The Hobbit - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

In the final chapter of this novel, the protagonist sings the walking song The Road Goes Ever On (10[3])as he (-5[1])returns (10[1])home. (10[7]-5[2])In (10[1])this novel, (10[2])a character (10[1])takes (10[1])the name (10[1])Barrel-rider (10[6]-5[1])before (10[3])spotting (10[4])“a (10[1])large (10[3])patch in the hollow (10[1])of [a] (10[1])left breast.” (10[2])A character in this novel is unable to answer the riddle “what have I got (10[1])in (10[2])my (10[2])pocket?” (10[21]-5[4])In (10[1])this novel, (10[7]-5[1])Thorin Oakenshield (10[5]-5[2])is mortally wounded (10[1])during (10[1])the (10[1])Battle (10[1])of the Five Armies. (10[2]-5[1])In this (10[1])novel, (10[1])a quest (10[1])to reclaim (10[1])the treasure of Lonely Mountain from the (10[1])dragon Smaug (10[4])is (10[1])pursued (10[1])by (10[1])a band of dwarves. (10[2])For 10 points, Bilbo Baggins (-5[1])appears in what fantasy novel by J. R. R. Tolkien (10[1])that (0[1])preceded The Lord of the Rings? ■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: The Hobbit [or The Hobbit, or There and Back Again]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
John Rootham	Ottawa D	Ottawa A	17	10
David Ropp	Duke A	William & Mary C	17	10
Barkot Belay	Emory A	Georgia Tech C	17	10
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Birmingham	19	-5
Chen Nagahawatte	Ottawa B	Carleton A	20	10
Diego Monge	Claremont C	USC A	21	10
Will Marcotte	Toronto D	Toronto H	21	-5
Sicheng Jiang	Toronto H	Toronto D	21	10
Andrew Harms	Michigan State A	Louisville D	21	10
Jesse Mindel	NCSU A	Virginia Tech C	21	10
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	Purdue A	21	-5
Haiden Fox-Howells	Washington Steelhead	British Columbia B	21	10
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	Cambridge B	21	10
Sam Eddon	Cambridge C	Cambridge E	21	10
Sam Barrekette	RIT A	Cornell D	22	10
Tobias Smerdon	Toronto G	Toronto I	24	10
Peter Zeng	Ohio State A	Michigan D	24	10
Jeremy Katen	George Mason A	Lehigh A	26	10
Ben Simmons	Macalester	Michigan Tech	27	10
AnnaMaria Donnelly	UCF A	South Florida A	29	10
Hermione Lu	Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford B	30	-5
Nathan Redford	Liberty A	William & Mary A	30	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Illinois Champaign	30	10
Abigail Zimmerman	Iowa A	Illinois Orange	30	10
Bharath Ram	Georgia Tech A	Clemson A	30	10
Eleanor Dalton	York	Sheffield A	30	10
Harry Oxley	Imperial C	Imperial A	30	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	Johns Hopkins	31	10
Noah Lang	Wisconsin B	Wisconsin A	31	10
Alina Moore	Tennessee A	Vanderbilt A	31	10
Nick Machin	UCLA A	Claremont A	32	10
William Cowperthwait	NCSU B	UNC A	32	10
Lily Katz	Stony Brook	George Mason B	32	10
Sophia Madrazo	Purdue B	William Woods University A	32	10
Alexandra Knight	Liberty B	Liberty C	33	10
Kaiden Webb	Chicago A	Illinois Urbana	34	10
Ethan Ma	Illinois Blue	WashU Grolars	34	10
Eoghan Herriot	Durham D	Durham A	34	10
Aeron Wheel	Cardiff	LSE	38	10
Sparrow Brotman	NYU B	Princeton	40	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	Michigan State D	42	10
Mata Cooper	Southampton	Imperial B	42	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Tennessee B	57	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	Louisville C	58	10
Ethan Enochian	Purdue D	Illinois Canada	58	10
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	UCLA C	59	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UCSD A	59	10
Bryce Myers	Stanford A	Berkeley Archer Queen	60	10
Tymen Koetsier	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Boss Bandit	60	10
Ethan Ririe	UCSD B	UCLA F	60	10
Valerie Brown	Carleton B	McGill E	60	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Ottawa C	60	10
