Quakers - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

95 members of the Gurneyite (“GUR-nee-ite”) branch of this sect (10[1])made a statement (10[1])of faith (10[1])in the Richmond Declaration. In this sect, clearness committees help couples (10[1])before their weddings (10[1]-5[1])and generally resolve disputes. (-5[1])Members of this sect partake (10[1])in (-5[1])programmed worship and waiting worship, (10[1])the latter of which usually ends when two members (10[2])shake hands (10[1])as their sign of peace. (10[2]-5[1])George Fox (10[1])founded (10[1])this (10[2])sect (10[9])whose adherents (10[5])believe in the (10[1])inward (10[1])light (10[1])of (10[2])God. (10[11]-5[3])This (10[1])sect (10[2])gets (10[2])its (10[1]-5[1])name (10[2])because (10[1])its members tremble (10[5])before (10[3]-5[1])God, (10[19]-5[5])and (10[1]-5[1])most (10[3]-5[2])members (10[8]-5[2])practice (10[2])pacifism. (10[7]-5[3])For 10 points, William Penn (10[2])was a part of what nonviolent (10[4])sect (10[2])of Christianity? (10[2])■END■ (10[12])

ANSWER: Quakers [accept Society of Friends]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Nameer Qadir	Toronto C	Toronto B	8	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCSD B	11	10
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	CWRU D	13	10
Alex Emmert	Maryland B	George Mason A	24	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Tufts B	27	-5
Judah Garlic	Cornell C	Binghamton B	27	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	Claremont B	31	-5
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Indiana A	36	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	UCLA C	37	-5
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	NCSU A	42	10
Merrick Hill	Iowa State	Wisconsin A	51	10
Matthew Kohn	Williams A	Vermont B	51	10
Quinn Doyle	Macalester	St. Thomas	53	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	USC B	58	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	British Columbia B	58	10
Niyanthi Yamunan	Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech F	58	-5
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech A	60	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Alabama A	61	10
Anton Akroush	Michigan State A	Louisville A	62	10
Maisie Quinn	Brown B	MIT A	62	10
Bailey Lacefield	Toronto G	Waterloo B	63	10
Stella Broome	Virginia A	Virginia Tech B	63	10
Zoe Brennan	Virginia Tech C	UNC D	63	10
Micah Lauzon	Dartmouth B	Williams B	63	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Atlantic	63	10
James Haddix	Washington State	British Columbia C	63	10
James Zhao	Vanderbilt C	Auburn C	63	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Chipola College	63	10
William Edwards	Tennessee A	South Carolina A	63	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford B	65	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	Ottawa B	65	10
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech A	UNC A	65	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	Maryland C	65	10
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Chicago A	65	10
Joshua Garner	Ohio State A	Louisville B	68	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Durham C	69	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Auburn B	70	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	UCLA D	71	10
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	Ohio State C	71	10
Harry Barsan	Louisville C	Michigan State D	72	10
Adam Monusko	Michigan A	Michigan B	72	-5
Marcus Hatfield	WVU B	WVU A	72	10
Walter Carson	NCSU B	Liberty B	72	10
Joe O'Connor	George Mason B	Johns Hopkins	72	-5
Leonard Castine	Penn	Rutgers D	72	10
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	Illinois Orange	72	10
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	Purdue B	72	-5
Yvonne Pan	Amherst B	Boston University B	72	10
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Washington Sockeye	72	10
Brooks Phillips	Auburn A	Tennessee Tech	72	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Georgia A	72	10
Tevin Francis	Southampton	Cambridge A	72	10
Aditi Nebhwani	Bristol	Imperial C	72	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Dartmouth A	73	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Archer Queen	74	10
Alex Coleridge	Durham B	Edinburgh B	74	10
Miriam Lee	Queen's A	Brock A	75	10
Jonathan Schneidau	Liberty A	William & Mary C	75	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	UCF A	76	-5
Megan Rowe	Cambridge D	Imperial A	76	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Michigan Tech	77	10
Leo Neve	Durham D	Edinburgh D	77	10
Liam Henderson	McMaster B	Waterloo C	78	10
Sarah Silverman	Claremont C	UC Irvine	81	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	McGill A	81	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	McGill B	81	10
