Syria - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

A volunteer group called this country’s “Civil Defense” was the subject of the first Netflix-distributed film to win an Oscar, 2016’s The White Helmets. (10[3]-5[1])The creation (10[5])of the (10[1])amphetamine (10[1]-5[1])Captagon (10[3])funded (10[1])the (10[1])government (10[3])of (10[1])this country, (10[3])where 2025 (10[3])fires hit its Latakia (10[1]-5[1])region. (10[2]-5[1])Former (10[1])High (10[1]-5[1])Negotiations (10[3]-5[1])Committee (10[1])member (-5[1])Hind Kabawat serves in this country’s government, (10[1]-5[2])hoping to quell tensions with the Druze (10[1])and (10[1])the (10[1])once-favored (10[5]-5[2])Alawites. (10[14]-5[7])HTS (10[5])rebels (10[1]-5[1])in this (-5[1])country’s (10[1]-5[1])Idlib (10[1])region (10[1]-5[2])were led (10[1])by (10[1])Ahmed al-Sharaa, (10[3])who now heads the (10[1])government (10[1])after a former (10[1])ophthalmologist’s (10[2])late 2024 (10[4])overthrow. (10[2])For 10 points, Bashar Al-Assad (10[2])once (10[1])ruled what country (10[2])from Damascus? (10[4])■END■ (10[10]0[2])

ANSWER: Syria [or Syrian Arab Republic or al-Jumhūriyyah al-ʿArabiyyah as-Sūriyyah; accept Syria Civil Defense]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Jesse Erwin	Toronto C	Toronto F	23	-5
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	Stony Brook	23	10
Jack Granahan	Brandeis Mozart	Brown B	23	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Imperial D	23	10
Connor Kahn	NCSU A	William & Mary B	25	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	Wisconsin C	25	10
Jackson Price	Dartmouth B	Brandeis Bach	25	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Dartmouth A	25	10
Peter Randall	Georgia A	Vanderbilt C	25	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Georgia Tech E	27	10
Abhay Ariyapappillil	Ottawa B	McGill C	28	-5
Eric Parrilla	Chicago A	Illinois Orange	28	10
Theodor Martin	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue C	29	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Michigan Tech	29	10
Jacob Coyne	Durham C	Edinburgh D	29	10
William Edwards	Tennessee A	Chipola College	30	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	ERAU Daytona A	31	10
Joe O'Connor	George Mason B	NYU B	32	10
Nathan Zhao	Maryland B	Rutgers A	32	10
Moses Dong	Georgia Tech F	Auburn B	32	10
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	WashU Grolars	33	10
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	Ohio State D	35	10
Summer Solis	JMU B	UNC B	35	10
Kaushik Jayaprabha	Dartmouth C	Amherst A	35	10
Seth Allen	McMaster A	Waterloo C	37	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Tennessee B	37	10
Andrew Boardman	Cambridge D	Warwick	37	10
Kevin He	Toronto A	Toronto H	41	-5
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Indiana A	41	10
Kingsley Chen	McGill A	McGill E	42	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	Florida A	42	-5
Caleb Hines	Liberty A	Virginia Tech A	42	10
Sidarth Erat	MIT A	Tufts A	43	10
Jeremy Katen	George Mason A	Columbia A	44	-5
Yun Loh	Penn	NYU C	44	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Carleton A	45	-5
Diego Almaraz	UNC C	JMU A	45	10
Aeron Wheel	Cardiff	Imperial C	45	10
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	ESF	45	10
Sri Lnu	Clemson B	Vanderbilt A	46	10
Fahim Afzal	Cambridge A	Birmingham	47	-5
Sicheng Jiang	Toronto H	Toronto A	54	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	Toronto I	54	-5
Anthony Yin	CWRU A	WVU B	54	-5
Akif Ismail	Williams C	Brown A	61	10
Jaden Rupolo	Liberty B	Virginia Tech C	62	10
Dawson Teu	Waterloo A	Queen's A	63	10
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Little Prince	64	10
Joseph Strom	Louisville B	Kentucky	64	10
Joseph Cole	UNC A	Tusculum A	64	10
Suhaan Pastakia	Maryland C	Rowan	64	-5
Shaya Farahmand	Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech D	64	-5
Leo Neve	Durham D	Edinburgh C	64	10
Kieran Freed	Rochester	Cornell D	64	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Stanford B	65	-5
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	Carleton B	65	10
