Santa Claus - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

In Slavic countries, this figure is syncretized with a grandfather of Snegurochka (10[1])(“SNEY-guh-ROACH-kah”) named Ded Moroz. (10[2])One servant (10[1])of this (10[1])figure wears bells (10[1])on his clothes (10[4]-5[1])and beats (-5[1])people (10[3])with a bag (10[1])of ashes (10[6]-5[5])if they (10[2])don’t (10[1])know (10[4])their (10[1]-5[2])prayers. (10[8]-5[2])In Dutch tradition, (10[3]-5[2])this figure (10[2]-5[2])embarks (10[2])on (10[1])a (10[2])yearly journey from (10[1])Spain (10[8])with another (10[1])figure (10[6]-5[1])commonly (10[1])portrayed in blackface. (10[11])Knecht (10[2])Ruprecht (10[6]-5[1])(“K’NESHT ROO-presht”) and (10[1])Zwarte (10[1])Piet (10[1])(“SWAHR-tuh PEET”) are companions of this figure, as well (-5[1])as (-5[1])the horned, birch-rod wielding (10[1])Krampus, (10[1])who punishes (10[1])children. (10[5])This legendary figure was based on a bishop (10[1])of Myra who was known (10[1])for his secret (10[2])gift-giving. (10[2])For 10 points, what figure (10[1])delivers (10[1])presents to children (10[3])with his red-nosed (10[4])reindeer (10[1])Rudolph? (10[2])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Santa Claus [or Saint Nicholas or Sinterklaas or Sint-Nicolaas; accept Father Christmas; accept Grandfather Frost; accept Ded Moroz before mention]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
David Zaslavsky	Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	11	10
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	14	10
Nick Machin	UCLA A	USC A	14	10
Benny Shtutman	South Carolina A	Vanderbilt A	16	10
Jackson Price	Dartmouth B	Brown B	18	10
Diego Almaraz	UNC C	Virginia Tech C	21	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Boss Bandit	24	10
Ethen Sun	Toronto C	Toronto A	24	10
Tobias Smerdon	Toronto G	Guelph A	24	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Wisconsin A	24	-5
Eli Zimmerman	Tufts C	Amherst B	24	10
Leona Barker	Edinburgh B	Durham D	26	-5
Platon Gorokhov	Toronto E	McMaster B	27	10
Miles Spieler	Ohio State C	CWRU C	27	10
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Washington State	27	10
Barkot Belay	Emory A	Georgia Tech E	30	10
Adithya Parat	McMaster C	Toronto I	32	-5
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	Waterloo A	32	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	Michigan State A	32	-5
Marcus Hatfield	WVU B	Michigan State D	32	-5
Johanna Bryant	Liberty A	Duke A	32	-5
Jesse Mindel	NCSU A	UNC A	32	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Maryland A	32	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Brandeis Mozart	32	10
Anya Srinivasan	Washington Atlantic	British Columbia B	32	10
Scott Hyde	Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech F	32	-5
Alex Forman	Cornell D	RIT B	32	10
Parker Jones	NCSU B	Liberty C	34	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Auburn B	34	10
Abhay Ariyapappillil	Ottawa B	McGill C	35	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	Ottawa D	36	10
Jaden Rupolo	Liberty B	JMU B	36	10
Theodor Martin	WashU Grizzlers	Indiana B	36	10
Yoyo Liu	British Columbia C	Washington Chum	36	10
Orion Brey	Louisville A	CWRU B	37	-5
Dirk Hay	Louisville D	Kentucky	37	-5
Devin Tharp	Chipola College	Alabama A	37	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UC Santa Barbara	38	10
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	Louisville B	38	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	Michigan D	38	10
Tobias Zajac	Michigan State C	WVU A	38	-5
Liam Rojas	Virginia A	William & Mary A	38	10
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech B	Virginia Tech A	38	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Dartmouth A	38	10
Kathryn Knispel	Edinburgh D	York	38	-5
James Stadler	Imperial B	Cambridge C	38	10
Fintan Thomas	Cambridge E	Imperial D	38	10
Dominic Heffron	Florida Tech A	UCF A	41	10
Joshua Iyo	UNC B	VCU A	41	-5
Eugene Kim	Purdue D	WashU Grolars	41	10
John Halsun	UConn A	Tufts B	41	-5
Liam Markland	Alberta A	Washington Steelhead	41	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	McGill A	43	10
Frances Corban	Toronto H	Brock A	43	-5
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	Florida A	43	10
Juliette Flatau	Imperial A	Warwick	43	-5
Jacob Goodson	Ohio State A	Michigan State B	44	10
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	Bristol	44	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Toronto B	45	10
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	Claremont B	46	10
