W. B. Yeats - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

In one poem by this author, the speaker swears that “Once out of nature I shall never take (10[1])/ My bodily (-5[1])form from any natural thing.” The “ceremony of innocence is drowned” (10[1])in a different (10[1])poem (10[2])by this (10[1])author (10[3])that states (10[3])“the best (10[1])lack (10[1])all conviction, (10[3]-5[1])while the worst are full (10[2])of (10[2])passionate (10[4])intensity.” (10[5])This (10[1])poet envisioned a “tattered coat (10[1])upon a stick” (10[4]-5[1])in a poem (10[1])that begins (10[2])by (10[1])lamenting (10[1])“that is (-5[1])no country for old (10[1])men.” (10[13]-5[2])Chinua (-5[3])Achebe (10[3]-5[2])took the title (-5[1])for (10[2])Things Fall (10[1])Apart from a poem (10[3])by this author (10[2]-5[2])that ends (-5[1])by envisioning (10[2])a “rough beast” (10[1])that “slouches toward (10[1])Bethlehem (10[1]-5[1])to be (10[1])born.” (10[2])For 10 points, (-5[2])name this author (-5[1])of “Sailing to Byzantium” (10[2]-5[1])and (10[1])“The Second Coming.” (10[2])■END■ (10[14]0[19])

ANSWER: W. B. Yeats [or William Butler Yeats]