Aidan Hoffner	McMaster B	Toronto G	65	10
Adam Monusko	Michigan A	Ohio State B	65	-5
Miles Spieler	Ohio State C	Michigan B	65	-5
Daniel Luebs	Michigan State B	WVU A	65	10
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	Duke A	65	10
Xavier Bornhorst	Maryland A	George Mason C	65	10
Alex Grigoriades	Lehigh A	Columbia B	65	10
William Henley	Illinois Champaign	Purdue B	65	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Purdue A	65	10
Anneke Stracks	Macalester	St. Thomas	65	-5
Wren Horne-Sarkees	Harvard	Williams A	65	10
Johnny Myers	Williams B	Vermont A	65	10
Ethan Miniard	Montevallo	Emory A	65	10
Allen Xu	Georgia Tech A	Alabama A	65	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Sewanne	65	-5
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	York	65	-5
Tevin Francis	Southampton	Cambridge C	65	10
Fintan Thomas	Cambridge E	Imperial B	65	10
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	Cornell B	65	-5
James Fan	Toronto E	Brock A	66	10
Eric Cameron	Michigan State C	Pittsburgh	66	10
John Halsun	UConn A	Boston University B	66	10
Youyou Yu	Imperial A	LSE	66	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	Binghamton A	66	10
Matthew Stall	CWRU D	Louisville D	67	10
Daniel Abrams	Rutgers B	Vassar A	67	-5
Eric Lipsutz	Chicago B	Iowa A	69	-5
Stella Broome	Virginia A	Liberty C	70	-5
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech B	NCSU B	70	10
Jacky Li	MIT B	Boston College B	71	10
Ibraheem Alkrahgholy	Guelph A	Waterloo B	72	-5
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto D	McMaster C	72	-5
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Tufts C	72	10
Cranmer McGinn	McMaster C	Toronto D	74	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Binghamton B	75	10
Thomas Wu	Berkeley Skeleton King	Stanford A	77	10
Andy Truette	Clemson C	Auburn C	77	10
Yulia Wolczuk	Durham B	Edinburgh A	77	10
Zachary Fitzpatrick	Wisconsin B	Minnesota	81	10
Julian Thomson-Harris	Vassar A	Rutgers B	82	10
Sriram Koritala	Illinois Blue	Purdue D	85	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	UCSC	86	10
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Cambridge A	86	10
Dominic Heffron	Florida Tech A	UCF A	88	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Iowa B	88	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Iowa B	88	10
Andreas Ktori	Durham A	Edinburgh B	88	10
Henry Nonnemaker	CWRU C	Louisville C	89	10
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	Bristol	89	10
Orin Overmiller	Florida Tech B	South Florida A	94	10
Richy Sun	Vanderbilt B	Mississippi State A	94	10
Maggie Dunn	Michigan B	Ohio State C	95	10
Orion Brey	Louisville A	Michigan State D	98	10
Gabriel Dodds	Liberty C	Virginia A	98	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	Ottawa B	100	10
Brady Hagan	Ohio State B	Michigan A	100	10
Antony Bailey	York	Sheffield B	100	10
Jake Scoville	RIT B	Binghamton C	100	10
Aditya Koushik	Stanford B	Berkeley Mighty Miner	101	10
Drake Smith	Carleton A	McGill B	101	10
Zack Wiffen	Waterloo B	Guelph A	101	10
Imtiaz Kidwai	Toronto F	Toronto C	101	10
Saju Ramraj	Toronto I	Toronto B	101	0
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida State A	101	10
Venkat Das	WVU B	CWRU A	101	10
Alexander Rutten	Columbia A	George Mason A	101	10
John Shelly	Rowan	Maryland C	101	10
Grace Early	Iowa A	Chicago B	101	10
Liam Buck	St. Thomas	Macalester	101	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Georgia Tech C	101	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	20%	71.60
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	13%	59.50
Northern California	US	4	100%	25%	82.00
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	50%	77.00
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	89%	56%	70.13
Florida	US	4	100%	25%	78.50
Great Lakes	US	10	100%	30%	78.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	56.22
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	33%	60.56
Midwest	US	10	100%	10%	62.30
North	US	4	100%	25%	59.00
Northeast	US	11	100%	0%	50.09
Southeast	US	12	83%	17%	49.80
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	20%	70.00