The Nutcracker - 2025 ACF Fall

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Originating a role in this ballet was the best-known feat of ballerina Antonietta Dell’Era. (10[1])In this ballet’s first full performance in the US, William Christensen danced the role of The Cavalier. (10[3]-5[1])This ballet’s (10[1])Journey (10[1])Through the Snow was cut (10[1])in its 1954 adaptation (10[2])by George Balanchine. (10[4])This ballet’s (10[2])Grand (10[1])divertissement (10[2]-5[1])(“div-air-tees-MON”) contains dances named for Spain, (10[1])Arabia, (10[9])and (10[1])China, (10[21])or chocolate, (10[6])coffee, (10[2])and tea, (10[7]-5[1])which (10[3])are followed (-5[1])by a trepak. (10[4])The final movement of this (10[1])ballet’s (10[1])namesake (10[1])suite is an (10[1])A (10[1])major (10[1])“Waltz of the (10[1])Flowers.” (10[4]-5[1])An E minor celeste (10[1])solo plays during this ballet’s “Dance of (10[1])the Sugar Plum (10[1])Fairy.” (10[5]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])what (10[1])Tchaikovsky ballet is titled for a wooden toy soldier? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: The Nutcracker [or Shchelkunchik; accept The Nutcracker Suite]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	Louisville C	13	10
Ty Brennan	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Skeleton King	30	10
Denali Tran-Le	McGill B	Ottawa B	30	-5
Isabelle Mitchem	WVU A	Ohio State C	30	10
Julia Austin	Vermont B	Brown B	30	10
Anneke Stracks	Macalester	Wisconsin C	32	10
Pen Hughes	Edinburgh C	Durham B	33	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Minnesota	38	10
Nico Pascual	Michigan State B	Michigan B	42	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	Washington Steelhead	42	10
Grace Hardy	USC A	UCLA D	45	10
Parker Jones	NCSU B	VCU A	45	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Clemson C	45	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Tennessee Tech	45	10
Omer Korkmaz	Johns Hopkins	Lehigh A	47	10
Owen Gibbs	Boston College B	Williams B	47	10
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	Ohio State A	48	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	Claremont A	49	-5
Anthony Yin	CWRU A	Michigan State A	49	10
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	UConn A	49	10
David Xilbille	Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt B	54	10
Avery Becker	Berkeley Archer Queen	UCSC	55	10
Ethan Ririe	UCSD B	Claremont B	55	10
Ethan Tran	UCLA C	UCLA A	55	10
Rohan Soni	UCLA F	USC B	55	10
Sam Montgomery	Ottawa C	McGill E	55	10
Elise Economou	Pittsburgh	Michigan C	55	10
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	UNC C	55	10
Eleanor Arron	Williams C	Tufts C	55	10
Gabrielle Smith	Auburn A	Alabama A	55	10
Claire Chambers	Binghamton A	Rochester	56	10
Mia Liu	Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Boss Bandit	57	10
AnnaMaria Donnelly	UCF A	Florida A	57	10
Heidi Moyer	ERAU Daytona A	Florida Tech B	57	10
Maya Hunt	Michigan State C	CWRU B	57	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	CWRU C	57	10
Cara Leonard	William & Mary C	Liberty A	57	10
Gentry Dowdy	Liberty B	UNC D	57	10
Madison Bernard	Liberty C	NCSU A	57	10
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech C	William & Mary B	57	10
Tosca Zhang	NYU A	Princeton	57	10
Claire Wilson	Lehigh B	Penn	57	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Columbia B	57	10
Nico Lotto	Vassar B	NYU C	57	10
David Zaslavsky	Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	57	10
Kaitlyn Farrin	Brandeis Beethoven	Tufts A	57	10
Lola Russell	Vermont A	Dartmouth C	57	10
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	Washington Coho	57	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Washington Masu	57	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Clemson B	57	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt C	57	10
Andreas Ktori	Durham A	Edinburgh D	57	10
Alma Gazzaniga	UNC B	William & Mary A	59	10
Ethan Young	Williams A	Tufts B	59	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Boise State	59	10
Allen Xu	Georgia Tech A	Georgia A	59	10
Rob Morris	Durham D	Sheffield B	59	10
Sam Barrekette	RIT A	Binghamton B	59	10
Vivian Fan	Claremont A	UCLA E	60	10
Will Huang	Wisconsin A	Iowa State	60	10
Chen Nagahawatte	Ottawa B	McGill B	62	10
Eve Gaspich	Florida Tech A	Florida State A	62	10
Mera Foster	Brown A	Dartmouth B	62	10
Max Lopez	Montevallo	Georgia Tech F	62	10
Gavin Rittgers	South Carolina A	Clemson A	62	10
Eleanor Dalton	York	Durham C	62	10
Molly Oakley	Binghamton C	Cornell A	62	-5
Minh Nguyen	Cornell B	RIT B	62	10
Alex Irvine	Sheffield A	Edinburgh B	63	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Cornell C	63	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Cornell C	63	10
Mohit Nair	CWRU D	Michigan D	65	-5
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	Ottawa D	68	10
Erin Williams	JMU A	UNC A	68	10
Yvonne Pan	Amherst B	Brandeis Mozart	68	10
Devin Tharp	Chipola College	Auburn B	68	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	Claremont C	73	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Harvard	74	10
Magnolia Schnirman Barría	NYU B	George Mason C	75	10
Joyann Hua	British Columbia B	Washington Chinook	78	10
Ritwik Sharma	Arizona State A	Alberta B	79	10
Becca Wu	JMU B	Virginia Tech A	80	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	Stanford A	83	10
Rebecca Li	Ottawa A	McGill C	84	10
Nishad Joshi	Kentucky	Louisville A	84	10
Nathan Zhao	Maryland B	Vassar A	84	10
Mackenzie Tott	Columbia A	Rowan	84	10
Deeksha Easwar	Washington Sockeye	Washington Chum	84	-5
Alex Matchinski	Michigan Tech	Wisconsin B	88	10
Alina Moore	Tennessee A	Sewanne	95	10
Valerie Brown	Carleton B	Carleton A	98	10
Katherine Mack	UC Irvine	UCSD A	99	10
Addison Wiggins	South Florida A	Florida B	99	10
Arlene Lopez	Stony Brook	Rutgers C	99	-5
Kyle Hart	MIT B	Amherst A	99	10
Luke Houtz	Arizona State B	British Columbia A	99	10
Christine Prince	Cornell A	Binghamton C	99	10
Abby Tipton	Auburn C	Tennessee B	102	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	CWRU D	103	10
Sophia Peng	Rutgers C	Stony Brook	113	10
Tri Lam	Washington Chum	Washington Sockeye	113	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	0%	54.80
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	56.25
Southern California	US	7	100%	14%	63.14
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	20%	73.40
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	68.75
Great Lakes	US	10	100%	10%	53.80
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	59.44
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	70.11
North	US	4	100%	0%	54.50
Northeast	US	12	100%	0%	59.50
Pacific	US	8	100%	13%	73.00
Southeast	US	12	100%	0%	63.42
Upstate NY	US	6	100%	17%	67.00