Nishad Joshi	Kentucky	Ohio State C	60	-5
Daniel Luebs	Michigan State B	Louisville B	60	10
Stella Broome	Virginia A	UNC D	60	10
Rohit Chintala	Maryland B	Vassar B	60	10
Isabella Johansson	NYU C	Rutgers B	60	-5
Anurag Shah	Indiana A	Iowa B	60	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	Minnesota	60	10
Liam Buck	St. Thomas	Wisconsin C	60	10
Kylie Tokeshi	Arizona State A	Washington Chum	60	-5
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington State	60	10
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	Alberta A	60	10
Jonathan Ho	Alberta B	Washington Sockeye	60	10
Caleb Slusher	South Carolina A	Alabama A	60	10
Andrew Heller	Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech B	60	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Georgia Tech F	60	-5
Ian Hatcher	Chipola College	Tennessee Tech	60	10
Isy Simpkins	Durham B	Durham C	60	10
Thomas Popham	Edinburgh D	Edinburgh B	60	10
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Sheffield B	60	10
Sia Kalia	Warwick	Bristol	60	10
Kyle Chua	CWRU B	Pittsburgh	61	10
Gavin Ge	Waterloo B	McMaster C	63	10
Noah Trochessett	Florida B	Florida Tech A	63	10
Taylor Smallacombe	VCU A	Tusculum A	63	10
Ezra Zareba	UNC B	Virginia Tech A	63	10
Lishu Wang	Chicago B	Purdue C	63	-5
Sonya Bates	Washington Atlantic	Arizona State B	63	10
Brandon Wiltse	Washington Chinook	Texas	63	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Clemson C	63	10
Aidan Hoffner	McMaster B	Waterloo A	65	10
Platon Gorokhov	Toronto E	Waterloo C	65	10
James Mickel	Michigan State C	Michigan C	65	-5
Caedmon Holland	Lehigh B	Rutgers A	65	-5
Sam Millenbach	Rowan	Rutgers D	65	10
John Shelley	Clemson B	Sewanne	65	10
Edwin Griffith	Birmingham	Oxford	65	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	Claremont B	68	10
Orin Overmiller	Florida Tech B	Florida A	69	10
Justin Gilbert	Auburn C	Vanderbilt C	70	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	Queen's A	71	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Little Prince	75	10
Orion Brey	Louisville A	WVU A	75	-5
Ryan Zhang	British Columbia C	Washington Pink	75	10
Logan Patil	Georgia Tech F	Mississippi State A	77	10
Ollie Glin-Conway	Imperial D	Cambridge A	78	10
Erin Williams	JMU A	Virginia Tech B	80	10
Monica Wang	Guelph A	Toronto A	82	10
Brayden Zhang	Vanderbilt B	Montevallo	89	10
Ellie Wang	Brock A	Toronto F	91	10
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	CWRU A	91	10
Venkat Das	WVU B	Ohio State D	91	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	Lehigh B	91	10
Daniel Kim	Maryland A	Rutgers C	92	10
Jesse Erwin	Toronto C	McMaster A	93	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	UCSC	94	10
Daniel Rosado	UCLA D	USC B	98	10
Matthew Westley	Purdue A	Indiana B	98	10
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	Florida State A	103	-5
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	Kentucky	113	10
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	Michigan State C	114	0
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	ERAU Daytona A	121	10
Chase Moss	WVU A	Louisville A	121	10
Daniel Craig	Rutgers B	NYU C	121	10
Misty Chen	Purdue C	Chicago B	121	10
Tri Lam	Washington Chum	Arizona State A	121	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	48.80
UK (South)	UK	8	100%	13%	44.38
Northern California	US	4	100%	25%	72.25
Southern California	US	7	100%	0%	56.71
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	0%	39.25
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	63.89
Florida	US	4	100%	25%	70.50
Great Lakes	US	11	91%	27%	68.20
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	44.33
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	22%	62.00
Midwest	US	9	100%	22%	55.22
North	US	4	100%	0%	44.50
Pacific	US	8	100%	13%	65.38
Southeast	US	12	100%	8%	56.58
Upstate NY	US	1	100%	0%	22.00