United States of America - 2025 ACF Fall

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A man born in this country was unable to tell an anthropologist his name because he needed to be introduced (10[2])by another Yana (10[1])speaker, (10[1])all (10[1])of whom (-5[1])had died out. (-5[2])Horace Miner (10[2])wrote a satirical article (10[1])about (10[1])“body ritual” (10[1])in a group named (-5[1])after (10[1])this country’s (10[1])demonym (10[1]-5[1])spelled (10[2])backwards. (10[20])Alfred (10[3])Kroeber (10[2])studied Ishi, (10[4])a man (10[1])born in this country. (10[7]-5[1])A language (10[1])from (10[1])this country that lacks nouns for time inspired (-5[2])the (-5[1])Sapir–Whorf (10[2]-5[1])hypothesis. (10[3]-5[2])The democratic Haudenosaunee (“HOH-din-oh-SHOH-nee”) confederacy was from this country (10[1]-5[1])in which the first (10[1])anthropology (10[1])department (10[1])was (-5[1])established (10[1])by (-5[1])Franz (10[2])Boas. (10[1]-5[1])For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])what country’s (10[1])indigenous peoples (-5[1])include the Hopi (10[2]-5[1])and Iroquois? (10[1])■END■ (10[30]0[7])

ANSWER: United States of America [or America; or USA] (The Miner article is “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema.”)

