Surrealism - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

Muted yellow and browns make up a depiction of an artist’s family farm in a painting from this movement, which features a tree with an eye in its leaves. An artist from this movement was inspired by his mother’s drowned body (10[1])to paint (10[1])two lovers kissing with sheets over (10[1])their (10[1]-5[1])heads. (10[5])A ladder (10[1])extends towards the sky (10[2])as (10[1])a dog barks at the moon (10[1])in another (10[3])painting from this movement by (10[1])the artist of The Tilled Field. An artist (10[1])from this movement painted an eye with its iris as the sky and a man (10[1])in a bowler (10[1])hat (10[1])whose face is obscured (10[2])by an apple. (10[2])For (-5[1])10 points, Joan (-5[1])Miró (10[2])(“zhoo-AHN mee-ROH”) and René Magritte (10[1]-5[1])(“ruh-NAY mah-GREET”) belonged to what art movement inspired by dreams? ■END■ (10[7]0[5])

ANSWER: Surrealism [or surrealismo; or surréalisme; accept Surrealists]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	Maryland C	40	10
Micah Lauzon	Dartmouth B	Boston College A	42	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Washington Pink	48	10
Renita Tang	NYU C	Columbia B	49	-5
Michael Ai	Williams A	Brown A	49	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	George Mason A	50	10
Margaret Withers	George Mason B	Rutgers D	50	10
Yun Loh	Penn	Stony Brook	50	10
Eric Yang	Purdue A	WashU Grizzlers	50	10
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Southern Connecticut State University A	50	10
Julian Moody	Tufts A	Vermont B	52	10
Mingyi “Jennifer” Li	Boston College B	Boston University B	56	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Chipola College	56	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Arizona State A	57	10
Kayla Drajpuch	Brandeis Bach	Tufts B	63	10
Chris Wang	Toronto B	McMaster A	65	10
Asher Lyons	Maryland B	Maryland A	65	10
Alex Mayernick	Lehigh A	Princeton	65	10
Jaime Wang	Washington Atlantic	Alberta B	70	10
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	British Columbia B	78	10
Maisie Quinn	Brown B	Williams B	93	10
Mackenzie Tott	Columbia A	Lehigh B	96	10
Ruby Xia	Arizona State B	Washington Sockeye	97	10
Jaden Bandy	Rutgers B	NYU B	101	10
Sam Barrekette	RIT A	Cornell D	101	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	UConn A	104	10
Abbie Isabel	Edinburgh A	Sheffield B	104	10
Jack Granahan	Brandeis Mozart	MIT A	105	-5
John Shelly	Rowan	George Mason C	108	-5
Olivia Ding	Texas	Washington Chum	109	10
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	Cardiff	109	10
Ryan Zhang	Washington State	British Columbia A	112	10
Alice Ton Nu	Washington Coho	Washington Masu	112	-5
Cooper Morris	Columbia B	NYU C	121	0
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Vassar A	121	10
Brayden Whitlow	George Mason C	Rowan	121	0
Aryan Malhotra	Rutgers C	Vassar B	121	0
Andrew Sklar	Vassar B	Rutgers C	121	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Amherst A	121	10
Kaushik Jayaprabha	Dartmouth C	Harvard	121	0
Maggie Sun	MIT A	Brandeis Mozart	121	10
Kyle Hart	MIT B	Williams C	121	10
Helen Neves	Boise State	Washington Chinook	121	0
Isabella DePrimo	Washington Chinook	Boise State	121	10
Grace Lovitt	Washington Masu	Washington Coho	121	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	1	100%	0%	104.00
UK (South)	UK	1	100%	0%	109.00
Eastern Canada (2)	US	1	100%	0%	65.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	83%	17%	75.90
Midwest	US	1	100%	0%	50.00
Northeast	US	12	92%	8%	79.27
Pacific	US	9	100%	11%	90.33
Southeast	US	1	100%	0%	56.00
Upstate NY	US	1	100%	0%	101.00