnu Sharma	Texas	Washington Pink	112	0
Haylee Weisner	Washington Masu	Washington Chinook	112	10
Luke Simon	Alberta B	Washington Coho	112	10
Yasmin Campbell	Cambridge B	Southampton	112	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	67.00
UK (South)	UK	8	88%	25%	62.43
Northern California	US	1	100%	0%	63.00
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	72.86
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	20%	88.80
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	89%	11%	89.25
Florida	US	1	100%	100%	112.00
Great Lakes	US	12	100%	8%	80.42
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	89%	33%	88.88
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	8%	78.33
Midwest	US	9	100%	0%	72.22
North	US	1	100%	0%	66.00
Northeast	US	12	100%	0%	75.33
Pacific	US	9	89%	22%	88.88
Southeast	US	13	100%	15%	75.08
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	20%	83.80