Tokugawa Shogunate - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

This government’s rigid, four-tier class structure was the last in its country to give upper classes a “right to strike” lower ones. This government learned of strategic cannon fire from its English advisor William (10[1])Adams. (-5[1])This government (10[1])is sometimes named (10[1])for a city (10[1]-5[1])where its nobles (10[1])were forced to reside (10[2]-5[1])every other (10[2])year. (10[4]-5[1])For (-5[1])two centuries, (-5[1])this (-5[1])government allowed (10[1]-5[1])a single (10[1]-5[1])port (10[1])on (10[2])Dejima (10[6]-5[1])Island (10[7]-5[1])for the (10[1]-5[1])import (10[1]0[1])of (10[2])“Dutch (10[2]-5[2])learning.” (10[17]-5[3])This (10[1])government (10[4]-5[1])was visited (10[1])by Matthew (10[1])Perry’s (-5[1])“black ships.” (10[3]-5[2])This government, (10[1]-5[2])whose loyalists (10[1])lost the Boshin War, enacted isolationist policies (10[1])called (-5[1])sakoku. (-5[1])For 10 points, Ieyasu (“ee-ay-AH-soo”) was the founder (10[1])of what (10[1])shogunate (10[4])that ended (10[1])with the Meiji Restoration? (10[2])■END■ (10[14]0[1])

ANSWER: Tokugawa Shogunate [or Edo Shogunate; accept the Tokugawa bakufu or Edo bakufu; prompt on Japan] (The lead-in is Kiri-sute gomen.)