<Editors, British Literature>

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	Ottawa C	17	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Georgia Tech E	20	-5
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	USC B	31	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	William Woods University A	34	10
Nick Machin	UCLA A	USC A	35	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Steelhead	35	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	McMaster B	37	10
Blake Johnson	Boston College A	MIT A	38	10
Maisie Quinn	Brown B	Dartmouth B	38	10
Louis Harney	Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech F	38	10
Carter Yott	McMaster A	Toronto B	40	10
Tri Lam	Washington Chum	British Columbia C	40	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Auburn C	40	10
Ian Saylor	Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	42	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Georgia Tech C	43	10
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	CWRU A	45	-5
Peter Zeng	Ohio State A	Michigan State B	45	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Purdue D	45	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Georgia A	45	10
Yvonne Pan	Amherst B	Tufts C	50	10
William Edwards	Tennessee A	Georgia Tech A	50	10
Katherine Mack	UC Irvine	UCLA F	51	10
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Washington State	51	10
Vivian Fan	Claremont A	Claremont B	52	10
Cole Hennessy	UCF A	Florida Tech A	52	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	UNC B	52	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Maryland A	52	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	Ottawa B	53	10
Andrew Harms	Michigan State A	Michigan B	53	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Brown A	53	10
Ian Hatcher	Chipola College	Alabama A	53	10
Rufus Gladwell	Durham A	Edinburgh A	53	10
Brody Johnson	Louisville B	Michigan C	54	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Washington Sockeye	59	10
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	Toronto G	62	10
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	Waterloo A	62	10
Mary Kate Vance	Louisville A	CWRU B	62	-5
Kevin Yang	Illinois Blue	Illinois Champaign	62	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	RIT B	62	10
Abigail Lee	Virginia Tech C	UNC C	65	10
Nick Smemoe	UNC A	NCSU A	67	10
Liam Rojas	Virginia A	William & Mary A	67	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	Iowa B	68	10
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	CWRU C	69	10
Matthew Westley	Purdue A	Purdue C	71	-5
Coy Mier	Auburn B	Auburn A	75	10
Lorie Au-Yeung	UCSC	Berkeley Skeleton King	76	10
Yuv Magan	UCSD B	UCLA C	76	-5
Charlie Ruff	McGill A	McGill B	76	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	Ottawa A	76	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	CWRU D	76	10
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	Kentucky	76	10
Johanna Bryant	Liberty A	Duke A	76	10
Fuller Wray	Virginia Tech A	Virginia Tech B	76	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Chicago B	76	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	Illinois Canada	76	10
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	WashU Grizzlers	76	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Vermont B	76	10
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	UConn A	76	-5
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Vanderbilt A	76	10
Jolie Yeh	Warwick	Imperial A	76	10
Adam Chilbert	Macalester	Iowa State	77	-5
Jason Cottle	Clemson C	Clemson B	77	-5
Shlok Dev	LSE	Imperial C	77	-5
Mia Liu	Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	78	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	UCSD A	78	10
Sicheng Jiang	Toronto H	Brock A	78	-5
Waverly O'Malley	Iowa A	Chicago A	78	10
Jack Disbury	Durham D	Edinburgh B	78	-5
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	UCLA D	81	-5
Deepanshi Matai	Toronto C	Toronto A	82	10
Charles Xin	British Columbia A	Texas	82	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	Pittsburgh	84	10
Harry Barsan	Louisville C	Ohio State D	88	10
Kayla Drajpuch	Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	88	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	Cornell C	88	10
Yechan Park	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Mighty Miner	91	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	Rutgers A	91	-5
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Emory A	91	10
Thaddeus Holmes	Durham C	Edinburgh C	91	-5
Nina Chen	Waterloo B	Waterloo C	93	-5
Hudson Kee	William & Mary B	William & Mary C	95	10
Ruby Xia	Arizona State B	Washington Coho	95	10
Penelope Graham	Williams B	Brandeis Mozart	98	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Minnesota	101	10
Kenny Ruhland	Florida Tech B	ERAU Daytona A	102	10
Oliver Morten	Cardiff	Cambridge B	102	-5
Benjamin Turner	York	Edinburgh D	104	10
Haylee Weisner	Washington Masu	Boise State	105	10
Sonya Bates	Washington Atlantic	British Columbia B	105	10
Pratham Bhanushali	WVU B	Michigan State D	108	-5
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Montevallo	108	-5
Nicholas Nguyen	Florida B	Florida A	111	-5
Brendan Bridle	Queen's A	Toronto F	115	10
Gabriel Dodds	Liberty C	NCSU B	115	-5
Miguel Carreira	Imperial B	Cambridge C	115	10
Sai Subramanian	CWRU A	Michigan A	116	10
Mikkie Smylie	Brock A	Toronto H	119	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	ESF	119	10
Adrian Li	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	120	0
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	UCLA B	120	10
Ishan Pachauri	UCLA C	UCSD B	120	10
Alden Thompson	Carleton A	Carleton B	120	10
Adithya Parat	McMaster C	Toronto I	120	0
Hafsa Shaikh	Toronto I	McMaster C	120	0
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida B	120	10
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	South Florida A	120	0
Pallas Allen	South Florida A	Florida State A	120	0
Meredith Wiper	CWRU B	Louisville A	120	10
Tobias Zajac	Michigan State C	WVU A	120	0
Alex McClanahan	WVU A	Michigan State C	120	0
Alexandra Knight	Liberty B	JMU B	120	10
William Cowperthwait	NCSU B	Liberty C	120	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	Maryland C	120	10
Lily Hughbanks	Purdue C	Purdue A	120	10
Drew Wetterlind	Iowa State	Macalester	120	0
Alex Matchinski	Michigan Tech	Wisconsin B	120	10
Mahathi Veluri	UConn A	Tufts B	120	0
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Clemson C	120	10
Zoe Dixon	Montevallo	Georgia Tech D	120	10
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Sewanne	120	0
Nelson Adams-Riley	Sewanne	Tennessee B	120	0
Edward Zhang	Vanderbilt C	Vanderbilt B	120	0
Charlotte Nicholas	Durham B	Sheffield A	120	0
Tevin Francis	Southampton	Birmingham	120	0
Michael Shipman	Cambridge D	Bristol	120	0
Ada Bendel	Bristol	Cambridge D	120	0
Daniel Hobba	Cambridge B	Cardiff	120	10
Fintan Thomas	Cambridge E	Imperial D	120	0
Antara Bhattacharya	Cambridge A	Oxford	120	10
Violet Page	Binghamton C	Cornell B	120	0
Gabriel Nell	Cornell B	Binghamton C	120	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	40%	40%	78.50
UK (South)	UK	8	50%	25%	107.75
Northern California	US	4	75%	0%	81.67
Southern California	US	7	100%	29%	69.57
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	100%	0%	68.40
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	78%	22%	73.86
Florida	US	4	75%	25%	91.33
Great Lakes	US	12	83%	25%	78.10
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	82.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	100%	50%	86.00
Midwest	US	9	100%	11%	70.56
North	US	4	75%	25%	87.67
Northeast	US	8	88%	13%	63.00
Pacific	US	8	100%	0%	71.50
Southeast	US	13	85%	23%	68.27
Upstate NY	US	4	75%	0%	89.67