Spain - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

An art genre popular in this country includes a painting of a quince (“kwince”) and cabbage suspended from a string. A Baroque artist (10[1])from this country depicted a peasant boy with (10[1])a clubfoot smiling. (10[2])A still (10[1])life genre from this (10[1])country (10[1])depicting food items (10[3]-5[2])includes (10[2]-5[1])urban scenes (-5[1])of a woman (-5[1])cooking eggs (-5[1])and (10[1])a waterseller. (10[6]-5[2])After (10[1])the death (10[1]-5[1])of an artist (10[1])from this (-5[1])country, (10[1])a red cross was added to his (10[1])chest (10[1])in a painting (10[5])in which (10[1])a man stands (10[2])on (10[1])a (10[1])lit staircase. (10[4])An artist from this (10[2])country featured mirrors in the Rokeby (10[1])Venus (-5[3])and another (10[1]-5[2])painting in which several (10[1])attendants (10[1])and (10[1])a dog (10[1]-5[1])surround (10[2])the (10[1])Infanta (10[2]-5[1])Margarita. (10[13])For 10 points, (10[1])name this (10[1])country (10[2])home to (10[1])the (10[1])artist (10[1])of Las (10[2])Meninas, (10[3])Diego (10[3])Velázquez. (10[3])■END■ (10[19]0[1])

ANSWER: Spain [or España; or Kingdom of Spain [or Reino de España] (The first line refers to a bodegón by Juan Sánchez Cotán. The third line refers to bodegónes by Velázquez.)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Peter Zeng	Ohio State A	CWRU A	21	10
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	Washington Sockeye	29	10
Samuel Li	William & Mary A	William & Mary C	32	10
Eric Parrilla	Chicago A	Purdue A	32	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Texas	34	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	Rutgers C	38	10
David Ropp	Duke A	Virginia Tech A	39	10
Aiden Hart	Kentucky	Michigan B	42	-5
Mary Kate Vance	Louisville A	Michigan State B	42	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	Purdue D	42	10
Matthew Kohn	Williams A	Tufts A	42	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech F	42	-5
Orin Overmiller	Florida Tech B	Florida Tech A	43	-5
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Auburn A	43	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Georgia Tech B	43	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Washington Atlantic	45	-5
Janghyun Lee	Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Skeleton King	48	-5
Marissa Statos	Illinois Urbana	Purdue C	50	-5
Devito Stevanus	McGill B	McGill C	51	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford A	53	10
Daniel Kim	Maryland A	NYU B	53	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	NYU C	53	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	Illinois Blue	53	10
Ethan Skolnick	WashU Grolars	Illinois Champaign	53	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Wisconsin A	53	-5
Jeremy Scurlock	Chipola College	Mississippi State A	53	10
Charlotte Nicholas	Durham B	Durham D	53	-5
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	Warwick	54	10
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	Pittsburgh	56	-5
Pranav Jothi	Georgia Tech A	Auburn C	56	10
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	USC B	59	10
Owen Feng	Vanderbilt A	Auburn B	61	-5
Diego Monge	Claremont C	UCSD B	62	10
Merrick Hill	Iowa State	Wisconsin B	69	10
Meredith Wiper	CWRU B	Louisville C	70	10
Braydon Morefield	George Mason B	George Mason C	73	10
James Meek	George Mason A	Rowan	73	10
Jaden Bandy	Rutgers B	Vassar B	73	10
Conner Yamnitz	WashU Grizzlers	Illinois Orange	73	10
Coy Mier	Auburn B	Vanderbilt A	73	10
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	Vassar A	75	10
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	Michigan State D	78	10
Nathan Sprouse	Virginia Tech B	Tusculum A	78	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Boston University B	79	10
Jonathan Koehler	UCLA C	UCLA E	80	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	Kentucky	82	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Alberta B	82	10
Alina Moore	Tennessee A	Emory A	82	10
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	Rochester	82	10
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	UC Irvine	86	10
Nina Bindra	Southampton	Cambridge E	86	10
Kieran Fake	CWRU D	Ohio State D	92	10
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	Ottawa D	93	-5
Cole Hennessy	UCF A	ERAU Daytona A	93	-5
