temples - 2025 ACF Fall

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A set of 42 texts named for these places identifies the first known named author, Enheduanna. The symbol É ("eh") prefixes the name of many of these (10[1])places, such as one excavated by Robert (10[1])Koldewey (10[1])called (10[1])Esagila. (10[1])Cyrus the Great’s (10[1])namesake cylinder attests to him restoring (10[1]-5[1])these places, (10[5]-5[2])one of which (10[2])names the historical (10[1])period (10[2])that (10[1])began (10[3])after (10[1])he ended (10[1])the (10[1])Babylonian (10[1])Captivity. (10[12])Three (10[2])bitumen and (10[1]-5[1])mudbrick (10[2])terraces (10[2])once supported (10[2])one of these places (10[1])atop (-5[4])a “great” (10[2]-5[1])structure (10[2]-5[5])from (10[2])the Third (10[2])Dynasty (10[1]-5[2])of (-5[1])Ur. (10[4]-5[4])In Ancient (10[2])Mesopotamia, (10[3]-5[1])these places (10[4]-5[1])were elevated (10[1])with pyramidal (10[2]-5[3])ziggurats. (10[5]-5[2])For 10 (10[1]-5[1])points, (10[1]-5[1])name (-5[1])this (-5[1])general (10[1])type of building where (10[1])figures such as Ishtar (10[2])were worshipped. (10[7])■END■ (10[32]0[3])

ANSWER: temples [accept shrines or sanctuaries; accept Second Temple Period; accept ziggurats until read]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Chipola College	25	10
Deepanshi Matai	Toronto C	Toronto B	32	10
Zach Majorowicz	St. Thomas	Macalester	33	10
David Black	Illinois Champaign	Iowa B	34	10
Roo Tapia	Louisville B	Ohio State A	35	10
Margaret Withers	George Mason B	Johns Hopkins	38	10
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Chicago A	44	10
Jiping Fang	Illinois Blue	William Woods University A	44	-5
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	UCLA C	46	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	Ottawa B	46	-5
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	Louisville D	46	-5
Jeremy Katen	George Mason A	Maryland B	46	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	Maryland C	46	10
Jackson Price	Dartmouth B	Williams B	46	10
William Edwards	Tennessee A	South Carolina A	46	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Ottawa D	49	10
James Haddix	Washington State	British Columbia C	49	10
Luc Vulliez	Amherst A	Tufts A	52	10
Kevin Hendargo	UCSD A	UCSD B	53	10
Cara Leonard	William & Mary C	Liberty A	53	10
Moses Dong	Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech E	54	10
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	Louisville A	55	10
Hanson Hunynh	Boston University B	Amherst B	55	10
Marc Greco	Williams A	Vermont B	55	10
Arthur Zhang	Purdue C	Iowa A	56	10
Kevin Cronk	Virginia Tech C	UNC D	58	10
Tobias Smerdon	Toronto G	Waterloo B	59	10
Adam Monusko	Michigan A	Michigan B	60	10
Thomas Wu	Berkeley Skeleton King	Berkeley Little Prince	61	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	Claremont A	61	10
Fuller Wray	Virginia Tech A	UNC A	61	10
Nathan Sprouse	Virginia Tech B	Virginia A	61	10
Leonard Castine	Penn	Rutgers D	61	10
Jonathan Schnipper	Brandeis Mozart	Boston College A	61	10
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	UConn A	61	10
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Washington Sockeye	61	10
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech A	61	10
Tevin Francis	Southampton	Cambridge A	61	10
Youyou Yu	Imperial A	Cambridge D	61	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	RIT A	61	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	Claremont B	62	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	UCF A	62	10
Valerie Brown	Carleton B	Ottawa C	64	-5
Meredie Cohen	William & Mary A	NCSU A	64	10
Sonya Bates	Washington Atlantic	Alberta A	65	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Durham C	65	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford B	66	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Brown A	66	10
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	CWRU D	68	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Tennessee Tech	68	10
Jackson McDonald	Alabama A	Vanderbilt A	72	10
Alex Mayernick	Lehigh A	Rutgers B	73	-5
Tishe Sonuga	Chicago B	Purdue A	73	-5
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Michigan Tech	73	-5
Peter Smith	Binghamton A	RIT B	73	-5
Aidan Hoffner	McMaster B	Waterloo C	75	-5
Emmet Ewing	Michigan State B	Ohio State B	75	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Georgia Tech D	75	10
Valentina Chamandy	McGill E	Carleton A	76	-5
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	Maryland A	76	-5
Emily Justak	Indiana B	Illinois Orange	76	-5
TJ Pickering	Auburn B	Georgia Tech B	76	-5
Richy Sun	Vanderbilt B	Mississippi State A	76	10
Eoghan Herriot	Durham D	Edinburgh D	76	10
Isaiah Schmid	Binghamton B	Cornell C	76	-5
Anurag Shah	Indiana A	WashU Grolars	77	10
Harry Oxley	Imperial C	Bristol	77	10
Ezra Zareba	UNC B	UNC C	79	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	Wisconsin A	79	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	CWRU C	80	-5
Mason Lambert	JMU A	William & Mary B	80	10