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Sparrow Brotman	NYU B	Lehigh A	19	10
William Henley	Illinois Champaign	Iowa A	19	10
Thaddeus Holmes	Durham C	Durham A	22	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Penn	23	10
Julia Austin	Vermont B	Brown A	24	10
Jas Wang	UCLA F	UCLA A	26	-5
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	Claremont A	29	-5
Cranmer McGinn	McMaster C	Toronto H	29	-5
Bolun Thompson	UCLA C	UCLA D	31	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	Ohio State C	31	10
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	CWRU B	35	10
Bharath Ram	Georgia Tech A	Vanderbilt A	36	10
Theodor Martin	WashU Grizzlers	Illinois Blue	38	10
Liam Markland	Alberta A	Washington Pink	42	-5
Seth Allen	McMaster A	Toronto C	43	10
Xavier Bornhorst	Maryland A	George Mason A	45	10
Ryan Liu	Ohio State D	Michigan State D	46	10
John Shelley	Clemson B	Sewanne	46	-5
Ethan Ririe	UCSD B	UCLA B	47	10
John Shelly	Rowan	Rutgers C	47	10
Kevin Hendargo	UCSD A	Claremont B	48	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	UC Santa Barbara	48	10
Kevin He	Toronto A	Toronto D	48	10
Hafsa Shaikh	Toronto I	Queen's A	48	10
Joseph Strom	Louisville B	Ohio State B	48	10
Jayden Ngo	Kentucky	Michigan D	48	10
Venkat Das	WVU B	Michigan State C	48	10
Max Kurzman	UNC D	VCU A	48	10
Zoe Brennan	Virginia Tech C	UNC B	48	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	Maryland B	48	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Chicago B	48	10
Matthew Westley	Purdue A	Purdue B	48	10
Blake Johnson	Boston College A	Williams B	48	10
Jack Feinberg	Brandeis Bach	Vermont A	48	10
Kaitlyn Farrin	Brandeis Beethoven	Williams C	48	10
Ryan Zhang	Washington State	British Columbia B	48	10
Brooks Phillips	Auburn A	Georgia Tech F	48	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Georgia Tech B	48	10
Melissa Thai	Georgia A	Auburn B	48	10
Gregory Stone	ESF	Binghamton C	48	10
Henry Nonnemaker	CWRU C	Louisville D	49	10
Henry Bauer	NYU A	Rutgers A	49	10
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	Arizona State B	49	10
Jaden Bandy	Rutgers B	Columbia A	50	10
Gannon Rice	Clemson A	Tennessee A	50	10
Nina Chen	Waterloo B	Guelph A	52	10
Jacob Goodson	Ohio State A	Michigan C	52	10
Logan Van Pelt	Washington Coho	Boise State	52	10
Nina Bindra	Southampton	Cardiff	52	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Amherst B	54	10
Nathan Phan	Princeton	Lehigh B	58	10
Jack Piros	Illinois Orange	Rose-Hulman A	58	10
Jack Granahan	Brandeis Mozart	Brown B	58	10
Sidarth Erat	MIT A	Dartmouth B	58	10
Ritwik Sharma	Arizona State A	Texas	58	10
Jackson McDonald	Alabama A	Georgia Tech C	58	10
Jeremy Scurlock	Chipola College	South Carolina A	58	10
Siheon Lee	Imperial C	Imperial D	58	-5
Haylee Weisner	Washington Masu	Washington Atlantic	60	10
Niyanthi Yamunan	Georgia Tech E	Tennessee Tech	61	10
Matthew Stall	CWRU D	Michigan State B	69	-5
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	Washington Chum	69	-5
Brian Qian	Illinois Canada	Illinois Urbana	70	-5
Finley Campbell	Tufts A	Dartmouth A	71	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Auburn C	71	-5
Antara Bhattacharya	Cambridge A	Cambridge B	71	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Toronto G	72	10
William Erwin	William & Mary B	Liberty A	72	-5
Yiwei Jiang	NYU C	George Mason C	72	10
Alex Miller	Edinburgh B	Edinburgh C	72	-5
Alex Forman	Cornell D	Binghamton B	72	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Waterloo C	80	-5
Owen Linder	Binghamton A	RIT A	80	10
Sicheng Jiang	Toronto H	McMaster C	84	10
Aaron Wang	Cornell A	RIT B	85	10
Anurag Shah	Indiana A	Chicago A	86	10
Gabriel Nell	Cornell B	Cornell C	87	-5
Adam Doyle	Cambridge E	LSE	88	10
Youyou Yu	Imperial A	Imperial B	89	-5
Orion Brey	Louisville A	Michigan A	90	10
Elizabeth Ziberman	Stony Brook	Rutgers D	90	10
Mikkie Smylie	Brock A	Toronto F	91	-5
Harry Sexton	Edinburgh A	Edinburgh D	91	10
Ethan Skolnick	WashU Grolars	Purdue C	92	10
Ben Kantsiper	JMU B	Tusculum A	94	10
Matthew Kohn	Williams A	Amherst A	96	10
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Tufts B	98	-5
Maya Vardag	Waterloo A	Toronto B	101	-5
Enina Edosomwan	CWRU A	Michigan B	101	10
Jacky Li	MIT B	Dartmouth C	101	10
Elliot Earley	Sheffield B	Sheffield A	103	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	UCLA F	104	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	Claremont C	104	10
Serena Salfiti	USC A	UC Irvine	104	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	Waterloo A	104	10
Indigo Chen	Waterloo C	Toronto E	104	10
Samuel Zheng	Toronto F	Brock A	104	10
Daniel Luebs	Michigan State B	CWRU D	104	10
Josue Lopez	WVU A	Louisville C	104	0
Molly Krallman	Louisville C	WVU A	104	10
Mason Lambert	JMU A	Duke A	104	10
Abby Keith	Liberty B	Liberty C	104	10
Caleb Hines	Liberty A	William & Mary B	104	10
Julian Thomson-Harris	Vassar A	George Mason B	104	10
Andrew Sklar	Vassar B	Columbia B	104	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Illinois Canada	104	10
Emily Justak	Indiana B	Iowa B	104	10
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	Boston University A	104	10
Owen Gibbs	Boston College B	Tufts C	104	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Alberta A	104	10
Andy Liu	British Columbia A	Washington Sockeye	104	10
Isabella DePrimo	Washington Chinook	Alberta B	104	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Washington Steelhead	104	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Clemson C	104	10
Austin Embry	Auburn C	Mississippi State A	104	10
Isabel Dent	Sewanne	Clemson B	104	10
James Zhao	Vanderbilt C	Vanderbilt B	104	0
Richy Sun	Vanderbilt B	Vanderbilt C	104	10
Musa Ahmed	Edinburgh C	Edinburgh B	104	0
Harry Fines	York	Durham B	104	10
Leo Godbee	Bristol	Oxford	104	0
Nayaaz Hashim	Oxford	Bristol	104	0
Tom Morris-Jones	Birmingham	Cambridge D	104	10
Vishrut Pisupati	Imperial B	Imperial A	104	0
Ollie Glin-Conway	Imperial D	Imperial C	104	10
Sam Eddon	Cambridge C	Warwick	104	0
Harry Crane	Warwick	Cambridge C	104	10
Vincent Misterkiewicz	Cornell C	Cornell B	104	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	80%	20%	80.00
UK (South)	UK	8	75%	25%	87.17
Southern California	US	7	100%	29%	69.43
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	44%	73.22
Great Lakes	US	12	100%	8%	63.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	6	100%	17%	83.67
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	100%	0%	59.08
Midwest	US	9	100%	11%	66.33
Northeast	US	12	100%	8%	67.83
Pacific	US	9	100%	22%	75.89
Southeast	US	12	100%	17%	68.58
Upstate NY	US	5	100%	20%	77.80