Rio de Janeiro - 2025 ACF Fall

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The Night of the Bottle Fight in this city preceded an 1831 abdication. (10[1])A 2018 fire in this city (-5[1])destroyed much of a National (-5[1])History museum based (10[1]-5[1])out of (-5[2])St. (-5[1])Christopher’s (-5[1])Palace. (-5[2])A 2011 excavation (10[1])uncovered parts of this city’s Valongo Wharf, the largest port for slaves entering the Americas. (-5[1])During (10[1]-5[1])the Peninsular (10[1]-5[2])War, (10[1])Maria of Braganza migrated her court (10[1])to this (10[1])city. (10[18]-5[3])Juscelino (10[9]-5[1])Kubitschek’s (10[3])(“zhoo-seh-LEE-noo koo-bee-SHEK’s”) government (-5[1])moved from (10[1])this city (10[1])to a planned one (10[2])designed by (10[4]-5[2])Lucio (10[4])Costa (10[4]-5[2])and (10[1])Oscar (10[3])Niemeyer. (10[7]-5[3])In (10[1])1888, (10[3]-5[1])20,000 (10[1])people gathered in (10[1])this city to celebrate (-5[1])Princess Isabel (10[1])signing the abolitionist Golden Law. For 10 points, (10[1])Emperor (10[1]0[1])Pedro II ruled from what (10[1])former (10[1])capital of Brazil? (10[3])■END■ (10[30]0[10])

ANSWER: Rio de Janeiro [prompt on Rio] (The first line refers to Pedro I.)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Liam Markland	Alberta A	Washington Chum	12	10
Aidan Hoffner	McMaster B	Waterloo B	18	-5
Jas Wang	UCLA F	UCLA E	23	-5
Ritwik Sharma	Arizona State A	Washington Steelhead	26	10
Adam Pierzchalo	Edinburgh C	Sheffield A	26	-5
Ryan Zhang	Washington State	Arizona State B	28	-5
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	Rochester	28	-5
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	Virginia Tech B	29	-5
Rohit Chintala	Maryland B	NYU A	30	-5
Jesse Mindel	NCSU A	Virginia Tech A	31	-5
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	British Columbia A	31	-5
Daniel Huang	Michigan C	Michigan State B	34	10
Aiden Hart	Kentucky	CWRU C	49	-5
Valerie Brown	Carleton B	McGill E	50	10
Liam Rojas	Virginia A	UNC A	50	-5
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UC Santa Barbara	52	-5
Vihaan Jim	Princeton	Rutgers B	52	10
Henry Rutherford-Braun	British Columbia B	Washington Sockeye	52	-5
Johnny Myers	Williams B	MIT A	53	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Ottawa D	59	10
Jonathan Koehler	UCLA C	Claremont B	61	10
Shreyansh Satapurthy	UCLA D	UCSD A	62	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	Toronto A	62	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Toronto G	62	-5
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	UCF A	62	10
Anthony Yin	CWRU A	Louisville A	62	10
Artem Vovchenko	Ohio State C	Michigan D	62	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	Louisville D	62	10
Caleb Hines	Liberty A	JMU A	62	10
Jack Marguiles	Stony Brook	Johns Hopkins	62	10
Eric Parrilla	Chicago A	WashU Grolars	62	10
Francis Dinh	Illinois Canada	Chicago B	62	-5
Luc Vulliez	Amherst A	Vermont B	62	10
Jake Markus	Dartmouth B	Brandeis Mozart	62	10
Lucas Guan	Brown A	Tufts A	62	10
John Halsun	UConn A	Brandeis Bach	62	10
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Vermont A	62	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Georgia Tech F	62	-5
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	South Carolina A	62	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Vanderbilt A	62	10
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	Southampton	62	10
Miguel Carreira	Imperial B	Cambridge D	62	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	Claremont C	63	10
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	Louisville B	63	10
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	UNC B	63	10
Suhaan Pastakia	Maryland C	Maryland A	63	-5
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	William Woods University A	63	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Iowa A	63	10
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	Alabama A	63	10
John Maupin	Chipola College	Georgia Tech A	63	10
Rick Line	Cardiff	Cambridge A	63	10
Shlok Dev	LSE	Cambridge C	63	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	McGill A	64	10
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto D	Toronto C	64	10
Andrew McKenzie	Ohio State B	Ohio State A	64	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	Wisconsin A	65	-5
Ben Kantsiper	JMU B	NCSU B	67	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Rutgers A	69	10
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Imperial A	73	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	Cornell D	73	10
Scott Sibley	UC Irvine	USC B	75	-5
Sparrow Brotman	NYU B	Columbia A	75	10
Sriram Koritala	Illinois Blue	Purdue A	75	10
Doug Frederick	Auburn A	Emory A	75	10
James Zhao	Vanderbilt C	Mississippi State A	75	-5