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Diego Almaraz	UNC C	Virginia Tech B	33	10
Gabriel Nell	Cornell B	RIT B	34	-5
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	Princeton	36	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Washington Masu	39	10
Oliver Thompson	CWRU D	Michigan D	42	-5
Suyog Vibhuti	Washington Steelhead	Texas	42	10
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt B	45	10
Sai Subramanian	CWRU A	Michigan State A	49	-5
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	Liberty B	49	10
Doug Frederick	Auburn A	Alabama A	49	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Little Prince	51	10
Nicholas Nguyen	Florida B	South Florida A	51	10
Sophia Schlag	Ottawa C	McGill E	52	10
Adam Monusko	Michigan A	Louisville C	52	10
John Gamble	NCSU A	Liberty C	52	-5
Ben Schindelman	Vassar A	Maryland B	52	10
William Edwards	Tennessee A	Sewanne	52	10
Jonathan Ho	Alberta B	Arizona State A	53	-5
Logan Van Pelt	Washington Coho	Washington Atlantic	55	-5
Cooper Morris	Columbia B	Rutgers D	56	-5
Nghia Khau	VCU A	NCSU B	58	-5
Alexander Rutten	Columbia A	Rowan	58	10
Peyton Legg	UCF A	Florida A	60	-5
Joshua Garner	Ohio State A	Louisville D	60	10
Harry Fines	York	Durham C	61	10
James Mickel	Michigan State C	CWRU B	62	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Iowa State	62	10
Scott Sibley	UC Irvine	UCSD A	63	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	McGill A	63	10
Abhay Ariyapappillil	Ottawa B	McGill B	63	-5
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	UConn A	63	10
John Maupin	Chipola College	Auburn B	63	10
Ethan Miniard	Montevallo	Georgia Tech F	63	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Vanderbilt A	63	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	UCLA C	64	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	McGill C	64	10
Aiden Hart	Kentucky	Louisville A	64	10
Nico Lotto	Vassar B	NYU C	64	10
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Brandeis Bach	64	10
Taiki Takahashi	Dartmouth C	Vermont A	64	10
Michael Ai	Williams A	Tufts B	64	10
James Zhao	Vanderbilt C	Georgia Tech D	64	-5
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	Pittsburgh	66	10
Isabella DePrimo	Washington Chinook	British Columbia B	66	-5
Henry Rutherford-Braun	British Columbia B	Washington Chinook	67	0
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Georgia Tech A	67	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Lehigh A	68	10
Rafael Gómez	Amherst B	Brandeis Mozart	68	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	Claremont C	69	10
Jas Wang	UCLA F	USC B	69	-5
Orin Overmiller	Florida Tech B	ERAU Daytona A	69	-5
Thomas Newill	Tufts C	Williams C	69	10
Ty Brennan	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Skeleton King	70	10
Huy Lai	UCSC	Berkeley Archer Queen	70	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	UCLA E	70	10
Gus Morin-Strom	Carleton B	Carleton A	70	-5
Miles Spieler	Ohio State C	WVU A	70	10
Derek Aldridge	William & Mary A	UNC B	70	10
Antonio LaNave	Virginia Tech C	William & Mary B	70	10
Johnathan Li	Penn	Lehigh B	70	10
Luke Sauer	Michigan Tech	Wisconsin B	70	-5
Lucas Guan	Brown A	Dartmouth B	70	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Harvard	70	10
Luc Vulliez	Amherst A	MIT B	70	10
Jack Meyers	Brown B	Vermont B	70	10
Johnny Myers	Williams B	Boston College B	70	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	British Columbia A	70	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Washington Sockeye	70	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Clemson B	70	-5
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Clemson A	70	10
Solomon Blecher	Cornell D	Cornell C	70	10
Solomon Blecher	Cornell D	Cornell C	70	10
Finley Campbell	Tufts A	Brandeis Beethoven	71	10
Nova Sink	Virginia Tech A	JMU B	72	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Macalester	72	-5
Ritwik Sharma	Arizona State A	Alberta B	72	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington Pink	72	10
Harper Royal	Georgia Tech E	Clemson C	72	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	USC A	74	10
Cara Leonard	William & Mary C	Liberty A	76	10
Kieran Freed	Rochester	Binghamton A	77	-5
Henry Nonnemaker	CWRU C	Ohio State B	79	-5
Connor King	St. Thomas	Minnesota	79	10
Atticus Teter	Durham A	Edinburgh D	79	10
Sam Barrekette	RIT A	Binghamton B	79	-5
Derek Li	Cornell A	Binghamton C	79	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	Florida Tech A	81	-5
Daniel Luebs	Michigan State B	Michigan B	81	10
Matthew Bray	Auburn C	Tennessee B	81	-5
Eoghan Herriot	Durham D	Sheffield B	83	10
Justin Sato	Stanford A	Stanford B	90	10
Isy Simpkins	Durham B	Edinburgh C	91	-5
Laura Bullock	Sheffield A	Edinburgh B	92	-5
Walter Carson	NCSU B	VCU A	99	10
Ariyan Miah	Binghamton B	RIT A	101	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Ottawa B	102	10
Anton Akroush	Michigan State A	CWRU A	102	10
Magnolia Schnirman Barría	NYU B	George Mason C	102	10
Claire Chambers	Binghamton A	Rochester	102	10
Lily Katz	Stony Brook	Rutgers C	104	10
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	Carleton B	108	10
Jake Scoville	RIT B	Cornell B	108	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	UCF A	109	10
Dominic Heffron	Florida Tech A	Florida State A	109	10
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	Florida Tech B	109	10
Andrew McKenzie	Ohio State B	CWRU C	109	10
Gary Wang	Michigan D	CWRU D	109	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	JMU A	109	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Columbia B	109	10
Adam Chilbert	Macalester	Wisconsin C	109	10
Zachary Fitzpatrick	Wisconsin B	Michigan Tech	109	0
Annabelle Koopmans	Washington Atlantic	Washington Coho	109	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Auburn C	109	10
John Shelley	Clemson B	Emory A	109	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt C	109	10
Pen Hughes	Edinburgh C	Durham B	109	10
Alex Miller	Edinburgh B	Sheffield A	109	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	100%	40%	88.20
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	70.25
Southern California	US	6	83%	17%	68.00
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	40%	77.80
Florida	US	4	100%	75%	94.50
Great Lakes	US	10	100%	30%	77.50
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	89%	22%	72.25
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	73.67
North	US	4	75%	50%	83.33
Northeast	US	12	100%	0%	67.75
Pacific	US	8	88%	38%	67.71
Southeast	US	12	100%	25%	72.58
Upstate NY	US	6	100%	50%	88.33