Ramayana - 2025 ACF Fall

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In this text, a wise man invents a new form of verse after watching two birds being shot while mating, which he teaches to the protagonist’s two sons. A character in this text who is cursed to sleep for (10[1])six months (-5[1])at a time (10[1])is woken up when a thousand (10[1])elephants (10[3]-5[2])walk over him. (10[2]-5[2])In this text, (10[2])a demon (10[1])disguised (-5[1])as a golden deer is used (10[1])to (10[1])distract (10[3])a princess (10[2])of (10[5])Ayodhya (10[16]-5[1])(“eye-OHD-yuh”). This (10[1])text’s (10[2]-5[1])antagonist (10[3])orders (10[1])Hanuman’s (10[1]-5[1])tail (10[1]-5[2])to be lit (-5[1])on (10[1])fire, (10[5]-5[5])which (10[2]-5[1])he (10[1])uses (10[2])to burn (10[1])down (-5[2])his citadel (10[3]-5[1])in Lanka. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[2])Sita is kidnapped by the (10[1]-5[1])rakshasa (10[4]-5[3])(“RAHK-shuh-suh”) Ravana (10[3])(“RAH-vuh-nuh”) in what Sanskrit (10[1])epic (10[3])by (10[1]-5[1])Valmiki, (10[4]-5[2])written (-5[1])before the Mahabharata? (10[3]0[1])■END■ (10[16]0[20])

ANSWER: Ramayana [or Rāmāyana; or Ramayanam] (The first line is about Valmiki teaching Lava and Kusha. The character in the second line is Kumbhakarna, a brother of Ravana.)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	UCLA F	38	10
John Gamble	NCSU A	Virginia Tech B	40	-5
Abhay Ariyapappillil	Ottawa B	Ottawa D	43	10
Vedh Ramesh	Penn	Vassar B	49	10
Nishad Joshi	Kentucky	Michigan State D	50	10
Suhaan Pastakia	Maryland C	Lehigh A	50	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	Vassar A	50	-5
Ayaan Jajodia	Dartmouth B	Boston University A	50	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Texas	50	-5
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Archer Queen	53	10
Snehan Saroch	Louisville A	Louisville B	53	-5
Micah Williams	VCU A	Virginia Tech C	53	-5
Anurag Shah	Indiana A	Purdue B	53	10
Sriram Koritala	Illinois Blue	Illinois Canada	56	10
Bharath Ram	Georgia Tech A	South Carolina A	56	10
Deepanshi Matai	Toronto C	Waterloo A	58	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Chipola College	59	-5
Rishi Swaminathan	NYU B	Rutgers C	65	10
Sai Subramanian	CWRU A	Michigan D	66	10
Yuv Magan	UCSD B	UCLA D	67	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Auburn A	67	10
Vishrut Pisupati	Imperial B	Imperial D	67	10
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	Michigan State B	69	10
Daniel Kim	Maryland A	Princeton	69	10
Conner Yamnitz	WashU Grizzlers	Chicago B	70	10
Coy Mier	Auburn B	Tennessee Tech	70	10
Niyanthi Yamunan	Georgia Tech E	Georgia A	70	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Durham C	70	10
Tevin Francis	Southampton	Cambridge A	70	10
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	USC A	71	10
Adithya Parat	McMaster C	Queen's A	71	10
Mohit Nair	CWRU D	Michigan State A	71	10
Adam Monusko	Michigan A	Michigan State C	71	10
Pratham Bhanushali	WVU B	Ohio State A	71	10
David Ropp	Duke A	William & Mary B	71	10
Anila Moparthi	Illinois Orange	Purdue C	71	10
Owen Ashbrook	Iowa A	Illinois Urbana	71	10
Vivian Lu	Wisconsin C	Wisconsin B	71	10
Mahathi Veluri	UConn A	Tufts A	71	10
Ritwik Sharma	Arizona State A	British Columbia C	71	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	British Columbia B	71	10
Kushagra Bahuguna	Washington Chinook	Washington Coho	71	10
Jonathan Ho	Alberta B	Washington Masu	71	-5
Shivam Saxena	Georgia Tech F	Emory A	71	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Cambridge E	71	10
Anirudh Terdal	LSE	Warwick	71	10
Asish Madarapu	UNC D	UNC C	72	10
Sonali Srikanth	Georgia Tech D	Sewanne	73	-5
Nitinkisor Rajesh Kumar	Edinburgh B	York	73	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	Binghamton B	73	10
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Berkeley Little Prince	74	10
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	Ohio State D	74	10
Deeksha Easwar	Washington Sockeye	Boise State	74	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	McGill C	75	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Williams B	76	10
Devon Kumar	Tufts C	Brown A	76	-5
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	McMaster B	77	-5
Becca Wu	JMU B	Liberty C	77	10
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	British Columbia A	77	-5
Musa Ahmed	Edinburgh C	Sheffield B	80	-5
Surya Donath	Stanford A	Berkeley Skeleton King	81	10
Aditya Koushik	Stanford B	Berkeley Mighty Miner	82	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UC Irvine	82	-5
Tobias Smerdon	Toronto G	Waterloo C	82	-5
Pranet Sirikonda	Ohio State B	Pittsburgh	82	10
Zaid Asif	NYU A	George Mason B	82	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Iowa State	82	-5
Will Barash	Brandeis Mozart	Vermont B	82	10
Kaushik Jayaprabha	Dartmouth C	MIT B	82	-5
Ethan Young	Williams A	Southern Connecticut State University A	82	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Alabama A	82	-5
