Serbia - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

The slogan “he’s finished” was created (-5[1])by this modern-day country’s Otpor (10[1])youth movement, which led a campaign to overthrow its leader. (10[2])16 employees at this country’s Radio Television HQ (-5[1])were killed (-5[2])in (-5[1])a NATO (10[2])operation (10[1])that earlier (10[1])accidentally bombed (10[1])the Chinese (10[1]-5[1])Embassy. (10[32]-5[3])This country’s (10[2]-5[1])“Bulldozer (10[1])Revolution” (10[2])overthrew a leader (10[3])who was later (10[1])put (-5[1])on trial (10[1]-5[1])for war (10[1])crimes (10[1])committed (10[2])with his (-5[1])ally (10[3])Radovan (10[1]-5[1])Karadžić (10[2])(“KAH-rah-jeech”). In (10[2])2006, Montenegro (10[3])seceded (10[4])from (10[4])a union (10[8])with (10[1])this (10[2])country. (10[11]0[1]-5[1])This country, (10[1])which has (10[1])refused to recognize the independence of (10[1])Kosovo, (10[6])was led (10[1])in the 1990s by Slobodan Milošević (10[2])(“mee-loh-SHAY-veech”). For (10[1])10 points, what country is ruled from Belgrade? (10[1])■END■ (10[7]0[1])

ANSWER: Serbia [or Srbija or Republic of Serbia; accept Serbia and Montenegro; prompt on Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or FR Yugoslavia; reject “Montenegro”]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Steve Gaughan	Brandeis Mozart	Dartmouth B	5	-5
Annika Larson	Claremont A	UCSD B	10	10
Matthew Westley	Purdue A	Illinois Blue	20	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	Wisconsin A	20	10
Mohamed Algraiw	MIT A	Williams B	28	-5
Jack Meyers	Brown B	Boston College A	30	-5
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Chum	30	-5
Jesse Mindel	NCSU A	Virginia Tech A	31	-5
Daniel Huang	Michigan C	Michigan State B	33	10
Anya Srinivasan	Washington Atlantic	Boise State	33	10
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	Virginia Tech B	34	10
John Halsun	UConn A	Brandeis Bach	36	10
Leo Godbee	Bristol	Imperial D	38	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Toronto G	40	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Sewanne	40	-5
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UC Santa Barbara	41	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	Claremont C	41	10
Jas Wang	UCLA F	UCLA E	41	10
Kingsley Chen	McGill A	Ottawa A	41	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Ottawa D	41	10
Abhay Ariyapappillil	Ottawa B	McGill C	41	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	Toronto A	41	10
Nina Chen	Waterloo B	McMaster B	41	-5
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	UCF A	41	10
Anthony Yin	CWRU A	Louisville A	41	10
James Mickel	Michigan State C	Michigan State D	41	10
Andrew McKenzie	Ohio State B	Ohio State A	41	-5
Venkat Das	WVU B	Louisville C	41	10
Mason Lambert	JMU A	Liberty A	41	10
Matthew Bucek	George Mason A	Rutgers A	41	10
Johnathan Li	Penn	George Mason B	41	10
Tanmay Mirashi	Maryland C	Maryland A	41	10
Nathan Zhao	Maryland B	NYU A	41	10
Ben Schindelman	Vassar A	Rutgers D	41	10
Eric Parrilla	Chicago A	WashU Grolars	41	10
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	Chicago B	41	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Iowa A	41	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Amherst A	41	10
Kaushik Jayaprabha	Dartmouth C	Brandeis Beethoven	41	10
Lucas Guan	Brown A	Tufts A	41	10
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Vermont A	41	10
Kevin Liu	Texas	Washington Pink	41	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Arizona State A	41	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Emory A	41	-5
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Georgia Tech F	41	10
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	South Carolina A	41	10
Rick Line	Cardiff	Cambridge A	41	10
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Imperial A	41	10
Roger Peng	LSE	Cambridge C	41	10
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	Binghamton C	41	10
Cranmer McGinn	McMaster C	Brock A	43	10
Ethan Erickson	Boston College B	Amherst B	43	10
Owen Feng	Vanderbilt A	Clemson A	43	-5
Sam Hewitt	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue B	44	10
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	British Columbia A	45	10
Austin Embry	Auburn C	Vanderbilt B	45	10
Diego Almaraz	UNC C	VCU A	48	10
Arthur Zhang	Purdue C	Indiana A	48	10
Peter Kushnir	British Columbia B	Washington Sockeye	48	10
