Thomas Mann - 2025 ACF Fall

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A boatman created by this author ominously states, “You will pay” (10[1])before disappearing (10[1])without collecting (-5[1])any payment. (-5[1])In a novel, this author described a (10[1])Walpurgisnacht (10[2])(“vahl-PUR-ghiss-nokt”) celebration (-5[2])that culminates (10[1]-5[2])in the protagonist confessing his (-5[1])love (10[1]-5[2])to Clavdia (10[2])Chauchat. (10[3]-5[2])A writer created by this author collapses in a lawn chair (10[2])during a cholera (10[3]-5[1])outbreak (10[2]-5[1])after (10[2])he consumes (10[1])ripe (10[3])strawberries. (10[15])In (10[1])a (10[1])novel (10[1])by (-5[1])this (10[1])author, (10[3]-5[1])Hans (10[1])Castorp (10[2])spends (10[3])seven years (10[1])in the title tuberculosis (10[3])sanatorium. (10[4]-5[1])A novella (10[1])by this author follows Gustav von (10[1])Aschenbach’s obsession (10[1]-5[1])with the Polish boy (10[1])Tadzio. (10[2])For 10 points, name this German (10[1])author (-5[1])of The Magic Mountain (10[3]-5[1])and (10[2]-5[2])Death (10[3])in (10[1])Venice. ■END■ (10[15]0[19])

ANSWER: Thomas Mann [or Paul Thomas Mann]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Michael Ai	Williams A	Vermont B	10	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	Rutgers A	12	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Washington Masu	14	-5
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	Ohio State C	16	-5
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	Virginia Tech A	23	10
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	Louisville D	24	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Atlantic	24	10
Henry Bauer	NYU A	Maryland C	25	-5
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Alabama A	25	-5
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	McGill E	27	10
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	Virginia A	27	-5
Johanna Bryant	Liberty A	William & Mary C	27	-5
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech F	32	-5
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	Toronto E	33	10
Carter Yott	McMaster A	Toronto D	33	-5
Anton Akroush	Michigan State A	Louisville A	33	-5
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech C	UNC D	35	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Indiana A	35	10
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Chicago A	36	10
Kevin Yang	Illinois Blue	William Woods University A	36	10
Duncan Occhiogrosso	UConn A	Boston University A	36	-5
Devin Tharp	Chipola College	Clemson A	36	10
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Georgia Tech A	36	-5
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	Michigan B	47	10
Miranda Chen	Vassar B	Rowan	47	10
Deepanshi Matai	Toronto C	Toronto B	50	-5
Finley Campbell	Tufts A	Amherst A	50	10
James Haddix	Washington State	British Columbia C	50	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Cornell A	50	10
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	Vermont A	51	-5
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Georgia A	51	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt B	51	10
Anthony Gagliano	McGill A	McGill C	52	10
Sophia Peng	Rutgers C	NYU C	52	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Maryland B	54	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	Claremont A	55	10
Sai Subramanian	CWRU A	CWRU B	55	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Penn	55	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	USC A	56	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Waterloo C	56	10
Cole Hennessy	UCF A	Florida A	56	10
Henry Nonnemaker	CWRU C	Michigan D	56	10
Hudson Kee	William & Mary B	JMU A	56	10
Waverly O'Malley	Iowa A	Purdue C	56	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Purdue D	56	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Macalester	56	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	Wisconsin A	56	10
Jack Meyers	Brown B	MIT A	56	10
Micah Lauzon	Dartmouth B	Williams B	56	10
Rae Meyers	Arizona State A	Washington Sockeye	56	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Tennessee Tech	56	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Tennessee A	56	10
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	RIT B	56	10
Matthew Lam	Ohio State A	Louisville B	57	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	Michigan State B	58	10
Joshua Iyo	UNC B	UNC C	59	10
Adithya Parat	McMaster C	Toronto F	60	-5
