Poland - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

It’s not France, but an early historical chronicle of this country was written by Gallus Anonymus. This country’s nobility expelled William of Austria after crowning his wife king in 1384. (10[3]-5[1])The (-5[1])Nihil (10[4])novi (10[2]-5[1])act (10[3])gave (10[1])this country’s nobles (10[4])power (10[1])which (10[1])was (10[1])strengthened (10[2])under a system known as Golden (10[2]-5[1])Liberty. (10[9]-5[2])This (10[1])country (10[2]-5[1])was united (10[1]-5[1])with a Grand Duchy (10[1])to its (10[1])east (10[5]-5[2])by (10[1])the (10[1]-5[1])Union (10[3]-5[1])of (10[1])Lublin. (10[12]-5[2])Jadwiga (10[7]-5[1])(“yad-VEE-gah”) ruled (10[1])this (10[1])country (10[4])immediately (10[2])before (10[2])a line of (10[1])kings (10[1])from (10[1])the (10[1])Jagiellonian (“yog-yell-OH-nee-in”) dynasty. (10[3])For 10 points, which country (10[1])formed a Commonwealth (10[2])with Lithuania (10[10])and crowned monarchs (10[2])in its (10[1])medieval (10[1])capital (10[1])Kraków ■END■ (10[9]0[1])

ANSWER: Poland [or Kingdom of Poland; accept Poland-Lithuania or the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; prompt on Lithuania]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	Virginia A	29	10
Emily Justak	Indiana B	WashU Grizzlers	29	-5
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Clemson A	29	10
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Southampton	29	10
Vishnu Sharma	Texas	British Columbia A	30	-5
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	Claremont B	31	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Amherst A	31	10
Carson Kessler	Washington Pink	Washington Sockeye	31	10
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	RIT A	31	10
Aiden Hart	Kentucky	Louisville D	32	-5
Kevin Yang	Illinois Blue	Illinois Champaign	32	10
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	British Columbia B	32	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UCLA D	33	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Steelhead	33	10
Aeron Wheel	Cardiff	Cambridge B	33	10
Anthony Yin	CWRU A	Michigan A	34	10
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	Michigan B	37	10
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Brandeis Bach	37	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Tennessee Tech	37	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	South Carolina A	37	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	USC A	38	10
Abhay Ariyapappillil	Ottawa B	McGill C	39	10
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Washington State	40	10
Jas Wang	UCLA F	UC Irvine	41	10
Moses Dong	Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech B	41	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	McMaster B	47	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	Florida A	47	10
Abhinav Dinesh	LSE	Imperial C	47	-5
Cliodora Selyuzhitsky	UCSD A	UC Santa Barbara	48	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	Ottawa A	48	-5
Will Marcotte	Toronto D	Waterloo A	48	10
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	Louisville B	48	10
Benjamin Silversten	William & Mary C	William & Mary B	48	10
Jeremy Katen	George Mason A	Maryland A	48	10
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	Indiana A	48	10
Alex Feller	Minnesota	Wisconsin C	48	10
Rafael Gómez	Amherst B	Tufts C	48	10
Johnny Myers	Williams B	Brandeis Mozart	48	-5
Gregory Stone	ESF	Cornell A	48	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Auburn B	49	10
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	Ohio State B	50	-5
John Gamble	NCSU A	UNC A	50	10
Hayden Willett	Purdue B	Iowa B	50	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Coho	52	10
Ethan Miniard	Montevallo	Georgia Tech D	52	-5
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Vermont B	56	10
Orion Brey	Louisville A	CWRU B	58	10
James Xiao	Toronto A	Toronto C	59	10
Seth Allen	McMaster A	Toronto B	59	10
Aris Anton	Waterloo C	Waterloo B	59	-5
Peter Zeng	Ohio State A	Michigan State B	59	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	Pittsburgh	59	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Georgia Tech E	59	-5
Nitish Sudhakar	Georgia Tech A	Tennessee A	59	10
Jonathan Koehler	UCLA C	UCSD B	60	10
Suhaan Pastakia	Maryland C	Rutgers A	61	-5
