Satan - 2025 ACF Fall

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Towards the end of a three-day war, this character and his entire army were defeated by a single chariot charge. This character is let through a series of gates by his daughter, Sin, (-5[1])whom he had earlier (10[2])impregnated. (10[9])William (10[2])Blake (10[1])claimed (10[1])that an (-5[1])author (10[1])was (10[3])“of [this character’s] (10[1])party without knowing it.” (10[4])This character traverses (10[1])the Abyss (10[1])after volunteering (10[2])for a (10[1])mission (10[1])during a council (10[2])at Pandaemonium. (10[8]-5[1])In (10[1])a poem (10[1])meant (10[1])to “justify (10[2])the ways (10[1])of God (10[1])to man,” (10[2])this character (10[2])proclaims, (10[1])“Better to reign (10[2])in (10[1])Hell (10[12])than (10[2])serve (10[9]-5[1])in (10[6])Heaven.” (10[11])For (10[1])10 (10[1])points, (10[2])name this character (10[2])who takes the (10[1])form of a serpent to (10[1])tempt (10[2])Adam (10[3])and (10[2])Eve (10[6])in (10[1])John Milton’s (10[2])Paradise Lost. (10[2])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Satan [or Lucifer; or the Devil]

<Editors, British Literature>

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Aidan Hoffner	McMaster B	Waterloo C	32	-5
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	Louisville D	36	10
Zaid Asif	NYU A	Maryland C	36	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	UCLA C	37	10
Nathan Redford	Liberty A	William & Mary C	37	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	WashU Grizzlers	37	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Purdue D	37	10
Ian Saylor	Wisconsin A	Iowa State	37	10
Maisie Quinn	Brown B	MIT A	37	10
Michael Ai	Williams A	Vermont B	37	10
Ayaan Jajodia	Dartmouth B	Williams B	37	10
Jackson McDonald	Alabama A	Vanderbilt A	37	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	Virginia Tech A	38	10
Sparrow Brotman	NYU B	Lehigh B	38	10
Elina Huang	Washington State	British Columbia C	39	10
Claire Chambers	Binghamton A	RIT B	40	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Maryland B	42	-5
Charlie Nicholls	Cambridge C	Cambridge E	43	10
Tobias Zajac	Michigan State C	Ohio State D	44	10
William Edwards	Tennessee A	South Carolina A	44	10
Eoghan Herriot	Durham D	Edinburgh D	44	10
Isaiah Schmid	Binghamton B	Cornell C	47	10
Niyanthi Yamunan	Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech F	51	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt B	51	10
Alice Groth	Durham B	Edinburgh B	51	10
Abbie Isabel	Edinburgh A	Sheffield A	51	10
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Washington Sockeye	54	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Chipola College	56	10
Suyog Vibhuti	Washington Steelhead	Washington Chinook	58	10
Brandon Hunt	Auburn B	Georgia Tech B	58	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Clemson B	60	10
Mikkie Smylie	Brock A	Queen's A	61	10
Kyle Chua	CWRU B	CWRU A	64	10
Cy Stavros	Vermont A	Tufts B	64	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Guelph A	66	10
Brody Johnson	Louisville B	Ohio State A	66	10
Nathan Woolery	Louisville C	Michigan State D	66	10
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	Louisville A	66	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	Michigan State B	66	10
William Cowperthwait	NCSU B	Liberty B	66	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	Rutgers A	66	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	Illinois Canada	66	-5
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Tufts A	66	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Atlantic	67	10
Kenner Bailey	Boston University A	UConn A	69	10
Alice Zhang	Dartmouth A	Brown A	70	10
Vivian Fan	Claremont A	UCLA D	72	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech A	72	10
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	Virginia Tech C	74	10
Davis Johnson	Purdue A	Chicago B	76	10
Adam Monusko	Michigan A	Michigan B	78	10
Luke Simon	Alberta B	Washington Chum	78	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Indiana A	80	10
Alice Ton Nu	Washington Coho	British Columbia A	80	10
Vivian Adolph	UNC B	UNC C	81	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford B	84	10
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	McMaster A	84	10
Katherine Mack	UC Irvine	Claremont C	85	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Archer Queen	86	10
