United States - 2025 ACF Fall

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A myth from this modern-day country details a figure’s heroic last stand surrounded by “no less than sixteen…corpses” (-5[2])with his knife (-5[3])in one of them. (-5[1])A woman (10[1])called “The Yellow Rose” distracted an enemy leader (-5[1])in this modern-day (-5[1])country. Another (10[1])woman convinced a leader of this modern-day country to change the stars on its flag (10[1]-5[1])from six-pointed (10[2]-5[1])to five-pointed. (10[4]-5[1])A man (10[1])born in this modern-day (10[1])country legendarily (-5[1])planted apple (10[1])seeds (10[8])wherever (10[10])he (10[4])went. (10[43]-5[1])One (10[5])leader (10[1])of this country (10[2])cut down his father’s (10[1])cherry (10[3])tree. (10[7])For 10 points, (10[1])in what modern-day country (10[1])was the phrase “I cannot tell a lie” said by president George Washington? (10[1])■END■ (10[7])

ANSWER: United States [or America; or the U.S.; or USA; or the United States of America] (The first line is about Davy Crockett’s death at the Alamo. The second line is about Emily D. West having sex with Santa Anna before the battle of San Jacinto. The third line is Betsy Ross helping George Washington design the American flag.)

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Zaid Asif	NYU A	Maryland A	17	-5
Eugene Kim	Purdue D	Purdue B	17	-5
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	Michigan C	20	-5
Merrick Hill	Iowa State	Macalester	20	-5
Sonya Bates	Washington Atlantic	Washington Chinook	20	-5
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Auburn C	24	-5
Andrew Harms	Michigan State A	Ohio State A	26	10
Jonathan Ho	Alberta B	Washington State	34	-5
Adrian Li	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	37	-5
Cara Leonard	William & Mary C	UNC B	39	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	Columbia B	54	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Washington Coho	54	-5
Kyle Chua	CWRU B	Michigan A	56	10
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	British Columbia B	56	-5
Ethan Miniard	Montevallo	Sewanne	56	10
Thomas Brittain	McMaster C	Toronto A	58	-5
Madison Bernard	Liberty C	William & Mary B	58	10
Sriram Koritala	Illinois Blue	Iowa B	58	10
Anneke Stracks	Macalester	Iowa State	58	10
John Maupin	Chipola College	Clemson B	58	10
Ryan Zhang	British Columbia C	Boise State	60	10
Margaret Withers	George Mason B	Princeton	64	10
Teddi Maggay	UC Santa Barbara	USC A	66	-5
Abigail Zimmerman	Iowa A	WashU Grizzlers	68	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Columbia A	69	10
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Chicago B	69	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	WashU Grolars	69	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Brown B	69	10
TJ Pickering	Auburn B	Vanderbilt B	69	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Emory A	69	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt A	69	10
Isaiah Schmid	Binghamton B	Binghamton C	69	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Skeleton King	70	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UCSD A	70	10
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	UCLA F	70	10
Bailey Lacefield	Toronto G	Queen's A	70	10
Dirk Hay	Louisville D	WVU B	70	10
Ben Schindelman	Vassar A	Vassar B	70	10
Anila Moparthi	Illinois Orange	Purdue A	70	10
Emily Justak	Indiana B	Illinois Urbana	70	10
Andrew Heller	Georgia Tech E	South Carolina A	70	10
Jack Glenn	ESF	Binghamton A	70	10
Artem Vovchenko	Ohio State C	Louisville B	71	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	Louisville A	71	10
Molly Krallman	Louisville C	Michigan State C	71	10
Agatha Dahle	WVU A	Michigan State D	71	10
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Stanford A	72	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	UCLA C	72	-5
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	UC Irvine	72	10
Tianyi Zheng	UCSD B	USC B	72	10
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	Ottawa A	72	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	Ottawa C	72	10
Chen Nagahawatte	Ottawa B	McGill B	72	10
