Spain - 2025 ACF Fall

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A character from this country who “had the greatness” gives his lover an ear after a successful performance. An American and Jig obliquely discuss abortion (10[2]-5[1])in a (10[1])short story (10[1])set (10[2])in this country, (10[7]-5[3])“Hills (10[1])Like White (10[3])Elephants.” (10[13]-5[4])In this (-5[1])country, (10[4]-5[1])a pair of (10[2])detonators (10[1]-5[2])are thrown into a gorge, (10[3]-5[2])forcing (10[1])Robert (10[1])Jordan (10[2])to use dynamite (10[5])to blow (10[1])up (10[1])a bridge (10[1])instead. (10[7])While in (10[1])this (10[3])country, Robert Cohn (-5[1])knocks (-5[1])out impotent (10[1]-5[1])journalist (10[1])Jake Barnes (-5[1])for introducing Lady Brett (-5[1])Ashley (10[2])and Pedro (10[1])Romero. (10[2])For 10 points, For Whom the Bell Tolls (10[3])is set (10[2])in (10[1])what (10[3])country, (10[7]-5[1])where Ernest (10[1])Hemingway (-5[1])also set (10[3])parts of The Sun Also Rises (10[1]-5[1])at (10[1])Pamplona’s (10[4])running (10[1])of the (10[1])bulls? (10[4])■END■ (10[20]0[4])

ANSWER: Spain [or España; or Kingdom of Spain; or Reino de España]

