The Unbearable Lightness of Being - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

In this novel, the narrator muses how poop “is a more onerous theological problem than is evil,” while pondering whether or not God has intestines. After the two irreligious protagonists of this novel die crushed beneath a truck, (10[1])one receives the epitaph “HE WANTED THE KINGDOM (10[3])OF (10[1])GOD ON EARTH” (10[2])from his religious (10[2])son, (10[2])Simon. (10[2])A surgeon in this novel becomes a window (10[1])washer after (-5[1])refusing to renounce (10[1])his article comparing (-5[1])the communist party (10[1])to Oedipus. In (10[1])this novel, the painter Sabina (10[1])moves (10[1])to (10[1])America (10[3]-5[1])after declaring (10[1])a war (10[1])on (10[1])kitsch. (10[4]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[2])name this novel (10[2])about Tomas and Tereza (10[4])during (10[1])the Prague (10[1]-5[1])Spring, (10[2])by (10[1])Milan (10[3])Kundera. (10[8])■END■ (10[20]0[13])

ANSWER: The Unbearable Lightness of Being [or Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Michael Ai	Williams A	Tufts B	37	10
Micah Lauzon	Dartmouth B	Brown A	45	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Cornell C	45	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Cornell C	45	10
Devin Tharp	Chipola College	Auburn B	46	10
Kayla Drajpuch	Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	49	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Clemson A	49	10
Andrew Harms	Michigan State A	CWRU A	52	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Clemson B	52	10
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	WVU A	53	10
Maisie Quinn	Brown B	Vermont B	53	10
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	Carleton B	54	10
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech C	William & Mary B	54	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	JMU A	62	10
Rufus Gladwell	Durham A	Edinburgh D	64	-5
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	CWRU C	67	10
David Yuan	Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Boss Bandit	70	-5
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Clemson C	73	10
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	UNC C	76	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Boise State	81	10
Yuv Magan	UCSD B	Claremont B	82	10
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	UConn A	83	10
Mary Kate Vance	Louisville A	Kentucky	84	10
Matthew Lam	Ohio State A	Louisville D	84	10
Anna Liao	Michigan B	Michigan State B	84	-5
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Tennessee Tech	84	10
Cole Hennessy	UCF A	Florida A	86	10
Cecile Thomas	Tufts A	Brandeis Beethoven	88	10
Pranav Jothi	Georgia Tech A	Georgia A	89	10
Devito Stevanus	McGill B	Ottawa B	90	-5
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	Louisville C	90	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	NCSU B	90	10
Aryan Malhotra	Rutgers C	Stony Brook	90	10
Rae Meyers	Arizona State A	Alberta B	90	10
Meredith Wiper	CWRU B	Michigan State C	93	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	MIT B	93	10
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Berkeley Archer Queen	96	10
Drew Wetterlind	Iowa State	Wisconsin A	96	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UC Irvine	100	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	Claremont C	100	10
Henry Bauer	NYU A	Princeton	100	10
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	Rochester	100	10
Charlotte Bauer	McGill C	Ottawa A	101	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	Claremont A	103	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Washington Masu	103	-5
Anya Srinivasan	Washington Atlantic	Washington Coho	104	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Auburn A	104	10
Simarya Ahuja	Washington Sockeye	Washington Chum	105	10
Fuller Wray	Virginia Tech A	JMU B	106	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	British Columbia A	106	10
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	Washington Steelhead	106	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Skeleton King	107	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	McGill A	107	10
Johanna Bryant	Liberty A	William & Mary C	107	10
Connor Kahn	NCSU A	Liberty C	107	10
Jonathan Schnipper	Brandeis Mozart	Amherst B	107	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Harvard	107	10
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Williams C	107	10
Benjamin Turner	York	Durham C	107	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Little Prince	108	0
Danny Han	Stanford B	Stanford A	108	0
Ethan Tran	UCLA C	UCLA A	108	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	USC A	108	0
Anjali Rao	Ottawa B	McGill B	108	10
Gerrit Severeid	McGill E	Ottawa C	108	10
Kara Braun	Michigan State B	Michigan B	108	10
Elise Economou	Pittsburgh	Michigan C	108	10
Mohit Nair	CWRU D	Michigan D	108	10
Max Kurzman	UNC D	Liberty B	108	10
Joshua Iyo	UNC B	William & Mary A	108	10
Rishi Swaminathan	NYU B	George Mason C	108	0
Abbi Tesreau	George Mason C	NYU B	108	0
Alex Grigoriades	Lehigh A	Johns Hopkins	108	10
Nathan Zhao	Maryland B	Vassar A	108	10
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	Penn	108	0
John Shelly	Rowan	Columbia A	108	0
Andrew Wu	Columbia A	Rowan	108	0
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Columbia B	108	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Macalester	108	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	Dartmouth C	108	10
Owen Gibbs	Boston College B	Williams B	108	10
Haylee Weisner	Washington Masu	Washington State	108	10
David Xilbille	Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt B	108	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt C	108	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Georgia Tech F	108	0
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Tennessee A	108	0
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	Sewanne	108	0
Yulia Wolczuk	Durham B	Edinburgh C	108	10
Uriah Lee	Sheffield B	Durham D	108	10
Kathryn Knispel	Edinburgh D	Durham A	108	0
Will Hoover	RIT A	Binghamton B	108	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Binghamton C	108	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	4	75%	25%	107.67
Northern California	US	4	50%	25%	101.50
Southern California	US	6	83%	0%	98.60
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	20%	95.60
Florida	US	1	100%	0%	86.00
Great Lakes	US	10	100%	10%	84.70
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	90.89
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	8	63%	0%	102.80
North	US	2	100%	0%	102.00
Northeast	US	12	100%	0%	82.08
Pacific	US	7	100%	14%	100.00
Southeast	US	11	82%	0%	79.22
Upstate NY	US	5	80%	0%	74.50