Pompey the Great - 2025 ACF Fall

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According to Valerius Maximus, Helvius Mancia orated on seeing two shades that this man killed in the underworld, Marius’ supporters Perperna and Gnaeus Papirius Carbo. This man was called a “boy butcher” for those killings (-5[1])under the (10[2])orders of Sulla. (10[4])Under the (-5[1])Lex Gabinia, (10[1]-5[1])the Senate gave (10[2])this man (10[1])money (10[2]-5[1])and (10[1])troops to hunt down pirates. (10[8]-5[10])Along (10[2]-5[2])with his (10[3]-5[2])co-consul (10[4]-5[3])Crassus, (10[6]-5[6])this (10[1])man (10[2]-5[2])put (-5[1])down (10[1]-5[1])Spartacus’ (10[4]-5[1])revolt. (10[5]-5[3])This man was beheaded in Egypt after (10[2])fleeing (10[2])the Battle (10[1]-5[1])of (10[2])Pharsalus, (10[5])a decisive defeat in his civil war against (0[1])a rival. (10[1]-5[2])For 10 points, (10[2]-5[2])what man (10[1])formed the First (-5[1])Triumvirate (-5[1])with Crassus (-5[1])and Julius Caesar? (10[2])■END■ (10[21]0[27])

ANSWER: Pompey the Great [or Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus]