Jeremy Katen	George Mason A	Rutgers D	83	10
Richy Sun	Vanderbilt B	Auburn C	83	10
Jason Cottle	Clemson C	Montevallo	83	-5
Nikhil Nair	Boston University B	Brandeis Beethoven	84	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	Claremont A	85	10
Anthony Gagliano	McGill A	Ottawa A	85	10
Jaie Somaia	Sheffield A	Durham D	87	10
Stella Broome	Virginia A	Virginia Tech A	88	-5
Mackenzie Tott	Columbia A	Johns Hopkins	88	-5
Imtiaz Kidwai	Toronto F	Toronto H	90	-5
Peyton Legg	UCF A	Florida B	90	10
Ian Saylor	Wisconsin A	Macalester	90	10
Aditi Nebhwani	Bristol	Cardiff	90	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida Tech A	92	-5
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	WashU Grolars	92	10
Eleanor Arron	Williams C	Brandeis Bach	92	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Illinois Champaign	95	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Indiana B	95	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCLA A	100	-5
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	UCSD A	100	10
Orin Overmiller	Florida Tech B	Florida State A	101	-5
Harry Barsan	Louisville C	Michigan C	101	10
Carly Hemani	JMU A	William & Mary C	101	10
Rohit Chintala	Maryland B	Rutgers B	101	10
Sri Lnu	Clemson B	Tennessee B	101	-5
Veer Vanmali	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt C	101	-5
Will Hoover	RIT A	Rochester	101	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Toronto A	102	10
Victor Xu	Toronto B	Toronto D	102	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Waterloo B	102	10
Elena Thai	Waterloo C	Toronto G	105	10
Sarah Silverman	Claremont C	USC B	106	10
Zoe Brennan	Virginia Tech C	VCU A	106	10
Estelle Segmal	Columbia B	Rowan	106	10
Arlene Lopez	Stony Brook	George Mason C	107	10
David Latimer	Imperial A	Cambridge D	107	-5
Nicolaus Derikx	Carleton A	Ottawa C	108	-5
Joseph Strom	Louisville B	Louisville A	108	10
Nathan Sprouse	Virginia Tech B	NCSU A	108	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	Arizona State B	108	10
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	Georgia Tech C	108	-5
Derek Li	Cornell A	Cornell C	108	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Binghamton A	109	-5
Blake Johnson	Boston College A	Tufts B	112	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Boston College B	112	10
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	Washington Atlantic	112	0
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Tennessee A	112	10
Katherine Mack	UC Irvine	UCLA E	113	0
Valentina Chamandy	McGill E	Carleton B	113	0
Saju Ramraj	Toronto I	Brock A	113	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Guelph A	113	10
Thomas Vukovic	Toronto H	Toronto F	113	0
Addison Wiggins	South Florida A	ERAU Daytona A	113	0
Dominic Heffron	Florida Tech A	Florida A	113	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	Florida Tech B	113	0
Meredith Wiper	CWRU B	CWRU C	113	10
AnnaLee Simpson	Tusculum A	NCSU B	113	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	William & Mary A	113	10
Zachary Bornstein	Virginia Tech A	Virginia A	113	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Columbia A	113	10
Yiwei Jiang	NYU C	Lehigh B	113	0
Elias Lowrey	Lehigh B	NYU C	113	0
Gavin Chen	Vassar A	Rutgers A	113	0
Meredith Onions	Iowa B	Purdue D	113	0
Luke Sauer	Michigan Tech	Minnesota	113	0
Merrick Hill	Iowa State	St. Thomas	113	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Tufts C	113	10
Rafael Gómez	Amherst B	Dartmouth A	113	10
Kyle Hart	MIT B	Dartmouth C	113	0
Grace Lovitt	Washington Masu	Alberta B	113	0
Ryan Zhang	Washington State	Washington Pink	113	0
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Washington State	113	0
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Clemson A	113	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Clemson B	113	0
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Clemson C	113	0
Devin Tharp	Chipola College	Vanderbilt A	113	10
Edward Zhang	Vanderbilt C	Mississippi State A	113	10
Isy Simpkins	Durham B	Durham A	113	10
Stephen Donoghue	Sheffield B	Edinburgh C	113	10
Honor Mountford	Cambridge C	Birmingham	113	0
Harry Oxley	Imperial C	Cambridge B	113	0
Oliver West	Cambridge B	Imperial C	113	0
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	Cornell D	113	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	20%	91.20
UK (South)	UK	8	63%	13%	73.80
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	72.50
Southern California	US	7	86%	29%	77.83
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	60%	20%	67.67
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	89%	33%	95.75
Florida	US	4	50%	50%	101.50
Great Lakes	US	11	100%	9%	79.64
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	33%	97.11
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	83%	17%	82.50
Midwest	US	9	89%	0%	75.38
North	US	4	75%	25%	91.33
Northeast	US	12	92%	17%	89.73
Pacific	US	8	63%	38%	79.00
Southeast	US	13	77%	54%	86.80
Upstate NY	US	4	75%	25%	94.00