Yuv Magan	UCSD B	UCSD A	61	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford B	62	-5
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Stanford A	62	10
Liam Rojas	Virginia A	Virginia Tech B	62	10
Margaret Withers	George Mason B	Johns Hopkins	62	10
Adriana Kim	Illinois Champaign	Iowa B	63	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	UCLA C	64	10
Tishe Sonuga	Chicago B	Purdue A	64	10
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	McMaster A	65	10
Mary Kate Vance	Louisville A	Michigan State A	65	10
Pranav Jothi	Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech C	65	10
Denali Tran-Le	McGill B	Ottawa D	67	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Archer Queen	71	10
Mia Liu	Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Skeleton King	71	10
Arlene Lopez	Stony Brook	Vassar A	71	10
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	UCLA B	72	10
Shaynee Ruffle	Toronto G	Waterloo B	72	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	Illinois Canada	72	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Dartmouth A	72	10
Shaya Farahmand	Georgia Tech B	Auburn B	72	-5
Maya Vardag	Waterloo A	Toronto A	74	10
Anjali Rao	Ottawa B	Ottawa A	80	10
Katherine Mack	UC Irvine	Claremont C	82	-5
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	British Columbia B	82	10
Suyog Vibhuti	Washington Steelhead	Washington Chinook	86	10
Elise Economou	Pittsburgh	Kentucky	87	10
Blake Johnson	Boston College A	Brandeis Mozart	87	10
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	Imperial A	93	10
Nikhil Nair	Boston University B	Amherst B	94	-5
Sam Zavadil	Michigan State D	Louisville C	98	10
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	Indiana B	98	-5
Miguel Carreira	Imperial B	Birmingham	98	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	ESF	98	10
Miriam Lee	Queen's A	Brock A	99	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Clemson B	99	10
Sammy Carstens	Rochester	Binghamton C	99	-5
Sammy Carstens	Rochester	Binghamton C	99	-5
Tobias Zajac	Michigan State C	Ohio State D	100	10
Walter Carson	NCSU B	Liberty B	100	10
Uriah Lee	Sheffield B	Durham C	100	10
Daniel Huang	Michigan C	CWRU D	101	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Boss Bandit	103	10
Sarah Silverman	Claremont C	UC Irvine	103	0
Vivienne Ruemler	USC B	UCLA A	103	0
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	USC B	103	0
Victor Xu	Toronto B	Toronto C	103	10
Miles Phillips	Florida Tech B	South Florida A	103	0
Addison Wiggins	South Florida A	Florida Tech B	103	0
Venkat Das	WVU B	WVU A	103	0
Chase Moss	WVU A	WVU B	103	0
Connor Kahn	NCSU A	William & Mary A	103	0
Charles Miller	William & Mary C	Liberty A	103	0
Rishi Swaminathan	NYU B	Lehigh B	103	0
Luke Bromley	Indiana B	Illinois Orange	103	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Michigan Tech	103	10
Will Hamilton	Vermont A	Tufts B	103	10
Yuval Klein	Williams C	Dartmouth C	103	10
Tri Lam	Washington Chum	Alberta B	103	10
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	Washington Coho	103	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Vanderbilt A	103	10
Abby Tipton	Auburn C	Vanderbilt C	103	10
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Clemson C	103	10
Brandon Hunt	Auburn B	Georgia Tech B	103	10
Yulia Wolczuk	Durham B	Edinburgh B	103	10
Amelia Rees	Durham A	Edinburgh C	103	0
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Sheffield A	103	10
Tevin Francis	Southampton	Cambridge A	103	10
Charlie Nicholls	Cambridge C	Cambridge E	103	0
Josh Morris	Bristol	Imperial C	103	0
Siheon Lee	Imperial C	Bristol	103	0
Jolie Yeh	Warwick	LSE	103	0
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Imperial D	103	0
Ollie Glin-Conway	Imperial D	Oxford	103	0
Eli O'Sick Johnson	Binghamton C	Rochester	103	0
Eli O'Sick Johnson	Binghamton C	Rochester	103	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	4	75%	0%	102.00
UK (South)	UK	7	43%	0%	98.00
Northern California	US	4	100%	25%	76.75
Southern California	US	7	71%	14%	61.60
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	0%	56.50
Eastern Canada (2)	US	8	88%	38%	71.71
Florida	US	2	50%	0%	56.00
Great Lakes	US	12	92%	17%	68.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	8	75%	25%	55.83
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	8	75%	13%	49.83
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	1	100%	0%	54.00
Midwest	US	9	100%	11%	57.89
North	US	3	100%	0%	71.67
Northeast	US	10	80%	30%	67.13
Pacific	US	8	88%	13%	72.00
Southeast	US	12	92%	33%	75.09
Upstate NY	US	5	60%	40%	68.00