Charlie Castleton	Sheffield A	Edinburgh A	80	-5
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	Wisconsin B	81	-5
Avery Becker	Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Mighty Miner	82	-5
Bryce Myers	Stanford A	UCSC	82	-5
Anthony Yin	CWRU A	CWRU B	82	10
Neal Tandon	Columbia B	George Mason C	82	10
Sparrow Brotman	NYU B	Lehigh B	82	10
Francis Dinh	Illinois Canada	Purdue B	82	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Imperial D	82	-5
Derek Li	Cornell A	Cornell D	82	-5
Nishad Joshi	Kentucky	Pittsburgh	84	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Purdue D	84	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Tufts B	85	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Washington Chinook	85	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Georgia A	85	-5
Tal Bowen	Durham A	Edinburgh C	85	10
Platon Gorokhov	Toronto E	Guelph A	87	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	Florida Tech A	87	10
Agatha Dahle	WVU A	WVU B	87	10
Ben Schindelman	Vassar A	Stony Brook	87	10
Alex Miller	Edinburgh B	Durham B	87	-5
Johnathan Ahdout	Princeton	Columbia A	89	10
Anthony Gagliano	McGill A	McGill C	91	-5
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	McMaster A	91	10
Miles Phillips	Florida Tech B	South Florida A	91	-5
Manobhiram Vegendla	Ohio State D	Michigan State C	91	-5
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	Brown B	91	10
Vivienne Ruemler	USC B	UCLA A	92	-5
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	ERAU Daytona A	92	10
James Zhao	Vanderbilt C	Auburn C	92	10
John Shelley	Clemson B	Montevallo	92	10
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Imperial B	92	-5
Molly Oakley	Binghamton C	Rochester	92	10
Molly Oakley	Binghamton C	Rochester	92	10
Advai Srinivasan	UC Irvine	Claremont C	94	10
Andrew Park	Harvard	Brandeis Beethoven	94	-5
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	Washington Coho	95	-5
Rory Moloney	Cambridge E	Cambridge C	95	10
Jason Cottle	Clemson C	Sewanne	96	-5
Imtiaz Kidwai	Toronto F	McMaster C	97	-5
Jaden Rupolo	Liberty B	NCSU B	98	10
Aidan Drain	NYU C	Rutgers C	102	10
Luke Simon	Alberta B	Washington Chum	106	10
Peter Kushnir	British Columbia B	Texas	106	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	McGill A	108	10
Saju Ramraj	Toronto I	Toronto H	108	10
Will Jones	Michigan State D	Louisville C	108	10
Eric Yang	Purdue A	Chicago B	108	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Sheffield A	108	10
Jolie Yeh	Warwick	LSE	108	10
Judah Garlic	Cornell C	Binghamton B	108	10
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Stanford A	109	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	USC B	109	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	USC A	109	0
Serena Salfiti	USC A	UCLA E	109	10
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	McGill E	109	10
Abhay Ariyapappillil	Ottawa B	Ottawa A	109	10
Sam Montgomery	Ottawa C	Carleton B	109	0
Ellie Wang	Brock A	Queen's A	109	10
Adithya Parat	McMaster C	Toronto F	109	10
Kevin He	Toronto A	Waterloo A	109	10
Lucas Hall	Waterloo C	McMaster B	109	10
Addison Wiggins	South Florida A	Florida Tech B	109	10
Arjun Saulnier	CWRU C	Michigan D	109	10
Dirk Hay	Louisville D	Ohio State C	109	10
Eric Cameron	Michigan State C	Ohio State D	109	10
Emily Snider	Liberty C	Tusculum A	109	10
Jaden Bandy	Rutgers B	Lehigh A	109	10
Xavier Bornhorst	Maryland A	Rutgers A	109	10
Alexander DaGrossa	Rowan	Vassar B	109	10
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	Indiana B	109	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Illinois Blue	109	10
Will Demos	Wisconsin B	Minnesota	109	10
Alex Matchinski	Michigan Tech	Wisconsin C	109	10
Kaitlyn Farrin	Brandeis Beethoven	Harvard	109	10
Kaushik Jayaprabha	Dartmouth C	Williams C	109	10
Logan Van Pelt	Washington Coho	British Columbia A	109	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Washington Masu	109	10
Isabel Dent	Sewanne	Clemson C	109	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Emory A	109	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Auburn B	109	10
Yulia Wolczuk	Durham B	Edinburgh B	109	10
Saleena Livera	Imperial B	Birmingham	109	10
Ollie Glin-Conway	Imperial D	Oxford	109	10
Solomon Blecher	Cornell D	Cornell A	109	0
Hayley Morris	RIT B	Binghamton A	109	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	40%	88.60
UK (South)	UK	7	100%	29%	88.57
Northern California	US	4	75%	50%	78.67
Southern California	US	7	100%	14%	76.29
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	80%	80%	93.75
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	22%	90.33
Florida	US	4	100%	25%	87.50
Great Lakes	US	12	100%	25%	81.75
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	73.67
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	10	100%	10%	80.50
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	100%	50%	77.50
Midwest	US	9	100%	33%	78.11
North	US	4	100%	50%	82.50
Northeast	US	11	100%	9%	71.82
Pacific	US	8	100%	13%	86.25
Southeast	US	13	100%	23%	76.00
Upstate NY	US	6	83%	50%	92.40