South Africa - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

In a 2021 novel from this country, Amor signs her family’s house over to the maid Salome in the last of four (10[1])sections framed by funerals. This home country of Damon (10[1])Galgut (10[1])is where a prospective nun stays with Mrs. Lithebe (10[1])before abandoning her son. Mr. Carmichael (10[1])represents (10[4])a burglar (10[4])accused of murder (10[1])pro deo in a trial set (10[1])in (10[1])this country. (10[1])That novel from this country (10[1])opens with a minister’s letter (10[1])informing (10[1])of (10[1])Gertrude’s (10[1])illness. (10[2]-5[1])After traveling (10[2])from this country’s village of (-5[1])Ndotsheni (-5[2])(“in-dot-SHAY-nee”), Stephen Kumalo (10[3])finds (10[2])his (10[2])son (10[7])in (10[1])jail (10[6])for the murder (10[5])of (10[2]-5[1])Arthur (10[1])Jarvis. (10[7])For 10 (10[1])points, name this (10[1])country, (10[1])the setting of Alan (10[1])Paton’s (10[4]-5[1])novel (10[2])Cry, (10[3])the (10[2])Beloved (10[4])Country. (10[2]0[1]-5[1])■END■ (10[19]0[35])

ANSWER: South Africa [or Republic of South Africa or RSA]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Stephen Donoghue	Sheffield B	Edinburgh D	21	10
Pranav Jothi	Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech E	30	10
Will Marcotte	Toronto D	Toronto A	31	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Maryland C	40	10
Joshua Iyo	UNC B	Liberty A	46	10
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech C	UNC D	47	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Vermont A	47	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Auburn B	47	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Georgia Tech D	47	10
Sophia Peng	Rutgers C	George Mason B	49	10
Arlene Lopez	Stony Brook	Maryland A	49	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Illinois Blue	49	10
Devin Tharp	Chipola College	Georgia Tech C	49	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Alberta B	52	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Auburn C	58	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Brock A	59	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Montevallo	61	10
Sai Subramanian	CWRU A	Ohio State D	66	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	NYU B	71	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Washington Sockeye	72	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	WashU Grizzlers	73	10
Hudson Kee	William & Mary B	Virginia A	74	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UCLA A	75	-5
Anna Liao	Michigan B	Louisville B	75	10
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	VCU A	75	10
Cole Hennessy	UCF A	Florida State A	77	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Cornell B	77	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	WashU Grolars	82	-5
Brendan Bridle	Queen's A	McMaster B	83	-5
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	Michigan D	83	-5
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Berkeley Little Prince	85	10
Kayla Drajpuch	Brandeis Bach	Brown A	85	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Sewanne	85	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	Michigan State C	86	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Georgia A	86	10
Rohit Chintala	Maryland B	Lehigh B	87	10
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	Binghamton C	87	10
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Boss Bandit	88	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCLA C	88	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	Carleton A	88	10
Nameer Qadir	Toronto C	Waterloo C	88	10
Taran Knutson	Michigan A	CWRU C	88	10
Anton Akroush	Michigan State A	WVU B	88	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Rowan	88	10
Adriana Kim	Illinois Champaign	Purdue D	89	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	McMaster C	90	10
Matthew Lam	Ohio State A	CWRU D	90	10
Andrea Owusu	Duke A	JMU B	90	10
Matthew Bucek	George Mason A	Columbia B	90	10
Ethan Young	Williams A	Boston College A	90	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Vanderbilt B	90	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Toronto F	93	10
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	Purdue C	93	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	William Woods University A	93	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Brandeis Mozart	93	10
Benjamin Turner	York	Edinburgh C	93	10
Yuv Magan	UCSD B	USC A	94	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Steelhead	94	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	Cornell A	94	-5
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	Chicago B	95	10
Meredith Wiper	CWRU B	Michigan C	96	10