Matthew Stall	CWRU D	Ohio State B	46	10
Francis Dinh	Illinois Canada	Indiana A	49	10
Janghyun Lee	Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	50	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	UCSC	50	10
Tianyi Zheng	UCSD B	UCLA C	50	10
Nicolaus Derikx	Carleton A	Carleton B	50	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Durham A	50	10
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Southampton	50	10
Will Barton	Imperial C	LSE	50	10
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	RIT A	50	10
John Shelley	Clemson B	Clemson C	52	10
Jas Wang	UCLA F	UC Irvine	53	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Chicago B	53	10
Lucas Guan	Brown A	Amherst A	53	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington Masu	53	-5
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Georgia Tech C	53	10
William Edwards	Tennessee A	Georgia Tech A	53	10
Isy Simpkins	Durham B	Sheffield A	53	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Rose-Hulman A	54	10
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	Florida Tech B	57	10
Angelo Pan	CWRU A	Michigan A	57	10
Hudson Kee	William & Mary B	William & Mary C	57	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	Rutgers A	57	10
Grace Early	Iowa A	Chicago A	57	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	Macalester	57	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Minnesota	57	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Tennessee Tech	57	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Georgia Tech D	57	10
Rick Line	Cardiff	Cambridge B	57	10
Antara Bhattacharya	Cambridge A	Oxford	57	10
Aleksa Misic	Waterloo B	Waterloo C	58	10
Edward Zhang	Vanderbilt C	Vanderbilt B	58	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UCLA D	59	10
Simon Choist	Queen's A	Toronto F	59	10
Alice Ton Nu	Washington Coho	Arizona State B	59	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	British Columbia A	59	10
Jacob Coyne	Durham C	Edinburgh C	59	10
Molly Oakley	Binghamton C	Cornell B	59	10
Jordan Parker-Martin	Rochester	Binghamton B	59	-5
David Nickel	Purdue A	Purdue C	60	10
Sriram Koritala	Illinois Blue	Illinois Champaign	61	10
Carson Kessler	Washington Pink	Washington Sockeye	62	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	USC B	69	-5
Addison Wiggins	South Florida A	Florida State A	70	-5
Ishan Chahande	Ohio State D	Louisville C	74	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	Cornell A	75	10
Vivienne Ruemler	USC B	UCLA E	77	10
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	Ottawa C	78	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	Iowa B	78	10
Noah Lang	Wisconsin B	Michigan Tech	78	10
Maggie Sun	MIT A	Boston College A	78	10
Kyle Hart	MIT B	Brandeis Beethoven	78	10
Justin Gilbert	Auburn C	Mississippi State A	86	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Sewanne	91	10
Aiden Hart	Kentucky	Louisville D	94	10
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	Michigan B	94	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	South Florida A	95	10
Eleanor Arron	Williams C	Harvard	95	10
Haylee Weisner	Washington Masu	Boise State	100	10
Ariyan Miah	Binghamton B	Rochester	101	10
Alex McClanahan	WVU A	Michigan State C	104	10
Will Jones	Michigan State D	WVU B	104	10
Logan Patil	Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech B	104	10
David Ropp	Duke A	Liberty A	107	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	107	10
Harry Fines	York	Edinburgh D	107	10
Jolie Yeh	Warwick	Imperial A	107	10
Pace Klein	CWRU B	Louisville A	108	10
Ellie Wang	Brock A	Toronto H	109	10
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	UConn A	109	10
Indiana Gee	Toronto I	McMaster C	110	10
Micah Williams	VCU A	UNC B	110	10
Jack Disbury	Durham D	Edinburgh B	110	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	40%	75.80
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	13%	55.13
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	34.50
Southern California	US	7	100%	14%	48.14
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	0%	48.40
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	22%	54.22
Florida	US	4	100%	25%	59.00
Great Lakes	US	12	100%	42%	69.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	22%	52.56
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	100%	0%	44.50
Midwest	US	9	100%	0%	54.33
North	US	4	100%	25%	74.75
Northeast	US	10	100%	10%	53.60
Pacific	US	8	100%	13%	52.00
Southeast	US	13	100%	8%	56.00
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	20%	63.40