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Nathan Redford	Liberty A	Duke A	34	-5
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	Ottawa C	36	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	Ottawa A	36	10
Dawson Teu	Waterloo A	Toronto D	39	10
Enina Edosomwan	CWRU A	Michigan A	39	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Wisconsin A	39	10
Eoghan Herriot	Durham D	Edinburgh B	39	10
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	Cardiff	41	-5
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	NCSU A	43	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Minnesota	43	-5
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UCLA D	46	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Alberta A	46	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Vermont B	48	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	Michigan D	49	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	William Woods University A	49	10
Mohamed Algraiw	MIT A	Boston College A	49	-5
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	USC A	50	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	McGill A	55	-5
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	Ottawa B	55	-5
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida B	55	-5
Orion Brey	Louisville A	CWRU B	55	-5
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	Michigan B	55	10
Nathan Sprouse	Virginia Tech B	Virginia Tech A	55	-5
Charles Miller	William & Mary C	William & Mary B	55	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Maryland A	55	-5
Owen Ashbrook	Iowa A	Chicago A	55	10
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Brandeis Bach	55	-5
Jake Markus	Dartmouth B	Brown B	55	-5
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Auburn B	55	-5
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Clemson A	55	10
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	Georgia Tech A	55	10
James Zhao	Vanderbilt C	Vanderbilt B	55	10
Megan Rowe	Cambridge D	Bristol	55	10
Sam Eddon	Cambridge C	Imperial B	55	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	ESF	55	-5
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	Ohio State B	56	10
Merrick Hill	Iowa State	Macalester	56	10
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	British Columbia B	56	-5
Logan Patil	Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech B	56	-5
Aidan Hoffner	McMaster B	Toronto E	58	10
Brody Johnson	Louisville B	Michigan C	58	-5
Nico Pascual	Michigan State B	Ohio State A	58	10
Arthur Zhang	Purdue C	Purdue A	58	10
Andreas Ktori	Durham A	Edinburgh A	58	-5
Cliodora Selyuzhitsky	UCSD A	UC Santa Barbara	59	10
John Halsun	UConn A	Tufts B	59	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington Masu	59	-5
Jackson McDonald	Alabama A	Chipola College	59	-5
Jonas Cross	Tennessee Tech	Georgia A	59	-5
Ethan Miniard	Montevallo	Georgia Tech D	59	10
Rory Moloney	Cambridge E	Imperial D	59	10
Monica Wang	Guelph A	Toronto G	60	10
William Cowperthwait	NCSU B	Liberty C	60	-5
Meredie Cohen	William & Mary A	Virginia A	60	10
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	WashU Grizzlers	60	-5
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Amherst A	60	-5
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Washington State	60	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Coho	60	10
Owen Feng	Vanderbilt A	South Carolina A	60	10
Jacob Coyne	Durham C	Edinburgh C	60	-5
Nina Bindra	Southampton	Birmingham	60	-5
Shlok Dev	LSE	Imperial C	60	-5
Will Hoover	RIT A	Cornell C	60	10
Youyou Yu	Imperial A	Warwick	61	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Mighty Miner	62	-5
Joshua Ziegler	South Florida A	Florida State A	62	-5
Akif Ismail	Williams C	Harvard	62	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	Binghamton C	62	10
Anurag Shah	Indiana A	Illinois Canada	63	-5
Vivian Fan	Claremont A	Claremont B	64	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	McMaster A	64	-5
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech C	UNC C	65	-5
Nova Sink	Virginia Tech A	Virginia Tech B	65	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Sewanne	65	10
Charlotte Nicholas	Durham B	Sheffield A	65	10
Eleanor Dalton	York	Edinburgh D	65	10
Saju Ramraj	Toronto I	McMaster C	66	10
James Mickel	Michigan State C	WVU A	66	-5
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	Rutgers A	66	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Chicago B	66	-5
Eli Zimmerman	Tufts C	Amherst B	66	-5
Steve Gaughan	Brandeis Mozart	Williams B	66	10
Vishnu Sharma	Texas	British Columbia A	66	10
Ryan Zhang	British Columbia C	Washington Chum	66	10
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	73	10
Gentry Dowdy	Liberty B	JMU B	73	10
Miles Spieler	Ohio State C	CWRU C	74	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Cambridge A	74	10
Vivian Adolph	UNC B	VCU A	76	-5
Roy Yang	WashU Grolars	Purdue D	76	10
Christina Popov	Queen's A	Toronto F	77	10
Joyann Hua	British Columbia B	Washington Atlantic	77	10
Thomas Wu	Berkeley Skeleton King	UCSC	78	10
Noah Trochessett	Florida B	Florida A	78	10
Justine Hopkins	Liberty C	NCSU B	78	10
Jiping Fang	Illinois Blue	Illinois Champaign	78	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Washington Sockeye	78	10
Grace Lovitt	Washington Masu	Boise State	86	0
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	USC B	88	10
Jas Wang	UCLA F	UC Irvine	88	-5
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Georgia Tech E	88	-5
Kevin He	Toronto A	Toronto C	91	-5
Thomas Vukovic	Toronto H	Brock A	91	10
Leighton Karpinia	Florida Tech A	UCF A	91	-5
Dirk Hay	Louisville D	Kentucky	91	10
Ethan Ririe	UCSD B	UCLA C	93	10
Orin Overmiller	Florida Tech B	ERAU Daytona A	96	-5
Manobhiram Vegendla	Ohio State D	Louisville C	97	-5
Alex Matchinski	Michigan Tech	Wisconsin B	99	-5
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Boss Bandit	102	10
Abhay Ariyapappillil	Ottawa B	McGill C	102	10
Mia Liu	Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	103	0
Surya Donath	Stanford A	Berkeley Little Prince	103	10
Katherine Mack	UC Irvine	UCLA F	103	10
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	Carleton B	103	10
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	McGill B	103	0
Ethen Sun	Toronto C	Toronto A	103	0
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Toronto B	103	10
Aleksa Misic	Waterloo B	Waterloo C	103	0
Lucas Hall	Waterloo C	Waterloo B	103	0
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	Florida Tech B	103	0
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	South Florida A	103	0
AnnaMaria Donnelly	UCF A	Florida Tech A	103	0
Kyle Chua	CWRU B	Louisville A	103	10
Molly Krallman	Louisville C	Ohio State D	103	10
Alex McClanahan	WVU A	Michigan State C	103	0
David Ropp	Duke A	Liberty A	103	0
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	George Mason A	103	0
Tishe Sonuga	Chicago B	Illinois Urbana	103	0
Francis Dinh	Illinois Canada	Indiana A	103	10
Sophia Madrazo	Purdue B	Iowa B	103	10
Conner Yamnitz	WashU Grizzlers	Indiana B	103	0
Zachary Fitzpatrick	Wisconsin B	Michigan Tech	103	10
Rafael Gómez	Amherst B	Tufts C	103	10
Shining Sun	Boston College A	MIT A	103	10
Nathaniel Martin	Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	103	0
Luc Vulliez	Amherst A	Brown A	103	10
Jack Meyers	Brown B	Dartmouth B	103	10
Kate Wisnudel	Brandeis Beethoven	MIT B	103	0
Kyle Hart	MIT B	Brandeis Beethoven	103	0
TJ Pickering	Auburn B	Auburn A	103	0
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Auburn C	103	0
Abby Tipton	Auburn C	Mississippi State A	103	0
John Maupin	Chipola College	Alabama A	103	10
Justin Fountain	Clemson C	Clemson B	103	0
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Clemson C	103	0
Britt Bernstein	Georgia A	Tennessee Tech	103	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech F	103	0
Niyanthi Yamunan	Georgia Tech E	Emory A	103	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Durham A	103	10
Pen Hughes	Edinburgh C	Durham C	103	10
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Southampton	103	10
Aeron Wheel	Cardiff	Cambridge B	103	0
Harry Oxley	Imperial C	LSE	103	10
Jack Glenn	ESF	Cornell A	103	0
Solomon Blecher	Cornell D	RIT B	103	0
Jake Scoville	RIT B	Cornell D	103	0
Isaiah Schmid	Binghamton B	Rochester	103	0
Jonah McGinley	Rochester	Binghamton B	103	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	40%	75.00
UK (South)	UK	8	88%	38%	72.86
Northern California	US	4	100%	25%	89.00
Southern California	US	7	100%	14%	71.86
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	80%	40%	69.25
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	78%	22%	70.57
Florida	US	4	25%	100%	78.00
Great Lakes	US	11	82%	36%	69.78
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	67%	56%	62.33
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	50%	50%	66.00
Midwest	US	9	78%	33%	74.57
North	US	4	75%	50%	66.00
Northeast	US	10	80%	50%	80.88
Pacific	US	8	88%	25%	64.71
Southeast	US	13	69%	38%	73.11
Upstate NY	US	5	60%	20%	75.00