Saint Augustine of Hippo - 2025 ACF Fall

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In the preface to one of his works, this thinker explains that God’s prerogative is to “Show pity to the humbled soul and crush the sons of pride” by quoting Vergil’s Aeneid. This thinker believed that only Jesus was sinless because original sin is passed down through semen. (10[3])St. (10[1])Ambrose (10[1])baptized (10[4])this (10[1])thinker (10[2])and his (10[1])son (10[3])Adeodatus (10[5])(“ah-day-oh-DAH-tuss”) after he (10[1]-5[1])converted from Manichaeism (10[19])(“man-ih-KEE-ism”), a religion (10[3])he (10[1])adopted (10[3]-5[2])in opposition (10[2])to his (10[1])mother, St. Monica. (10[7])In one of his works (10[1])that responded to the (10[2])410 CE (10[1])Sack of Rome, this (10[1])thinker contrasted an earthly (10[2])city with a Heavenly (10[2])city (10[3])made (10[3])by (10[1])the love of God. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this bishop (10[1])of Hippo (10[4])who (10[1])wrote (10[4])On (10[1])the City (10[1])of God (10[4])and Confessions. (10[2])■END■ (10[5]0[6])

ANSWER: Saint Augustine of Hippo [or Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Davis Johnson	Purdue A	Illinois Urbana	47	10
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Sewanne	47	10
Fintan Thomas	Cambridge E	Imperial B	47	10
Thaddeus Holmes	Durham C	Edinburgh D	48	10
John Maupin	Chipola College	Tennessee A	49	10
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	Ohio State B	50	10
Akif Ismail	Williams C	Brown A	50	10
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	Tufts A	50	10
Honor Mountford	Cambridge C	Southampton	50	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Tennessee B	51	10
James Mickel	Michigan State C	Pittsburgh	52	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech D	52	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Carleton A	54	10
Nathan Redford	Liberty A	Virginia Tech A	55	10
Tosca Zhang	NYU A	Stony Brook	55	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Indiana A	55	10
Emmet Ewing	Michigan State B	WVU A	56	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Columbia A	56	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Macalester	56	10
Micah Lauzon	Dartmouth B	Brandeis Bach	56	10
Britt Bernstein	Georgia A	Vanderbilt C	56	10
Anton Akroush	Michigan State A	Ohio State D	58	-5
Kevin Liu	Maryland A	George Mason C	58	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Stanford B	61	10
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	McMaster C	61	10
Nameer Qadir	Toronto C	Toronto F	61	10
AnnaMaria Donnelly	UCF A	Florida Tech A	61	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	Ohio State C	61	10
David Ropp	Duke A	William & Mary A	61	10
Antonio LaNave	Virginia Tech C	Liberty B	61	10
Jonathan Sung	Virginia A	Liberty C	61	10
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech B	NCSU B	61	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	Tusculum A	61	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Illinois Orange	61	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	Wisconsin C	61	10
Jonathan Schnipper	Brandeis Mozart	Brown B	61	10
Marc Greco	Williams A	Harvard	61	10
Yuxuan Lu	Vanderbilt A	Clemson B	61	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Emory A	61	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Durham B	61	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	York	61	10
Antara Bhattacharya	Cambridge A	Birmingham	61	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	Carleton B	63	10
Marcus Hatfield	WVU B	CWRU A	63	10
Cooper Morris	Columbia B	Lehigh A	63	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Georgia Tech A	64	10
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	McGill E	65	10
Christina Popov	Queen's A	Waterloo A	65	10
Francis Dinh	Illinois Canada	WashU Grolars	65	-5
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Dartmouth A	65	10
Richy Sun	Vanderbilt B	Mississippi State A	65	-5
Leonard Castine	Penn	NYU C	67	10
Oliver Morten	Cardiff	Imperial C	67	10
Sriram Koritala	Illinois Blue	Purdue D	69	10
Tobias Smerdon	Toronto G	McMaster B	72	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida State A	72	10
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	Louisville D	72	10
Snehan Saroch	Louisville A	Michigan State D	72	10
Eli Young	Vassar A	Rutgers B	72	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Georgia Tech E	72	10
Peter Smith	Binghamton A	Cornell B	72	10
Eric Lipsutz	Chicago B	Iowa A	77	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Michigan Tech	81	10
Noah Lang	Wisconsin B	Minnesota	81	10
Kenner Bailey	Boston University A	Tufts C	83	10
Luc Vulliez	Amherst A	Dartmouth C	87	10
Kevin He	Toronto A	Toronto H	91	10
Jesse Mindel	NCSU A	William & Mary B	91	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	UCSC	95	10
John Halsun	UConn A	Boston University B	95	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	Illinois Champaign	96	10
Eoghan Herriot	Durham D	Edinburgh C	96	10
Shlok Dev	LSE	Imperial A	96	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Brock A	97	10
Rishi Swaminathan	NYU B	George Mason B	97	10
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	ESF	97	10
Henry Nonnemaker	CWRU C	Louisville C	98	10
Atticus Teter	Durham A	Edinburgh B	102	10
Brody Johnson	Louisville B	Kentucky	105	10
Surya Donath	Stanford A	Berkeley Skeleton King	108	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Waterloo C	110	10
Brandon Hunt	Auburn B	Georgia Tech F	110	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Imperial D	110	10
Andres Lorenzo	RIT B	Binghamton C	110	10
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	Bristol	111	10
Victor Xu	Toronto B	Toronto I	112	10
Johnny Myers	Williams B	Vermont A	112	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt B	112	10
Harry Crane	Warwick	Cambridge D	112	10
Mia Liu	Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Archer Queen	113	10
Lily Hughbanks	Purdue C	WashU Grizzlers	115	10
Diego Almaraz	UNC C	JMU A	117	10
Suhaan Pastakia	Maryland C	Rowan	117	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Binghamton B	117	10
Aidan Keenan	Rochester	Cornell D	117	10
Charlotte Bauer	McGill C	Ottawa B	119	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Illinois Canada	119	10
Aleksa Misic	Waterloo B	Guelph A	120	0
Ibraheem Alkrahgholy	Guelph A	Waterloo B	120	0
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	ERAU Daytona A	120	10
Orin Overmiller	Florida Tech B	South Florida A	120	10
Akhil Upadrasta	Ohio State D	Michigan State A	120	10
Vivian Adolph	UNC B	JMU B	120	0
Summer Solis	JMU B	UNC B	120	0
Rohit Chintala	Maryland B	Rutgers A	120	0
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	Maryland B	120	0
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Iowa B	120	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Iowa B	120	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	73.60
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	0%	81.75
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	94.25
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	0%	75.25
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	89%	0%	83.63
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	93.25
Great Lakes	US	10	100%	10%	74.90
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	89%	0%	71.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	89%	0%	73.13
Midwest	US	10	100%	10%	87.90
North	US	4	100%	0%	69.75
Northeast	US	10	100%	0%	72.00
Southeast	US	11	100%	9%	66.82
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	0%	102.60