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	UCLA B	86	10
Cole Hennessy	UCF A	Florida A	86	10
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	Virginia A	86	10
Hudson Kee	William & Mary B	JMU A	86	10
Nathan Phan	Princeton	Columbia A	86	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Penn	86	10
Yvonne Pan	Amherst B	Boston University B	86	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	British Columbia B	86	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Washington Masu	86	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Georgia A	86	10
Aaron Wang	Cornell A	Cornell D	86	10
Dawson Teu	Waterloo A	Toronto A	87	10
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	Imperial A	87	10
Mia Liu	Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Skeleton King	88	10
Tianyi Zheng	UCSD B	UCSD A	88	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	USC A	88	10
Tobias Smerdon	Toronto G	Waterloo B	88	10
Matthew Stall	CWRU D	Michigan C	88	10
Isabella Johansson	NYU C	Rutgers C	88	-5
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Tennessee Tech	88	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Durham C	88	10
Fahim Afzal	Cambridge A	Southampton	88	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	RIT A	88	10
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	Carleton A	89	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	McGill B	89	10
Valerie Brown	Carleton B	Ottawa C	89	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Maryland B	89	10
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	Illinois Orange	89	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Imperial D	89	10
Charlotte Bauer	McGill C	McGill A	90	10
Chen Nagahawatte	Ottawa B	Ottawa A	90	10
Victor Xu	Toronto B	Toronto C	90	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	CWRU C	90	10
Connor Kahn	NCSU A	William & Mary A	90	10
Alex Mayernick	Lehigh A	Rutgers B	90	10
Gavin Chen	Vassar A	Stony Brook	90	10
Waverly O'Malley	Iowa A	Purdue C	90	10
Kevin Yang	Illinois Blue	William Woods University A	90	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Macalester	90	10
Andrew Park	Harvard	Brandeis Beethoven	90	10
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	Wisconsin B	91	10
David Black	Illinois Champaign	Iowa B	92	10
Blake Johnson	Boston College A	Brandeis Mozart	93	10
Atticus Teter	Durham A	Edinburgh C	93	10
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Stanford A	96	10
Leighton Karpinia	Florida Tech A	Florida B	96	10
Samuel Zheng	Toronto F	McMaster C	99	10
Justine Hopkins	Liberty C	Tusculum A	104	10
Jonah McGinley	Rochester	Binghamton C	105	10
Jonah McGinley	Rochester	Binghamton C	105	10
Nick Machin	UCLA A	USC B	106	10
Miles Phillips	Florida Tech B	South Florida A	106	10
Brayden Whitlow	George Mason C	Columbia B	106	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	ERAU Daytona A	107	10
Braydon Morefield	George Mason B	Johns Hopkins	107	10
Saju Ramraj	Toronto I	Toronto H	108	10
Aiden Hart	Kentucky	Pittsburgh	108	10
Marcus Hatfield	WVU B	WVU A	108	10
John Shelly	Rowan	Vassar B	108	10
Sonali Srikanth	Georgia Tech D	Tennessee B	108	10
Harry Crane	Warwick	LSE	108	10
Luke Sauer	Michigan Tech	Wisconsin C	109	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Clemson C	111	10
Dan Millington	Birmingham	Imperial B	111	10
Eleanor Arron	Williams C	Dartmouth C	113	10
Josh Morris	Bristol	Imperial C	113	10
Indigo Chen	Waterloo C	McMaster B	114	10
Aryan Malhotra	Rutgers C	NYU C	114	10
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	Purdue B	114	10
Edward Zhang	Vanderbilt C	Auburn C	114	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	65.40
UK (South)	UK	7	100%	0%	91.29
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	88.50
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	80.29
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	0%	89.40
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	88.56
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	98.75
Great Lakes	US	12	100%	0%	73.33
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	73.56
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	10	100%	10%	83.70
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	100%	50%	89.50
Midwest	US	9	100%	11%	78.33
North	US	4	100%	0%	81.75
Northeast	US	11	100%	0%	69.27
Pacific	US	8	100%	0%	68.50
Southeast	US	13	100%	0%	72.00
Upstate NY	US	6	100%	0%	78.50