Walter Scott - 2025 ACF Fall

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In his memoirs, Mark Twain joked that this non-American author was “in great measure responsible for the [Civil] (10[1])war.” (-5[1])Edgar (10[1])Ravenswood (10[1])drowns in quicksand after his lover descends into insanity (10[1]-5[1])at her wedding in a novel by this author adapted (10[1])into a Donizetti opera. (-5[1])In a novel by this author, Robin Hood besieges (10[2])Torquilstone (10[1]-5[1])but fails (10[2])to rescue a Jewish (10[1])nurse. (10[3]-5[1])This author anonymously published most of his novels (10[3])as “by the author of Waverley,” (10[7])including (10[2]-5[1])a (10[1])novel (10[4])where (10[1])the (10[1])Black Knight (10[1])is revealed (10[1])to be (10[1])Richard (10[3])the (10[1]-5[1])Lionheart. (10[3]-5[2])In (10[1])that novel by this (10[1])author, Lady Rowena (10[2]-5[2])marries (10[2])the Saxon (10[4])knight (10[2]-5[1])Wilfrid. (-5[2])For 10 points, name this Edinburgh-based (-5[2])author (10[1])of Ivanhoe. (10[10]-5[1])■END■ (10[26]0[34])

ANSWER: Walter Scott [or Sir Walter Scott] (The novel in the second line is The Bride of Lammermoor.)

