Pakistan - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

The 1930 pamphlet “Now or Never” derived this country’s name (10[1])by combining (10[1])letters (10[1])from five (10[2])provinces. (10[24]-5[2])A (10[1])leader (10[5])who championed (10[6])muhajir (10[9])immigrants (10[3])to this country (10[5])proclaimed (10[1])“We will (10[1])eat (10[1])grass” (10[2])as (10[1])the cost (10[5])of its (10[2])nuclear (10[1])program. (10[4])After (10[1])returning from exile (10[1])in 2007, this country’s first female prime minister (10[2])was assassinated. (10[9]-5[4])In the 1970s, (10[1])this country (10[2])initiated Operation Searchlight (10[1])in a (-5[1])failed (10[1]-5[2])attempt to suppress (10[1])rebellion in an (10[1])eastern region. (10[1]-5[3])This country’s independence was promoted by a Muslim League (10[2]-5[1])including (-5[1])Muhammad (10[1]-5[1])Iqbal (10[1])and Muhammad (10[2])Ali Jinnah. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[2])the 1947 partition of the British (10[1])Raj (10[1]-5[1])created (-5[1])India (10[1])and what Muslim-majority (10[2])country? ■END■ (10[9]0[1])

ANSWER: Pakistan [accept West Pakistan] (The pamphlet combined Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh, and Balochistan to create “Pakstan,” which eventually turned into “Pakistan.”)