Fuller Wray	Virginia Tech A	William & Mary C	96	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	Vassar B	96	10
Maisie Quinn	Brown B	Amherst B	96	10
Micah Lauzon	Dartmouth B	Tufts C	96	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Vanderbilt C	96	10
James Stadler	Imperial B	Cambridge A	96	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	Stanford B	98	10
Tri Lam	Washington Chum	Boise State	101	10
Diego Monge	Claremont C	UCLA F	102	10
Haylee Weisner	Washington Masu	British Columbia C	106	10
Nathan Woolery	Louisville C	Pittsburgh	107	-5
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Wisconsin C	107	10
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	Harvard	107	10
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	Washington Chinook	107	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	Washington Atlantic	107	10
Davis Johnson	Purdue A	Iowa A	108	10
Owen Gibbs	Boston College B	Dartmouth C	108	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	Claremont B	109	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Coho	109	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Clemson C	109	10
Will Jones	Michigan State D	Michigan State B	110	10
Carly Hemani	JMU A	NCSU B	110	10
Tobias Smerdon	Toronto G	Toronto B	111	10
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	Brandeis Beethoven	111	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	MIT B	111	10
Shlok Dev	LSE	Bristol	111	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Queen's A	112	10
Sicheng Jiang	Toronto H	Waterloo B	112	-5
Nina Chen	Waterloo B	Toronto H	112	0
Connor Kahn	NCSU A	Liberty B	112	10
Delilah Brumer	UCLA A	UCLA E	113	0
Katherine Mack	UC Irvine	UCLA B	113	10
Teddi Maggay	UC Santa Barbara	USC B	113	0
Vivienne Ruemler	USC B	UC Santa Barbara	113	0
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	Carleton B	113	0
Valerie Brown	Carleton B	McGill A	113	0
John Rootham	Ottawa D	McGill E	113	10
Sophia Schlag	Ottawa C	Ottawa B	113	10
Saju Ramraj	Toronto I	Waterloo A	113	0
Maya Vardag	Waterloo A	Toronto I	113	0
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	Florida Tech B	113	0
Orin Overmiller	Florida Tech B	Florida B	113	0
Ryan Gomes	Florida Tech A	Florida A	113	0
June Miller	Florida A	Florida Tech A	113	0
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	South Florida A	113	0
Agatha Dahle	WVU A	Kentucky	113	10
Gary Wang	Michigan D	Louisville D	113	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	Louisville C	113	10
Diego Almaraz	UNC C	Tusculum A	113	0
AnnaLee Simpson	Tusculum A	UNC C	113	0
Alex Grigoriades	Lehigh A	Columbia A	113	10
Jaden Bandy	Rutgers B	Penn	113	10
Vihaan Jim	Princeton	George Mason C	113	10
Eli Young	Vassar A	NYU C	113	0
Yiwei Jiang	NYU C	Vassar A	113	0
Francis Dinh	Illinois Canada	Iowa B	113	0
Yashaswi Jaishy	Iowa B	Illinois Canada	113	0
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Purdue B	113	10
Merrick Hill	Iowa State	St. Thomas	113	0
Liam Buck	St. Thomas	Iowa State	113	0
Quinn Doyle	Macalester	Wisconsin B	113	10
Nikhil Nair	Boston University B	Tufts A	113	0
Finley Campbell	Tufts A	Boston University B	113	10
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Williams C	113	10
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	Georgia Tech F	113	0
Logan Patil	Georgia Tech F	Tennessee A	113	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Durham D	113	10
Thaddeus Holmes	Durham C	Edinburgh B	113	10
Charlie Castleton	Sheffield A	Durham A	113	10
Charlie Nicholls	Cambridge C	Oxford	113	0
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Cambridge C	113	0
Harry Oxley	Imperial C	Cambridge D	113	0
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	Imperial C	113	0
James Mogg	Birmingham	Cambridge E	113	0
Nicholas Hall	Cambridge E	Birmingham	113	0
Rick Line	Cardiff	Warwick	113	0
Jolie Yeh	Warwick	Cardiff	113	10
Ollie Glin-Conway	Imperial D	Southampton	113	0
Mata Cooper	Southampton	Imperial D	113	0
Ariyan Miah	Binghamton B	RIT B	113	0
Jake Scoville	RIT B	Binghamton B	113	0
Derek Li	Cornell A	RIT A	113	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	Rochester	113	0
Aidan Keenan	Rochester	ESF	113	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	90.60
UK (South)	UK	7	43%	0%	106.67
Northern California	US	3	100%	0%	90.33
Southern California	US	7	71%	14%	101.20
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	75%	0%	104.67
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	78%	22%	83.43
Florida	US	4	25%	0%	77.00
Great Lakes	US	11	100%	18%	94.36
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	89%	0%	81.25
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	92%	0%	82.64
Midwest	US	9	89%	11%	89.13
North	US	3	67%	0%	110.00
Northeast	US	12	100%	0%	97.50
Pacific	US	8	100%	0%	93.50
Southeast	US	12	100%	0%	72.58
Upstate NY	US	5	60%	20%	92.33