The Flowers of Evil - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

One poem in this collection notes that “the form of a city changes more quickly, alas, than the human heart” before observing the title figure (10[1])escape a cage. Another poem in this collection asserts (10[2]-5[1])“folly, error, (10[1])sin, (10[5])avarice, (10[3])occupy our minds and labor our bodies.” (10[1])Baron Haussmann’s renovations inspired (-5[1])a section of city scenes (10[2])in this collection, (10[1]-5[2])such (10[1])as a poem opening “Andromache, (10[1])I think (10[1])of (10[2])you!” (10[3])This collection includes a poem which likens (10[1])Ennui (10[2])(“awn-WEE”) to a “refined (10[2])monster” (10[4])before (10[1])decrying (10[1])a “hypocritish (10[2])reader, (10[3])my fellow, (10[1])my (10[1])brother.” (10[1])This Symbolist poetry collection (10[1]-5[1])contains (10[1])sections such as “Revolt” and “Spleen and (10[2])Ideal.” (10[4])For 10 points, name this (10[1])poetry (10[1])collection by Charles Baudelaire. (10[5])■END■ (10[26]0[15])

ANSWER: The Flowers of Evil [or Les Fleurs du mal] (The poem in the first and third lines is “The Swan.”)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	Ottawa D	24	10
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech C	Virginia A	33	-5
Arlene Lopez	Stony Brook	Princeton	33	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	Illinois Blue	33	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Illinois Champaign	35	10
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	Pittsburgh	36	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	UNC A	36	10
Michael Ai	Williams A	Tufts A	36	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Auburn B	36	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Chipola College	36	10
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	Ottawa C	37	10
Sai Subramanian	CWRU A	Ohio State A	37	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	NYU B	37	10
Harri Slaughter	Cardiff	Imperial A	44	10
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	USC B	48	-5
Devito Stevanus	McGill B	McGill C	53	10
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech A	Duke A	53	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	UCLA D	56	-5
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Tennessee A	56	10
Jack Disbury	Durham D	Durham B	56	-5
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	Washington Sockeye	57	10
Vivian Fan	Claremont A	UC Irvine	62	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Georgia A	64	10
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	Tusculum A	65	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Georgia Tech B	65	10
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	Michigan State D	66	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Texas	66	10
Pranav Jothi	Georgia Tech A	Auburn C	66	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Binghamton C	73	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UCLA C	74	10
Meredith Wiper	CWRU B	Louisville C	74	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Archer Queen	77	10
Conner Yamnitz	WashU Grizzlers	Illinois Orange	77	10
Mia Liu	Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Skeleton King	78	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	UCSC	78	10
Anna Liao	Michigan B	Kentucky	78	10
Mary Kate Vance	Louisville A	Michigan State B	78	10
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	Iowa A	79	10
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	Binghamton B	80	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Lehigh A	82	10
Haylee Weisner	Washington Masu	Arizona State A	82	10
Henry Bauer	NYU A	Rutgers C	83	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	NYU C	83	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Iowa B	83	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	York	85	10
Cole Hennessy	UCF A	ERAU Daytona A	86	10
Margaret Withers	George Mason B	George Mason C	87	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Wisconsin A	91	-5
Will Hoover	RIT A	RIT B	91	10
Hudson Kee	William & Mary B	Liberty B	92	10
Johanna Bryant	Liberty A	JMU B	99	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	Wisconsin B	99	10
Davis Johnson	Purdue A	Chicago A	100	10
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech F	100	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Tennessee B	100	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Vanderbilt C	100	10
Liam Rojas	Virginia A	Virginia Tech C	105	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Illinois Canada	106	10
Brody Johnson	Louisville B	WVU A	110	10
Gabriel Dodds	Liberty C	UNC D	110	10
Matthew Bucek	George Mason A	Rowan	110	10
Misty Chen	Purdue C	Illinois Urbana	110	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Washington Atlantic	110	10
Yechan Park	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford A	111	10
Vivienne Ruemler	USC B	Claremont B	111	10
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	UCLA A	111	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	UC Santa Barbara	111	0
Yuv Magan	UCSD B	Claremont C	111	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	McGill E	111	10
Pallas Allen	South Florida A	Florida State A	111	0
Miles Phillips	Florida Tech B	Florida Tech A	111	0
Akhil Upadrasta	Ohio State D	CWRU D	111	10
Daniel Huang	Michigan C	CWRU C	111	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	WVU B	111	10
Walter Carson	NCSU B	UNC C	111	10
Meredie Cohen	William & Mary A	William & Mary C	111	10
Rohit Chintala	Maryland B	Penn	111	10
Andrew Wu	Columbia A	Maryland C	111	0
Suhaan Pastakia	Maryland C	Columbia A	111	0
Eli Young	Vassar A	Lehigh B	111	0
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	Vassar A	111	0
Miranda Chen	Vassar B	Rutgers B	111	0
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Columbia B	111	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	Purdue D	111	10
Anneke Stracks	Macalester	Minnesota	111	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	111	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Michigan Tech	111	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Boston University B	111	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Chinook	111	10
Henry Rutherford-Braun	British Columbia B	Washington Coho	111	10
Tri Lam	Washington Chum	Washington State	111	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Clemson A	111	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Sewanne	111	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Vanderbilt B	111	0
Thaddeus Holmes	Durham C	Sheffield A	111	0
Laura Bullock	Sheffield A	Durham C	111	10
Alice Groth	Durham B	Durham D	111	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Edinburgh B	111	0
Taisia Kudimova-Campeanu	Imperial D	Birmingham	111	10
Leo Godbee	Bristol	Imperial C	111	0
Fahim Afzal	Cambridge A	Cambridge C	111	10
Nina Bindra	Southampton	Cambridge E	111	0
Miguel Carreira	Imperial B	Oxford	111	0
Jolie Yeh	Warwick	Cambridge B	111	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	4	75%	25%	102.33
UK (South)	UK	7	43%	0%	88.67
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	86.00
Southern California	US	6	83%	33%	93.80
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	0%	56.25
Florida	US	3	33%	0%	86.00
Great Lakes	US	10	100%	0%	81.20
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	86.89
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	11	73%	0%	78.25
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	1	100%	0%	111.00
Midwest	US	9	100%	0%	81.56
North	US	4	100%	25%	108.00
Northeast	US	2	100%	0%	73.50
Pacific	US	7	100%	0%	92.57
Southeast	US	12	92%	0%	76.82
Upstate NY	US	3	100%	0%	81.33