Ishan Chahande	Ohio State D	Michigan State C	81	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt B	81	10
Alex Mayernick	Lehigh A	Rutgers B	82	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	Maryland A	82	10
Kenner Bailey	Boston University A	UConn A	82	-5
Jolie Yeh	Warwick	LSE	82	10
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Stanford A	83	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	USC A	83	10
Sophia Schlag	Ottawa C	Carleton B	83	10
Platon Gorokhov	Toronto E	Guelph A	83	10
Samuel Zheng	Toronto F	McMaster C	83	10
Seth Allen	McMaster A	Toronto D	83	-5
Nicholas Nguyen	Florida B	Florida Tech A	83	10
Wyatt Johnson	CWRU B	CWRU A	83	-5
Nishad Joshi	Kentucky	Pittsburgh	83	-5
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	Michigan State B	83	10
Ezra Zareba	UNC B	UNC C	83	10
James Braxton	William & Mary B	JMU A	83	10
David Black	Illinois Champaign	Iowa B	83	-5
Grace Early	Iowa A	Purdue C	83	10
Eugene Kim	Purdue D	Rose-Hulman A	83	10
Blake Johnson	Boston College A	Brandeis Mozart	83	-5
Jack Granahan	Brandeis Mozart	Boston College A	83	10
Kaitlyn Farrin	Brandeis Beethoven	Harvard	83	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Montevallo	83	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Sheffield A	83	10
Honor Mountford	Cambridge C	Cambridge E	83	10
Saleena Livera	Imperial B	Birmingham	83	10
Alex Forman	Cornell D	Cornell A	83	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	RIT A	83	10
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	NYU B	84	-5
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Imperial D	84	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	ERAU Daytona A	85	10
Henry Nonnemaker	CWRU C	Michigan D	85	-5
John Shelly	Rowan	Vassar B	85	10
Davis Johnson	Purdue A	Chicago B	85	10
Jiping Fang	Illinois Blue	William Woods University A	85	-5
Valentina Chamandy	McGill E	Carleton A	86	10
Dawson Teu	Waterloo A	Toronto A	86	10
Sicheng Jiang	Toronto H	Toronto I	86	10
Madison Bernard	Liberty C	Tusculum A	86	10
Lily Katz	Stony Brook	Vassar A	86	-5
Luke Simon	Alberta B	Washington Chum	86	10
Lola Maas	Washington Coho	British Columbia A	86	10
Jonah McGinley	Rochester	Binghamton C	86	10
Jonah McGinley	Rochester	Binghamton C	86	10
Jake Scoville	RIT B	Binghamton A	86	-5
Pallas Allen	South Florida A	Florida Tech B	87	10
Cooper Morris	Columbia B	George Mason C	87	10
Henry Ding	Princeton	Columbia A	88	10
Isabella Johansson	NYU C	Rutgers C	88	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Illinois Blue	88	10
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	Wisconsin B	88	10
Alan Cai	Amherst A	Tufts A	88	-5
Gavin Morrow	Washington Steelhead	Washington Chinook	88	10
Carson Kessler	Washington Pink	Washington Masu	88	-5
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Georgia Tech D	88	10
Atticus Teter	Durham A	Edinburgh C	88	-5
Pen Hughes	Edinburgh C	Durham A	88	10
Janghyun Lee	Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Skeleton King	93	10
Eli Young	Vassar A	Stony Brook	93	10
Angelo Pan	CWRU A	CWRU B	99	10
Julia Marder	Pittsburgh	Kentucky	99	10
Madeline Strauss	Tufts A	Amherst A	99	10
Kaushik Jayaprabha	Dartmouth C	Williams C	99	10
Bolun Thompson	UCLA C	UC Santa Barbara	100	10
Logan Patil	Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech E	100	10
Maggie Dunn	Michigan B	Michigan A	102	10
Hayden Willett	Purdue B	Illinois Canada	102	10
Mai Höglund	Claremont B	UCLA B	103	10
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	McMaster A	103	10
AnnaMaria Donnelly	UCF A	Florida A	103	10
Varun Ramanathan	Michigan D	CWRU C	103	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	George Mason B	103	10
Magnolia Schnirman Barría	NYU B	Lehigh B	103	10
Jacob Chaudhry	Iowa B	Illinois Champaign	103	10
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	Vermont A	103	10
Judah Friedman	UConn A	Boston University A	103	10
Grace Lovitt	Washington Masu	Washington Pink	103	10
Jason Cottle	Clemson C	Sewanne	103	10
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	RIT B	103	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	20%	78.20
UK (South)	UK	7	100%	0%	78.86
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	78.75
Southern California	US	7	100%	29%	72.43
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	0%	79.20
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	73.89
Florida	US	4	100%	25%	89.50
Great Lakes	US	12	100%	33%	77.08
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	70.22
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	10	100%	30%	86.60
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	100%	0%	53.00
Midwest	US	9	100%	33%	79.67
North	US	4	100%	0%	67.25
Northeast	US	11	100%	36%	81.00
Pacific	US	8	100%	13%	77.38
Southeast	US	13	100%	8%	75.31
Upstate NY	US	6	100%	17%	78.00