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Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Coho	17	10
Liam Henderson	McMaster B	Queen's A	18	-5
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	NYU B	19	10
Suren Grigorian	Berkeley Mighty Miner	Stanford A	20	10
Venkat Das	WVU B	Michigan State A	29	-5
Andrew Harms	Michigan State A	WVU B	29	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	McGill E	39	10
Miranda Chen	Vassar B	Rutgers A	43	-5
Kevin Zheng	Michigan A	CWRU C	52	10
Antonio LaNave	Virginia Tech C	UNC D	52	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington Chum	53	-5
Devin Tharp	Chipola College	Georgia Tech C	53	10
Kevin Yang	Illinois Blue	Rose-Hulman A	55	10
Davis Johnson	Purdue A	Iowa A	55	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Sewanne	59	10
AnnaMaria Donnelly	UCF A	Florida State A	60	10
Sam Zavadil	Michigan State D	Michigan State B	60	10
Anthony Xu	Amherst A	Vermont A	60	10
David Zaslavsky	Brandeis Bach	Brown A	60	-5
Keerthana Krishnan	Texas	Washington Atlantic	68	10
Wesley Stine	Clemson A	Clemson C	68	10
Leo Neve	Durham D	Edinburgh A	68	10
Christian Humeniuk	McMaster A	Brock A	74	10
Matthew Bucek	George Mason A	Columbia B	74	10
Camden Walker	WashU Grolars	Purdue B	74	10
Blake Johnson	Boston College A	Williams A	74	10
Ethan Altshul	Emory A	Auburn B	74	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Vanderbilt C	74	10
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	Binghamton C	74	10
Anna Liao	Michigan B	Louisville B	75	10
Elliott Gomes	Dartmouth A	Brandeis Mozart	75	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Georgia A	75	-5
Stephen Donoghue	Sheffield B	Edinburgh D	76	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Maryland C	77	10
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	Purdue C	77	10
Maisie Quinn	Brown B	Amherst B	77	10
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	Washington Masu	77	10
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	Michigan D	78	10
Aaron Bates	Washington Pink	Alberta B	79	10
Brendan Liaw	British Columbia A	Washington Chinook	81	10
Gannon Smith	Maryland A	Stony Brook	83	10
Suyog Vibhuti	Washington Steelhead	Arizona State B	85	10
Erica Wang	UC Santa Barbara	USC B	86	10
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Illinois Urbana	86	10
Adam Pierzchalo	Edinburgh C	York	86	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	Michigan State C	87	10
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	VCU A	87	-5
John Shelly	Rowan	Johns Hopkins	88	-5
Dylan Tanouye	Tufts B	Harvard	88	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Montevallo	88	10
Thaddeus Holmes	Durham C	Edinburgh B	88	-5
Oliver Morten	Cardiff	Warwick	88	10
Charles Miller	William & Mary C	Virginia Tech A	89	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Wisconsin C	93	10
Janghyun Lee	Berkeley Little Prince	UCSC	96	10
Liam Rojas	Virginia A	William & Mary B	96	10
Surya Dinesh	MIT A	Brandeis Beethoven	96	-5
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	Cornell D	96	-5
Yuv Magan	UCSD B	USC A	97	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Georgia Tech D	97	10
Henry Siegler	Toronto D	Toronto A	99	10
Sai Subramanian	CWRU A	Ohio State D	99	10
Micah Lauzon	Dartmouth B	Tufts C	99	10
Pranav Jothi	Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech E	99	10
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	UCLA D	100	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCLA C	100	-5
Sophia Peng	Rutgers C	George Mason B	100	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UCLA A	101	-5
Joshua Iyo	UNC B	Liberty A	101	-5
James Haddix	Washington State	Washington Sockeye	107	-5
Andreas Ktori	Durham A	Sheffield A	107	-5
Sam Eddon	Cambridge C	Oxford	108	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Archer Queen	110	10
Ishan Pachauri	UCLA C	UCSD A	110	10
Charlotte Bauer	McGill C	Carleton A	110	10
Shaynee Ruffle	Toronto G	Toronto B	110	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Toronto F	110	10
Maya Vardag	Waterloo A	Toronto I	110	10
Gentry Dowdy	Liberty B	NCSU A	110	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Indiana A	110	10
Eames Weeks	Brown A	Brandeis Bach	110	10
Jerry Lin	Vanderbilt B	Tennessee Tech	110	-5
Leona Barker	Edinburgh B	Durham C	110	10
Thomas Wu	Berkeley Skeleton King	Stanford B	111	0
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	UCLA E	111	0
Katherine Mack	UC Irvine	UCLA B	111	0
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	UC Irvine	111	0
Sarah Silverman	Claremont C	UCLA F	111	10
Anjali Rao	Ottawa B	Ottawa C	111	0
Charlie Rickards	Ottawa C	Ottawa B	111	0
Monica Wang	Guelph A	McMaster C	111	10
Elena Thai	Waterloo C	Toronto C	111	0
Nicholas Nguyen	Florida B	Florida Tech B	111	10
June Miller	Florida A	Florida Tech A	111	0
Leighton Karpinia	Florida Tech A	Florida A	111	0
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	South Florida A	111	0
Alex Randall	Kentucky	WVU A	111	0
Alex McClanahan	WVU A	Kentucky	111	0
Daniel Huang	Michigan C	CWRU B	111	10
Peter Zeng	Ohio State A	CWRU D	111	10
Harry Barsan	Louisville C	Pittsburgh	111	10
Brendan Karg	JMU B	Duke A	111	0
David Ropp	Duke A	JMU B	111	0
Jonathan Schneidau	Liberty A	UNC B	111	10
Jonah Chancio	JMU A	NCSU B	111	10
Halah Cates	UNC C	Tusculum A	111	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	Virginia Tech B	111	0
Mackenzie Tott	Columbia A	Lehigh A	111	0
Lauren Edgar	Lehigh A	Columbia A	111	10
Elias Lowrey	Lehigh B	Maryland B	111	10
Jaden Bandy	Rutgers B	Penn	111	10
Henry Ding	Princeton	George Mason C	111	0
Brayden Whitlow	George Mason C	Princeton	111	0
Renita Tang	NYU C	Vassar A	111	0
Eli Young	Vassar A	NYU C	111	0
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	Vassar B	111	10
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	Chicago B	111	10
Adriana Kim	Illinois Champaign	Purdue D	111	0
Ethan Enochian	Purdue D	Illinois Champaign	111	10
Alex Matchinski	Michigan Tech	Minnesota	111	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Iowa State	111	0
James Horsley	Iowa State	St. Thomas	111	10
Ethan Erickson	Boston College B	Dartmouth C	111	10
Finley Campbell	Tufts A	Boston University B	111	10
Jaehyun Park	Boston University A	Williams C	111	0
Tri Lam	Washington Chum	Boise State	111	10
Simarya Ahuja	Washington Sockeye	Washington State	111	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Auburn C	111	10
Britt Bernstein	Georgia A	Georgia Tech B	111	10
William Edwards	Tennessee A	Georgia Tech F	111	0
Logan Patil	Georgia Tech F	Tennessee A	111	10
Laura Bullock	Sheffield A	Durham A	111	0
Fahim Afzal	Cambridge A	Imperial B	111	0
Will Barton	Imperial C	Cambridge D	111	0
Anirudh Terdal	LSE	Bristol	111	0
Aditi Nebhwani	Bristol	LSE	111	0
James Carrick-Lawson	Southampton	Imperial D	111	10
Astrid Kelley	RIT B	Binghamton B	111	0
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	Cornell B	111	10
Danny Cutbill	RIT A	Cornell A	111	0
Derek Li	Cornell A	RIT A	111	0
Kieran Freed	Rochester	ESF	111	0
Hannah Bickom	ESF	Rochester	111	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
UK (North)	UK	5	80%	40%	85.00
UK (South)	UK	6	50%	0%	102.33
Northern California	US	4	75%	0%	75.33
Southern California	US	7	71%	29%	100.80
Eastern Canada (1)	US	3	67%	0%	74.50
Eastern Canada (2)	US	8	75%	13%	102.33
Florida	US	4	50%	0%	85.50
Great Lakes	US	11	91%	9%	81.30
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	78%	22%	97.14
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	12	75%	17%	88.56
Midwest	US	8	100%	0%	84.88
North	US	3	100%	0%	105.00
Northeast	US	11	82%	18%	89.44
Pacific	US	8	100%	25%	78.63
Southeast	US	12	92%	17%	85.91
Upstate NY	US	5	40%	20%	92.50