United Kingdom - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

An artist from this country included 13 paintings of rhesus macaques in The Upper Room and used (10[1])elephant dung (10[1])in a controversial (10[1])depiction (10[2])of a bare-breasted (10[1])Mary. (-5[3])The Chinese performance duo (10[1])Mad for Real jumped on an artwork from (10[1])this country (10[1])consisting (10[1])of (10[1])a disheveled bed. (10[5])One artist (10[3])from (10[1]-5[1])this country (10[1])covered (10[2])a cast (10[2])of a skull in diamonds (10[2])in (10[1])For (10[1]-5[1])the Love (10[1])of (10[1])God. (10[3]-5[3])Sculptors (-5[1])decorate a “fourth plinth” in this country (10[1])near a column (10[1])named for a naval admiral. (10[2])A member (10[3])of a group of (10[2])“Young (10[1])Artists” (10[3])from this (10[1])country (10[1])has (10[1])encased (10[2])animals (10[2])like cows (10[1])and sharks (10[1])in (10[3])formaldehyde. (10[5]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[2])Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst are from what country where art (10[1])is displayed at the Tate Modern (10[5])and (10[1])the (10[1])King’s Gallery (10[2])at (10[1])Buckingham? ■END■ (10[14])

ANSWER: United Kingdom [or UK; or Great Britain; or GB; or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; accept Young British Artists; accept England; reject “Scotland” or “Wales” or “Northern Ireland”] (The artist clued in the first line is Chris Ofili. The column is Nelson’s Column.)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Samuel Li	William & Mary A	Duke A	16	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	George Mason C	18	10
Jeremy Scurlock	Chipola College	Tennessee A	21	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	Maryland B	22	10
Matthew Kohn	Williams A	Harvard	22	10
Eric Yang	Purdue A	Illinois Urbana	25	10
Zaire Gibbons	Toronto D	McMaster C	26	-5
Cole Hennessy	UCF A	Florida Tech A	26	-5
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue C	26	-5
Jonathan Sung	Virginia A	Liberty C	30	10
Pranav Jothi	Georgia Tech A	Alabama A	38	10
Devito Stevanus	McGill B	Carleton A	40	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt B	41	10
Cecile Thomas	Tufts A	MIT A	42	10
Sarah Dong	Michigan A	Ohio State B	45	10
Anton Akroush	Michigan State A	Ohio State D	45	10
Connor Kahn	NCSU A	William & Mary B	45	10
David Black	Illinois Champaign	Purdue B	45	10
Drew Wetterlind	Iowa State	Wisconsin C	45	10
Carter Yott	McMaster A	Waterloo C	47	10
Anthony Yin	CWRU A	WVU B	47	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Dartmouth A	47	10
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech C	Liberty B	48	-5
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Tufts C	48	10
Mary Kate Vance	Louisville A	Michigan State D	50	10
Nathan Sprouse	Virginia Tech B	NCSU B	51	10
John Shelly	Rowan	Maryland C	51	10
Kevin Yang	Illinois Blue	Purdue D	53	10
Yuxuan Lu	Vanderbilt A	Clemson B	53	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	Ohio State C	58	10
Jack Piros	Illinois Orange	Chicago A	58	10
Renita Tang	NYU C	Penn	59	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Vermont A	60	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Tennessee B	60	-5
Joseph Strom	Louisville B	Kentucky	62	10
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	Stony Brook	63	10
Huy Lai	UCSC	Berkeley Boss Bandit	64	-5
Sicheng Jiang	Toronto H	Toronto A	64	-5
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	CWRU D	64	-5
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	Rose-Hulman A	64	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Macalester	64	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Auburn A	64	10
Mingyi “Jennifer” Li	Boston College B	MIT B	65	-5
Janghyun Lee	Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Archer Queen	72	10
Magnolia Schnirman Barría	NYU B	George Mason B	75	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Toronto G	80	10
Steven Pan	Georgia Tech C	Sewanne	80	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Brock A	82	10
Dawson Teu	Waterloo A	Queen's A	82	10
Ian Saylor	Wisconsin A	Michigan Tech	82	10
Ben Schindelman	Vassar A	Rutgers B	86	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Binghamton B	86	10
Britt Bernstein	Georgia A	Vanderbilt C	87	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	Stanford A	88	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Columbia A	88	10
Jake Markus	Dartmouth B	Brandeis Bach	88	10
Joseph Cole	UNC A	Tusculum A	90	10
Nico Pascual	Michigan State B	WVU A	91	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida State A	92	10
Lucas Guan	Brown A	Williams C	93	10
Jake Scoville	RIT B	Binghamton C	93	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Illinois Canada	94	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	Binghamton A	94	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	Waterloo B	96	10
Henry Nonnemaker	CWRU C	Louisville C	98	10
Anjali Rao	Ottawa B	McGill C	99	10
Chris Wang	Toronto B	Toronto I	99	10
Ezra Zareba	UNC B	JMU B	99	10
Ethen Sun	Toronto C	Toronto F	100	-5
Mason Lambert	JMU A	UNC C	100	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Iowa B	100	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Iowa B	100	10
Jack Meyers	Brown B	Brandeis Mozart	100	10
Coy Mier	Auburn B	Georgia Tech F	100	10
Johanna Bryant	Liberty A	Virginia Tech A	103	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Dartmouth C	103	10
John Halsun	UConn A	Boston University B	114	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Stanford B	120	10
Stefan Mihai	Carleton B	Ottawa A	120	10
Elise Economou	Pittsburgh	Michigan State C	120	10
Grace Early	Iowa A	Chicago B	120	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Montevallo	120	10
Solomon Blecher	Cornell D	Rochester	121	10
Alex Grigoriades	Lehigh A	Columbia B	122	10
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	McGill A	124	10
Kyle Hart	MIT B	Boston College B	124	10
Nicholas Nguyen	Florida B	ERAU Daytona A	125	10
Karthik Subramanian	Berkeley Boss Bandit	UCSC	127	10
Adithya Parat	McMaster C	Toronto D	127	10
Samuel Zheng	Toronto F	Toronto C	127	10
Blake Kim-Wansbrough	Toronto A	Toronto H	127	10
Leighton Karpinia	Florida Tech A	UCF A	127	10
Pallas Allen	South Florida A	Florida Tech B	127	10
Mohit Nair	CWRU D	Louisville D	127	10
Alexandra Knight	Liberty B	Virginia Tech C	127	10
Arthur Zhang	Purdue C	WashU Grizzlers	127	10
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	Wisconsin B	127	10
Austin Embry	Auburn C	Clemson C	127	10
Shaya Farahmand	Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech D	127	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Clemson A	127	10
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	ESF	127	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
Northern California	US	4	100%	25%	101.75
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	0%	95.75
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	33%	96.33
Florida	US	4	100%	25%	117.75
Great Lakes	US	10	100%	10%	74.30
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	73.44
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	64.89
Midwest	US	10	100%	10%	78.60
North	US	4	100%	0%	79.50
Northeast	US	11	100%	9%	76.45
Southeast	US	12	100%	8%	82.08
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	0%	104.20