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Cambridge C	9	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	St. Thomas	11	10
Akif Ismail	Williams C	Boston University A	12	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Rowan	14	10
Lucas Guan	Brown A	Brandeis Bach	14	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	UCLA E	15	10
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	Carleton B	15	10
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto D	Toronto A	15	10
Tobias Smerdon	Toronto G	Toronto B	15	10
Dawson Teu	Waterloo A	Toronto I	15	10
Thomas Zhao	Michigan C	CWRU B	15	10
Eric Cameron	Michigan State C	Ohio State B	15	10
Suhaan Pastakia	Maryland C	Rutgers D	15	10
Tosca Zhang	NYU A	NYU B	15	10
Xavier Bornhorst	Maryland A	Stony Brook	15	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	Vassar B	15	10
Alex Smits	Wisconsin A	Wisconsin C	15	-5
Jack Granahan	Brandeis Mozart	Dartmouth A	15	10
Sidarth Erat	MIT A	Brandeis Beethoven	15	10
Wren Horne-Sarkees	Harvard	Tufts B	15	10
Charles Xin	British Columbia A	Washington Chinook	15	10
Anya Srinivasan	Washington Atlantic	Texas	15	10
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Chipola College	15	10
Nitish Sudhakar	Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech E	15	10
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	Georgia Tech F	15	10
Thaddeus Holmes	Durham C	Edinburgh B	15	10
Pen Hughes	Edinburgh C	York	15	10
Andreas Ktori	Durham A	Sheffield A	15	10
Fahim Afzal	Cambridge A	Imperial B	15	-5
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Cambridge E	15	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	Rochester	15	10
Matthew Stall	CWRU D	Ohio State A	16	10
Valentina Chamandy	McGill E	Ottawa D	17	10
Christina Popov	Queen's A	McMaster B	17	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	UCF A	17	10
Daniel Abrams	Rutgers B	Penn	17	10
Tevin Francis	Southampton	Imperial D	17	10
Jas Wang	UCLA F	Claremont C	19	10
Francis Dinh	Illinois Canada	Iowa B	19	10
Sam Hewitt	WashU Grizzlers	Illinois Urbana	19	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Boise State	19	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Auburn C	19	10
Jolie Yeh	Warwick	Cardiff	19	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Archer Queen	20	10
Tianyi Zheng	UCSD B	USC A	20	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	Florida Tech B	20	10
Anton Akroush	Michigan State A	WVU B	20	10
Jacky Li	MIT B	Williams B	20	10
Liam Markland	Alberta A	Washington Coho	20	10
Marcus Hoshino	Washington Pink	Alberta B	20	10
Owen Feng	Vanderbilt A	Montevallo	20	10
Richy Sun	Vanderbilt B	Tennessee Tech	20	10
Kevin Nolan	NCSU B	JMU A	21	10
Matthew Bucek	George Mason A	Columbia B	21	10
Stephen Donoghue	Sheffield B	Edinburgh D	21	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	USC B	24	10
Emmet Ewing	Michigan State B	Michigan State D	24	10
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	Virginia Tech C	24	10
Marc Greco	Williams A	Boston College A	24	10
Ryan Zhang	Washington State	Washington Sockeye	24	10
Will Barton	Imperial C	Cambridge D	25	10
Julian Thomson-Harris	Vassar A	NYU C	27	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UC Irvine	28	10
Samuel Gao	British Columbia C	Washington Masu	29	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Clemson C	29	10
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech A	William & Mary C	30	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	Carleton A	32	10
Cranmer McGinn	McMaster C	Guelph A	32	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	Louisville B	32	10
Sriram Koritala	Illinois Blue	Rose-Hulman A	32	10
Kaushik Jayaprabha	Dartmouth C	Boston College B	32	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida Tech A	34	10
Ethan Enochian	Purdue D	Illinois Champaign	34	10
TJ Pickering	Auburn B	Emory A	35	10
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	UCLA D	36	10
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	Chicago B	36	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Steelhead	36	10
Shlok Dev	LSE	Bristol	36	10
Sam Kung	UNC C	Tusculum A	37	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Durham D	40	10
Jonathan Sung	Virginia A	William & Mary B	48	10
David Nickel	Purdue A	Iowa A	48	10
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Berkeley Little Prince	50	-5
Surya Donath	Stanford A	Berkeley Mighty Miner	50	10
Brandom Pham	Berkeley Skeleton King	Stanford B	50	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCLA C	50	10
Anjali Rao	Ottawa B	Ottawa C	50	10
Sicheng Jiang	Toronto H	Waterloo B	50	-5
Ishan Chahande	Ohio State D	CWRU A	50	-5
Andrew Stappenbeck	CWRU C	Michigan A	50	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	Louisville C	50	10
Joe O'Connor	George Mason B	Rutgers C	50	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Indiana A	50	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Mississippi State A	50	-5
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Vanderbilt C	50	10
Nikhil Nair	Boston University B	Tufts A	53	10
Joshua Iyo	UNC B	Liberty A	55	10
Anneke Stracks	Macalester	Wisconsin B	55	10
Nathan Zhao	Maryland B	Lehigh B	58	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Georgia Tech B	60	-5
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	WashU Grolars	61	-5
Arthur Zhang	Purdue C	Indiana B	61	-5
Derek Li	Cornell A	RIT A	61	10
Nameer Qadir	Toronto C	Waterloo C	64	10
James Fan	Toronto E	Toronto F	67	10
Brayden Whitlow	George Mason C	Princeton	69	-5
Alex Matchinski	Michigan Tech	Minnesota	69	-5
Vishrut Pisupati	Imperial B	Cambridge A	69	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	Cornell D	69	-5
Connor Kahn	NCSU A	Liberty B	78	-5
Rafael Gómez	Amherst B	Brown B	78	10
Jackson Price	Dartmouth B	Tufts C	78	10
Ariyan Miah	Binghamton B	RIT B	79	-5
Aiden Hart	Kentucky	WVU A	80	-5
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	Louisville D	80	10
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech B	VCU A	81	10
Luc Vulliez	Amherst A	Vermont A	83	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Georgia Tech D	83	10
Yousuf Huq	McMaster A	Brock A	85	10
Roy Yang	WashU Grolars	Purdue B	85	10
Janghyun Lee	Berkeley Little Prince	UCSC	88	10
Violet Page	Binghamton C	Binghamton A	88	10
Gentry Dowdy	Liberty B	NCSU A	94	10
Addison Wiggins	South Florida A	ERAU Daytona A	95	-5
Alexander Rutten	Columbia A	Lehigh A	95	10
Ben Kantsiper	JMU B	Duke A	96	-5
David Ropp	Duke A	JMU B	97	10
Luke Bromley	Indiana B	Purdue C	100	10
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	Michigan Tech	100	10
Aleksa Misic	Waterloo B	Toronto H	102	10
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	South Florida A	102	10
Anthony Yin	CWRU A	Ohio State D	102	10
Agatha Dahle	WVU A	Kentucky	102	10
Vihaan Jim	Princeton	George Mason C	102	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Wisconsin A	102	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Georgia A	102	10
Veer Vanmali	Mississippi State A	Sewanne	102	10
Jake Scoville	RIT B	Binghamton B	102	10
Solomon Blecher	Cornell D	Cornell B	102	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	21.20
UK (South)	UK	7	100%	14%	27.14
Northern California	US	4	100%	25%	52.00
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	27.43
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	0%	28.50
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	45.78
Florida	US	4	100%	25%	43.25
Great Lakes	US	11	100%	18%	46.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	22%	54.11
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	8%	37.00
Midwest	US	9	100%	22%	47.00
North	US	4	100%	50%	67.00
Northeast	US	12	100%	0%	36.58
Pacific	US	8	100%	0%	22.25
Southeast	US	12	100%	17%	42.08
Upstate NY	US	5	80%	40%	66.50