Harry Crane	Warwick	Cambridge E	75	10
Adam Monusko	Michigan A	Michigan State A	76	10
Julian Thomson-Harris	Vassar A	Rutgers D	76	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Tennessee Tech	76	10
Eoghan Herriot	Durham D	York	76	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Archer Queen	77	10
Abhay Ariyapappillil	Ottawa B	McGill C	77	-5
Sicheng Jiang	Toronto H	Queen's A	77	-5
David Black	Illinois Champaign	Illinois Orange	77	10
Sam Hewitt	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue B	77	10
Marc Greco	Williams A	Dartmouth A	77	10
Cranmer McGinn	McMaster C	Brock A	78	10
David Thomas	Purdue C	Indiana A	79	10
Sonya Bates	Washington Atlantic	Boise State	79	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Binghamton A	79	10
Dawson Teu	Waterloo A	McMaster A	80	10
Ishan Chahande	Ohio State D	WVU A	80	10
Venkat Das	WVU B	Louisville C	80	-5
Cara Leonard	William & Mary C	Duke A	80	10
Sophia Peng	Rutgers C	Columbia B	80	10
Marcus Hoshino	Washington Pink	Texas	80	-5
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Auburn B	80	10
Alex Miller	Edinburgh B	Edinburgh A	80	-5
Andreas Ktori	Durham A	Sheffield B	80	10
Naayaz Hashim	Oxford	Imperial C	80	10
Braydon Morefield	George Mason B	Penn	81	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	UCSD B	82	10
Sam Kung	UNC C	VCU A	82	-5
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Georgia Tech D	82	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Sewanne	82	10
Nikhil Nair	Boston University B	Tufts C	83	10
Kyle Chua	CWRU B	Michigan B	86	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	Waterloo C	90	-5
Eric Cameron	Michigan State C	Michigan State D	92	10
Logan Van Pelt	Washington Coho	Alberta B	100	10
Nova Sink	Virginia Tech A	NCSU A	101	0
Eugene Kim	Purdue D	Indiana B	101	10
Imtiaz Kidwai	Toronto F	Toronto I	106	10
Kaushik Jayaprabha	Dartmouth C	Brandeis Beethoven	107	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	Ottawa B	110	10
James Headon	Edinburgh A	Edinburgh B	110	10
Leo Godbee	Bristol	Imperial D	110	10
Sage Saperstein	USC B	UC Irvine	111	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	UCLA B	111	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UCLA F	111	10
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	Ottawa C	111	10
Lucas Hall	Waterloo C	Guelph A	111	10
Tobias Smerdon	Toronto G	Toronto E	111	10
Brendan Bridle	Queen's A	Toronto H	111	0
Gavin Ge	Waterloo B	McMaster B	111	0
Andrew Stappenbeck	CWRU C	Kentucky	111	0
Harry Barsan	Louisville C	WVU B	111	0
Jaden Rupolo	Liberty B	Tusculum A	111	0
Joseph Cole	UNC A	Virginia A	111	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	UNC C	111	10
Nathan Sprouse	Virginia Tech B	William & Mary A	111	10
Alex Grigoriades	Lehigh A	Lehigh B	111	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	Maryland C	111	0
Tosca Zhang	NYU A	Maryland B	111	10
Alexander DaGrossa	Rowan	NYU C	111	10
Ezra Siegartel	Vassar B	George Mason C	111	10
Eric Lipsutz	Chicago B	Illinois Canada	111	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Iowa State	111	10
Owen Gibbs	Boston College B	Amherst B	111	0
Yvonne Pan	Amherst B	Boston College B	111	10
Blake Johnson	Boston College A	Brown B	111	10
Jacky Li	MIT B	Harvard	111	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington State	111	0
Andy Liu	British Columbia A	British Columbia C	111	10
Alex Hestermann	Washington Sockeye	British Columbia B	111	10
Kevin Liu	Texas	Washington Pink	111	10
Isabella DePrimo	Washington Chinook	Washington Masu	111	10
Richy Sun	Vanderbilt B	Auburn C	111	0
Abby Tipton	Auburn C	Vanderbilt B	111	10
Logan Patil	Georgia Tech F	Georgia A	111	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt C	111	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Clemson C	111	10
Yulia Wolczuk	Durham B	Edinburgh D	111	10
Charlie Castleton	Sheffield A	Edinburgh C	111	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	Binghamton B	111	10
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	Binghamton C	111	10
Kieran Freed	Rochester	Cornell B	111	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	40%	97.60
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	0%	73.50
Northern California	US	1	100%	0%	77.00
Southern California	US	7	100%	43%	85.86
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	20%	78.80
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	78%	44%	87.43
Florida	US	1	100%	0%	62.00
Great Lakes	US	12	83%	17%	68.10
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	78%	44%	86.43
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	92%	17%	85.36
Midwest	US	9	100%	11%	78.67
North	US	1	100%	100%	111.00
Northeast	US	12	100%	0%	80.25
Pacific	US	9	89%	44%	82.63
Southeast	US	13	100%	15%	83.77
Upstate NY	US	5	80%	20%	93.50