<Editors, American Literature>

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Chris Wang	Toronto B	Toronto C	24	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Atlantic	24	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Georgia A	24	-5
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	Ohio State C	26	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Toronto D	28	10
Charlotte Bauer	McGill C	McGill A	29	10
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	Michigan B	29	10
Nathan Woolery	Louisville C	Michigan State D	32	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	CWRU C	32	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	Michigan State B	32	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	Virginia Tech A	32	-5
Nathan Redford	Liberty A	William & Mary C	32	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	Illinois Canada	32	-5
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	British Columbia B	32	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Alabama A	32	10
John Maupin	Chipola College	Clemson A	32	-5
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	RIT B	32	10
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	NCSU A	33	10
Matthew Bucek	George Mason A	Maryland B	35	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Dartmouth B	35	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Tennessee A	35	10
Devito Stevanus	McGill B	Ottawa D	36	10
Christina Popov	Queen's A	Brock A	36	10
Snehan Saroch	Louisville A	Michigan State A	36	-5
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	Rutgers A	36	-5
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	NYU A	36	10
Mackenzie Tott	Columbia A	Princeton	36	10
Yiwei Jiang	NYU C	Rutgers C	36	10
David Black	Illinois Champaign	Iowa B	36	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Purdue D	36	-5
Connor King	St. Thomas	Macalester	36	-5
William Kiker	Dartmouth A	Brown A	36	10
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	Brown B	36	10
Cecile Thomas	Tufts A	Amherst A	36	10
Will Hamilton	Vermont A	Tufts B	36	10
Marcus Hoshino	Washington Pink	Washington Masu	36	10
Harper Royal	Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech F	36	10
Nina Bindra	Southampton	Cambridge A	36	10
William Berger	Dartmouth C	Williams C	38	-5
Serena Salfiti	USC A	UCLA E	39	10
Joseph Strom	Louisville B	Ohio State A	39	10
Alexandra Knight	Liberty B	NCSU B	39	-5
Jaden Bandy	Rutgers B	Lehigh A	39	10
Ethan Ma	Illinois Blue	William Woods University A	39	10
Sammy Carstens	Rochester	Binghamton C	42	10
Sammy Carstens	Rochester	Binghamton C	42	10
Mia Liu	Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Skeleton King	43	-5
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	UCF A	43	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Washington Chinook	43	-5
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Boss Bandit	48	10
Ted Li	Claremont C	UC Irvine	48	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	UCLA C	48	-5
Anjali Rao	Ottawa B	Ottawa A	48	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Auburn A	48	-5
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt B	49	10
Conner Yamnitz	WashU Grizzlers	Chicago A	50	10
Waverly O'Malley	Iowa A	Purdue C	51	10
Brandon Hunt	Auburn B	Georgia Tech B	51	10
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Stanford A	54	10
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	Indiana B	54	10
James Haddix	Washington State	British Columbia C	54	10
Pranav Jothi	Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech C	54	10
James Stadler	Imperial B	Birmingham	54	10
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	NYU B	56	10
Jonathan Sung	Virginia A	Virginia Tech B	57	10
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	Washington Coho	59	10
Meredith Wiper	CWRU B	CWRU A	60	10
Davis Johnson	Purdue A	Chicago B	60	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	WashU Grolars	60	10
Blake Johnson	Boston College A	Brandeis Mozart	60	10
Michael Ai	Williams A	Vermont B	60	10
Ritwik Sharma	Arizona State A	Washington Sockeye	60	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Cornell A	60	10
Sicheng Jiang	Toronto H	Toronto I	62	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	USC B	63	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCSD B	63	10
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	McGill E	63	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Clemson B	66	-5
Thomas Zhao	Michigan C	CWRU D	67	-5
Cheyenne Hewitt	Tusculum A	Liberty C	69	-5
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech C	UNC D	69	10
Eli Young	Vassar A	Stony Brook	70	10
Alma Gazzaniga	UNC B	UNC C	72	-5
Shaynee Ruffle	Toronto G	Waterloo B	76	-5
Tobias Zajac	Michigan State C	Ohio State D	77	10
Adam Doyle	Cambridge E	Cambridge C	77	10
Quinn Doyle	Macalester	St. Thomas	79	10
Susanna Liao	Waterloo A	Toronto A	80	10
Erin Williams	JMU A	William & Mary B	80	10
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	UCLA D	88	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	Toronto E	88	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	ERAU Daytona A	88	10
Liam Henderson	McMaster B	Waterloo C	90	10
Alex Matchinski	Michigan Tech	Wisconsin C	90	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Penn	91	10
Nova Sink	Virginia Tech A	UNC A	92	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	Wisconsin A	92	10
Robert McDonald	Durham C	Sheffield B	92	10
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	Claremont B	93	-5
Dominic Heffron	Florida Tech A	Florida B	93	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	Kentucky	93	10
Matthew Stall	CWRU D	Michigan C	93	10
Walter Carson	NCSU B	Liberty B	93	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	George Mason B	93	10
Gannon Rice	Clemson A	Chipola College	93	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Georgia Tech D	93	10
Luke Simon	Alberta B	Washington Chum	95	10
Josh Morris	Bristol	Imperial C	96	-5
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Archer Queen	98	10
Ethan Enochian	Purdue D	Rose-Hulman A	98	10
John Halsun	UConn A	Boston University A	98	10
Mica Oestreich	Illinois Canada	Purdue B	104	10
Kathryn Knispel	Edinburgh D	Durham D	104	-5
Matthew Bray	Auburn C	Vanderbilt C	105	10
Aleksa Misic	Waterloo B	Toronto G	106	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Montevallo	106	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Sheffield A	106	10
Shlok Dev	LSE	Warwick	106	10
Rafael Gómez	Amherst B	Boston University B	107	10
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	Binghamton B	109	10
Stefan Mihai	Carleton B	Ottawa C	110	10
Gabriel Dodds	Liberty C	Tusculum A	110	10
Jack Yesner	Brandeis Beethoven	Harvard	110	10
Isabella DePrimo	Washington Chinook	Washington Steelhead	110	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Little Prince	111	10
Aarav Kakad	UCLA C	UC Santa Barbara	111	10
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	UCLA B	111	10
Samuel Zheng	Toronto F	McMaster C	111	10
Addison Wiggins	South Florida A	Florida Tech B	111	10
Andrew Harms	Michigan State A	Louisville A	111	10
Chase Moss	WVU A	WVU B	111	10
Halah Cates	UNC C	UNC B	111	10
Abbi Tesreau	George Mason C	Columbia B	111	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	Maryland A	111	0
Ezra Siegartel	Vassar B	Rowan	111	10
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	Wisconsin B	111	10
Yuval Klein	Williams C	Dartmouth C	111	0
Doug Frederick	Auburn A	Tennessee Tech	111	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Clemson C	111	0
Jason Cottle	Clemson C	Sewanne	111	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Emory A	111	10
Alex Miller	Edinburgh B	Durham B	111	10
Jack Disbury	Durham D	Edinburgh D	111	0
Atticus Teter	Durham A	Edinburgh C	111	10
David Latimer	Imperial A	Cambridge D	111	10
Will Barton	Imperial C	Bristol	111	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Imperial D	111	10
Danny Cutbill	RIT A	ESF	111	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	80%	20%	105.00
UK (South)	UK	7	100%	14%	86.57
Northern California	US	4	100%	25%	77.75
Southern California	US	7	100%	29%	74.71
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	0%	57.20
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	69.44
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	83.75
Great Lakes	US	12	100%	17%	61.25
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	44%	75.22
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	10	90%	10%	71.11
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	100%	0%	37.00
Midwest	US	9	100%	22%	61.33
North	US	4	100%	25%	93.00
Northeast	US	11	91%	9%	61.40
Pacific	US	8	100%	13%	58.75
Southeast	US	13	100%	31%	75.92
Upstate NY	US	6	100%	0%	66.00