Jack Disbury	Durham D	Edinburgh B	61	10
Kingsley Chen	McGill A	McGill B	62	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	British Columbia C	62	-5
Youyou Yu	Imperial A	Warwick	62	10
Ollie Glin-Conway	Imperial D	Cambridge E	62	10
Venkat Das	WVU B	Michigan State D	63	10
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	64	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Mighty Miner	64	10
Imtiaz Kidwai	Toronto F	Queen's A	64	10
Tobias Smerdon	Toronto G	Guelph A	64	10
Eric Cameron	Michigan State C	WVU A	64	10
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech B	Virginia Tech A	64	10
David Nickel	Purdue A	Purdue C	64	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Rose-Hulman A	64	10
John Halsun	UConn A	Tufts B	64	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington Masu	64	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Clemson C	64	10
Edward Zhang	Vanderbilt C	Vanderbilt B	64	10
Honor Mountford	Cambridge C	Imperial B	64	-5
Solomon Blecher	Cornell D	RIT B	64	-5
Janghyun Lee	Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	65	10
Thomas Wu	Berkeley Skeleton King	UCSC	65	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Iowa A	65	10
Conner Yamnitz	WashU Grizzlers	Indiana B	65	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	Macalester	65	10
Steve Gaughan	Brandeis Mozart	Williams B	65	10
John Maupin	Chipola College	Alabama A	65	-5
Charlie Castleton	Sheffield A	Durham B	65	10
Kevin Cronk	Virginia Tech C	UNC C	66	10
Frances Corban	Toronto H	Brock A	67	10
Miles Spieler	Ohio State C	CWRU C	68	10
Caleb Hines	Liberty A	Duke A	68	10
Ezra Zareba	UNC B	VCU A	68	10
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	Boston College A	68	10
Alex Smits	Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	69	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Durham A	69	10
Pallas Allen	South Florida A	Florida State A	70	10
Ben Kantsiper	JMU B	Liberty B	70	10
Austin Embry	Auburn C	Mississippi State A	73	10
James Windle	Purdue D	WashU Grolars	74	10
Gabriel Nell	Cornell B	Binghamton C	75	10
Harry Fines	York	Edinburgh D	76	10
Cranmer McGinn	McMaster C	Toronto I	78	10
Jake Markus	Dartmouth B	Brown B	78	10
Kamil Boehm	Cambridge A	Oxford	78	10
Stefan Mihai	Carleton B	Carleton A	83	10
Emily Snider	Liberty C	NCSU B	86	10
James Bramley	Durham C	Edinburgh C	86	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	USC B	88	10
Will Massey	Florida Tech B	ERAU Daytona A	88	10
Dominic Heffron	Florida Tech A	UCF A	88	10
Ishan Chahande	Ohio State D	Louisville C	88	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Chicago B	88	10
Luke Sauer	Michigan Tech	Wisconsin B	88	10
Wesley Yu	British Columbia A	Texas	88	10
Ryan Zhang	British Columbia C	Washington Chum	88	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Sewanne	88	10
Aidan Keenan	Rochester	Binghamton B	88	10
Dirk Hay	Louisville D	Kentucky	91	10
Andrew Boardman	Cambridge D	Bristol	91	10
Akif Ismail	Williams C	Harvard	93	10
Jacky Li	MIT B	Brandeis Beethoven	94	10
Harper Royal	Georgia Tech E	Emory A	95	10
Gerrit Severeid	McGill E	Ottawa C	97	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	Ottawa D	97	10
Zack Wiffen	Waterloo B	Waterloo C	97	10
Brady Hagan	Ohio State B	CWRU D	97	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	Maryland C	97	0
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Chipola College	97	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Montevallo	97	10
Miguel Carreira	Imperial B	Cambridge C	97	10
Will Barton	Imperial C	LSE	97	10
Jake Scoville	RIT B	Cornell D	97	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	71.40
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	25%	68.63
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	64.50
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	48.43
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	20%	75.60
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	64.78
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	73.25
Great Lakes	US	12	100%	17%	63.83
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	61.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	50%	50%	48.00
Midwest	US	9	100%	11%	61.11
North	US	4	100%	0%	67.50
Northeast	US	10	100%	10%	63.40
Pacific	US	8	100%	25%	53.50
Southeast	US	13	100%	23%	63.85
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	20%	67.80