Rome - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

A play set in this city ends with Aaron the Moor wishing he had done more evil, (10[1])as he (10[1])is sentenced (10[1]-5[1])to be buried (10[1])chest-deep (-5[1])and starved. In that play set in this city, the queen (10[1])Tamora eats pies containing her children, (10[1])fulfilling the title character’s (10[1])revenge (10[1])scheme. (10[3]-5[2])While observing (-5[1])a festival (10[1]-5[1])in this city, (10[1]-5[1])a character remarks (10[1])that “the fault (10[1])... is not in our (10[1])stars, (10[2])but in (10[1])ourselves.” (10[13]-5[1])In this city, (-5[2])a man repeatedly (10[1])calls his enemy an ‘honourable (10[3])man’ (10[5]-5[1])in a (10[1])speech (10[3])that asks (10[1])for his (10[2])‘friends’ (10[4])and ‘countrymen’ (10[8])to (10[2])‘lend (10[4])me (10[4]-5[1])your (10[2]-5[1])ears.’ (10[8])In (10[1])this city, (10[1])a leader (10[2])ignores (10[1])a soothsayer’s (10[1])warning to beware (10[1])the Ides (10[1])of March. (10[5]-5[1])For (10[1])10 points, name this city, the setting (10[1])of William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar. (10[1])■END■ (10[9]0[1])

ANSWER: Rome [or Roma] (The first two lines refer to Titus Andronicus.)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Tobias Smerdon	Toronto G	McMaster B	16	10
Yuxuan Lu	Vanderbilt A	Georgia Tech A	18	10
Meredith Wiper	CWRU B	Michigan State A	20	10
Robert McDonald	Durham C	Durham A	20	-5
James Stadler	Imperial B	Imperial A	23	10
Sparrow Brotman	NYU B	Lehigh A	24	-5
Kamil Boehm	Cambridge A	Cambridge B	35	10
Henry Nonnemaker	CWRU C	Louisville D	41	10
Ben Kantsiper	JMU B	Tusculum A	45	10
Arthur Zhang	Purdue C	WashU Grolars	46	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	Claremont A	47	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	Claremont C	47	-5
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Illinois Canada	47	-5
Michael Ai	Williams A	Amherst A	47	10
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	Dartmouth B	47	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Brown A	49	-5
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Texas	51	10
Taisia Kudimova-Campeanu	Imperial D	Imperial C	51	-5
Indigo Chen	Waterloo C	Toronto E	54	-5
Gentry Dowdy	Liberty B	Liberty C	54	10
Miles Spieler	Ohio State C	Pittsburgh	57	10
Thomas Vukovic	Toronto H	McMaster C	60	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Illinois Orange	65	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Pink	66	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Georgia Tech B	66	10
Yuv Magan	UCSD B	UCLA B	68	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	Waterloo A	69	10
Anna Liao	Michigan B	CWRU A	69	10
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	Louisville A	69	10
Brody Johnson	Louisville B	Ohio State B	69	10
Johanna Bryant	Liberty A	William & Mary B	69	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Stony Brook	69	10
Kevin Yang	Illinois Blue	WashU Grizzlers	69	10
Jonathan Schnipper	Brandeis Mozart	Brown B	69	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Tufts A	69	10
Luke Simon	Alberta B	Washington Chinook	69	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Georgia Tech F	69	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Georgia Tech C	69	-5
Devin Tharp	Chipola College	South Carolina A	69	10
James Carrick-Lawson	Southampton	Cardiff	69	10
Henry Ding	Princeton	Lehigh B	72	-5
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	RIT A	72	-5
Sophia Madrazo	Purdue B	Purdue A	75	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Maryland A	80	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Chicago B	80	10
Eleanor Dalton	York	Durham B	80	10
Yvonne Pan	Amherst B	Southern Connecticut State University A	81	10
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Boston College B	81	10
James Haddix	Washington State	British Columbia B	81	10
Jaime Wang	Washington Atlantic	Washington Masu	81	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Sheffield A	81	10
Isaiah Schmid	Binghamton B	Cornell D	81	-5