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	William Woods University A	93	-5
Henry Nonnemaker	CWRU C	Michigan C	95	-5
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	VCU A	95	10
Youyou Yu	Imperial A	Cardiff	95	-5
Rob Morris	Durham D	Durham B	99	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Imperial B	100	10
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech C	Virginia A	101	10
Brandon Wiltse	Washington Chinook	Arizona State B	103	-5
Will Hoover	RIT A	RIT B	103	10
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	UCLA A	104	10
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	Binghamton B	104	10
Joseph Strom	Louisville B	WVU A	105	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Michigan Tech	106	-5
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Washington Masu	106	10
Shlok Dev	LSE	Cambridge D	106	10
Adrian Li	Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Mighty Miner	107	10
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Stanford B	107	10
Shreyansh Satapurthy	UCLA D	UC Santa Barbara	107	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida B	107	10
Max Kurzman	UNC D	Liberty C	107	10
Asher Lyons	Maryland B	Penn	107	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Iowa B	107	10
Anneke Stracks	Macalester	Minnesota	107	10
Tri Lam	Washington Chum	Washington State	107	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Tennessee B	107	10
Richy Sun	Vanderbilt B	Clemson B	107	10
Niyanthi Yamunan	Georgia Tech E	Vanderbilt C	107	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	York	107	10
Grace Early	Iowa A	Indiana B	110	10
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Imperial D	112	10
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	Ottawa A	113	10
Elizabeth Ziberman	Stony Brook	Princeton	113	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Columbia B	115	10
Pen Hughes	Edinburgh C	Edinburgh D	116	10
Joyann Hua	British Columbia B	Washington Coho	117	10
Brian Hobmann	UCLA F	USC A	119	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	WVU B	119	10
Nicolaus Derikx	Carleton A	Ottawa C	120	10
Alex Grigoriades	Lehigh A	Rutgers D	120	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	South Carolina A	120	10
Caleb Hines	Liberty A	JMU B	121	10
Gentry Dowdy	Liberty B	William & Mary B	121	10
Fahim Afzal	Cambridge A	Cambridge C	121	10
Mackenzie Tott	Columbia A	Maryland C	122	10
Arthur Zhang	Purdue C	Illinois Urbana	122	10
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	Washington Steelhead	122	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Little Prince	123	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	McGill A	123	10
Pallas Allen	South Florida A	Florida State A	123	10
Leighton Karpinia	Florida Tech A	Florida Tech B	123	10
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	UCF A	123	0
Elise Economou	Pittsburgh	Michigan A	123	10
Daniel Huang	Michigan C	CWRU C	123	10
Sam Kung	UNC C	NCSU B	123	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Illinois Canada	123	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	123	10
Alex Matchinski	Michigan Tech	Wisconsin C	123	10
Ruby Xia	Arizona State B	Washington Chinook	123	10
Logan Patil	Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech C	123	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Tennessee Tech	123	10
Laura Bullock	Sheffield A	Durham C	123	10
Stephen Donoghue	Sheffield B	Edinburgh B	123	10
Harry Oxley	Imperial C	Bristol	123	10
Oliver Morten	Cardiff	Imperial A	123	10
Irene Wu	Cornell D	Binghamton C	123	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	Cornell B	123	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	20%	113.60
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	13%	103.13
Northern California	US	4	100%	25%	97.50
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	88.14
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	25%	101.75
Florida	US	4	75%	50%	117.67
Great Lakes	US	10	100%	30%	85.50
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	90.78
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	11	100%	0%	81.82
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	1	100%	0%	115.00
Midwest	US	9	100%	22%	79.44
North	US	4	100%	50%	105.50
Northeast	US	2	100%	0%	60.50
Pacific	US	8	100%	25%	90.00
Southeast	US	12	100%	17%	86.42
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	0%	107.00