Anton Akroush	Michigan State A	Michigan A	51	10
Valerie Brown	Carleton B	McGill E	52	-5
Dawson Teu	Waterloo A	McMaster A	54	10
Josue Lopez	WVU A	Ohio State D	54	-5
William Edwards	Tennessee A	Alabama A	56	10
Mai Höglund	Claremont B	UCLA C	57	10
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	UNC B	58	10
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	Lehigh A	58	10
Vihaan Jim	Princeton	Rutgers B	60	-5
William Kiker	Dartmouth A	Williams A	61	10
Jacky Li	MIT B	Harvard	61	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Clemson C	61	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington State	62	10
Nina Bindra	Southampton	Cambridge B	62	-5
Scott Sibley	UC Irvine	USC B	63	10
Charlie Castleton	Sheffield A	Edinburgh C	63	10
Gary Wang	Michigan D	Ohio State C	64	10
Justin Han	UNC A	Virginia A	64	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Stony Brook	66	10
Jack Piros	Illinois Orange	Illinois Champaign	66	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Georgia Tech B	66	10
Shreyansh Satapurthy	UCLA D	UCSD A	67	10
Will Marcotte	Toronto D	Toronto C	67	10
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	Louisville B	67	10
John Maupin	Chipola College	Georgia Tech A	67	10
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech A	NCSU A	68	10
Adam Doyle	Cambridge E	Warwick	68	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Binghamton A	68	10
Kieran Freed	Rochester	Cornell B	68	10
Sicheng Jiang	Toronto H	Queen's A	70	10
Andrew Stappenbeck	CWRU C	Kentucky	70	10
Kyle Chua	CWRU B	Michigan B	70	10
Kevin Nolan	NCSU B	JMU B	70	10
Sparrow Brotman	NYU B	Columbia A	70	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Georgia Tech D	70	10
Andreas Ktori	Durham A	Sheffield B	70	10
Eoghan Herriot	Durham D	York	70	10
Imtiaz Kidwai	Toronto F	Toronto I	71	10
Ishan Chahande	Ohio State D	WVU A	72	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	William Woods University A	72	10
Aidan Hoffner	McMaster B	Waterloo B	73	10
Dirk Hay	Louisville D	Pittsburgh	73	10
Charles Miller	William & Mary C	Duke A	73	10
Jaden Rupolo	Liberty B	Tusculum A	73	10
Luke Bromley	Indiana B	Purdue D	73	10
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Boston University B	73	10
Jackson Price	Dartmouth B	Brandeis Mozart	73	0
Alice Ton Nu	Washington Coho	Alberta B	73	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Vanderbilt A	73	10
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	Southampton	73	10
Andrew Boardman	Cambridge D	Imperial B	73	10
Siheon Lee	Imperial C	Oxford	73	10
Alex Forman	Cornell D	RIT A	73	-5
Drake Smith	Carleton A	Ottawa C	75	10
Aidan Drain	NYU C	Rowan	77	10
Nico Lotto	Vassar B	George Mason C	83	10
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	84	10
Peter Zeng	Ohio State A	Ohio State B	84	10
Daniel Abrams	Rutgers B	Princeton	84	10
Harper Royal	Georgia Tech E	Auburn B	84	10
Yulia Wolczuk	Durham B	Edinburgh D	84	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Edinburgh B	84	10
Isabella DePrimo	Washington Chinook	Washington Masu	86	10
Gerrit Severeid	McGill E	Carleton B	92	10
Hannah Bickom	ESF	Binghamton B	92	10
Brendan Bittmann	Boston College A	Brown B	93	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	Cornell D	101	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	Waterloo C	102	0
Elena Thai	Waterloo C	Guelph A	102	10
Sophia Peng	Rutgers C	Columbia B	102	10
Johnny Myers	Williams B	MIT A	102	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Alberta A	102	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Auburn A	102	10
James Zhao	Vanderbilt C	Mississippi State A	102	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Montevallo	102	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	74.20
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	13%	56.00
Northern California	US	1	100%	0%	84.00
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	45.71
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	20%	58.00
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	62.33
Florida	US	1	100%	0%	41.00
Great Lakes	US	12	100%	17%	58.92
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	58.78
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	8%	62.08
Midwest	US	9	100%	0%	49.56
North	US	1	100%	0%	20.00
Northeast	US	12	92%	25%	57.55
Pacific	US	9	100%	11%	59.00
Southeast	US	13	100%	23%	70.00
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	20%	74.00