Edward Zhang	Vanderbilt C	Vanderbilt B	83	10
Antonio LaNave	Virginia Tech C	UNC B	84	10
Sia Kalia	Warwick	Cambridge C	84	10
Connor Yu	Cornell C	Cornell B	84	10
TJ Pickering	Auburn B	Georgia A	86	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	Kentucky	88	10
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	Arizona State B	88	10
Vedh Ramesh	Penn	Johns Hopkins	89	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	Maryland B	89	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Brandeis Bach	89	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	RIT B	89	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Toronto C	91	10
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	Toronto A	91	10
Matthew Stall	CWRU D	Michigan State B	91	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	Rutgers A	91	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Washington Chum	91	10
William Edwards	Tennessee A	Clemson A	91	10
Danny Cutbill	RIT A	Binghamton A	91	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	Binghamton C	91	10
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	VCU A	92	10
Thomas Popham	Edinburgh D	Edinburgh A	92	10
Katherine Mack	UC Irvine	USC A	93	10
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	Iowa B	93	10
Blake Johnson	Boston College A	Williams B	93	10
Kate Wisnudel	Brandeis Beethoven	Williams C	93	10
Jun Chen	George Mason C	NYU C	94	-5
Owen Ashbrook	Iowa A	Illinois Champaign	94	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Auburn C	94	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Sewanne	94	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Bristol	94	10
Brendan Bridle	Queen's A	Toronto I	95	10
Jaden Bandy	Rutgers B	Columbia A	95	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Tennessee Tech	95	-5
Rishi Mathur	Claremont B	UCSD A	96	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	UCLA F	96	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	UCLA C	96	10
Molly Krallman	Louisville C	WVU A	96	10
Eli Young	Vassar A	George Mason B	96	10
Sam Millenbach	Rowan	Rutgers C	96	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Clemson C	96	10
Rory Moloney	Cambridge E	LSE	96	10
Erin Williams	JMU A	Duke A	97	10
Monica Wang	Guelph A	Waterloo B	99	10
Adam Pierzchalo	Edinburgh C	Edinburgh B	101	10
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	Birmingham	101	10
Alex Hestermann	Washington Sockeye	British Columbia A	102	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Vermont B	104	10
Alex Mayernick	Lehigh A	NYU B	107	10
Bennet Radey	Michigan C	Ohio State A	109	10
Andrew Sklar	Vassar B	Columbia B	111	-5
Cooper Morris	Columbia B	Vassar B	111	10
Mica Oestreich	Illinois Canada	Illinois Urbana	111	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Indiana A	111	10
Kenner Bailey	Boston University A	Tufts B	111	10
Rufus Gladwell	Durham A	Durham C	111	10
Kaushik Jayaprabha	Dartmouth C	MIT B	112	10
Tobias Zajac	Michigan State C	WVU B	119	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Waterloo C	125	10
Diego Monge	Claremont C	UCLA E	126	10
Imtiaz Kidwai	Toronto F	Brock A	126	10
Manobhiram Vegendla	Ohio State D	Michigan State D	126	10
Yiwei Jiang	NYU C	George Mason C	126	10
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	Princeton	126	10
Logan Van Pelt	Washington Coho	Boise State	126	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Alabama A	126	10
Jonas Cross	Tennessee Tech	Georgia Tech E	126	10
Harry Oxley	Imperial C	Imperial D	126	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Binghamton B	126	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	20%	93.00
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	13%	78.50
Southern California	US	7	100%	14%	88.86
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	85.78
Great Lakes	US	12	100%	0%	79.50
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	6	100%	0%	73.50
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	33%	97.92
Midwest	US	9	100%	11%	82.67
Northeast	US	12	100%	8%	83.00
Pacific	US	9	100%	0%	83.89
Southeast	US	12	100%	17%	84.83
Upstate NY	US	5	80%	40%	88.75