Valerie Brown	Carleton B	Ottawa D	72	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	McMaster A	72	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	Toronto H	72	10
Dawson Teu	Waterloo A	Toronto B	72	10
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	Waterloo B	72	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	Florida State A	72	10
Nate Brown	CWRU C	Pittsburgh	72	10
Ben Kantsiper	JMU B	William & Mary A	72	10
Nathan Redford	Liberty A	Duke A	72	10
Jonathan Sung	Virginia A	Liberty B	72	10
Jesse Mindel	NCSU A	UNC D	72	10
Walter Carson	NCSU B	Tusculum A	72	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	JMU A	72	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Johns Hopkins	72	10
Elias Lowrey	Lehigh B	Rutgers B	72	10
Leonard Castine	Penn	Rutgers A	72	10
Hitansh Malaviya	Rutgers C	George Mason C	72	10
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	Rose-Hulman A	72	10
William Henley	Illinois Champaign	Indiana A	72	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Michigan Tech	72	10
Will Huang	Wisconsin A	Minnesota	72	10
Noah Lang	Wisconsin B	Wisconsin C	72	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Boston College B	72	10
Lucas Guan	Brown A	Boston University A	72	10
Hanson Hunynh	Boston University B	MIT A	72	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Tufts B	72	10
David Zaslavsky	Brandeis Bach	Tufts C	72	10
Ben Mowery	Vermont A	MIT B	72	10
David Ciardella	Vermont B	Amherst B	72	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Alberta A	72	10
Isabella DePrimo	Washington Chinook	Washington Atlantic	72	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Georgia Tech D	72	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Georgia Tech F	72	10
Gannon Rice	Clemson A	Vanderbilt C	72	10
Sammy Carstens	Rochester	Cornell A	72	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	RIT A	72	10
Judah Garlic	Cornell C	RIT B	72	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	Claremont C	73	10
Ethen Sun	Toronto C	Brock A	73	10
Miles Phillips	Florida Tech B	UCF A	73	10
Kylie Tokeshi	Arizona State A	Washington Pink	73	10
Peter Randall	Georgia A	Clemson C	73	10
Leighton Karpinia	Florida Tech A	South Florida A	74	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Toronto I	77	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Alabama A	77	10
Mia Liu	Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Mighty Miner	81	10
Salil Jain	Williams B	Dartmouth C	82	10
John Halsun	UConn A	Brandeis Beethoven	82	10
Austin Embry	Auburn C	Georgia Tech B	82	10
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	Florida A	83	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	Ohio State D	83	10
Brendan Bittmann	Boston College A	Harvard	83	10
Jackson Price	Dartmouth B	Williams C	83	10
Joyann Hua	British Columbia B	British Columbia A	83	10
Alice Ton Nu	Washington Coho	Washington Steelhead	83	10
Haylee Weisner	Washington Masu	Washington Chum	83	10
Aris Anton	Waterloo C	Toronto F	86	10
Vedang Singhal	UNC C	UNC A	90	10
Aditya Koushik	Stanford B	Berkeley Archer Queen	103	10
Jonathan Koehler	UCLA C	Claremont A	104	10
Serena Salfiti	USC A	UC Santa Barbara	104	10
Blake Kim-Wansbrough	Toronto A	McMaster C	104	10
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	Ohio State B	104	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	NYU A	104	10
Hayden Willett	Purdue B	Purdue D	104	10
Ryan Zhang	Washington State	Alberta B	104	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
Northern California	US	4	100%	25%	81.50
Southern California	US	7	100%	29%	80.71
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	0%	72.00
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	11%	77.56
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	75.50
Great Lakes	US	10	100%	10%	69.50
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	68.78
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	72.11
Midwest	US	9	100%	11%	72.44
North	US	4	100%	25%	68.50
Northeast	US	12	100%	0%	75.25
Pacific	US	8	100%	50%	78.75
Southeast	US	12	100%	8%	69.92
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	0%	71.00