Washington Crossing the Delaware - 2025 ACF Fall

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Black men play the banjo and drink moonshine in an acrylic interpretation of this painting by Robert (10[1])Colescott. In this painting’s (10[1])background, a beam of light (10[1]-5[1])shines on men in blue coats (-5[1])trying to calm rearing horses. A Black man crouches behind a figure at the front of this painting (10[3]-5[1])kicking (10[1])his leg (-5[1])out with (10[1]-5[1])a pole. (10[1])The view from an artist’s home in Düsseldorf along the Rhine inspired (10[1])this (-5[1])painting’s (-5[2])large ice chunks. (10[4]-5[2])The (10[2])title (10[1])figure (10[1])of this (10[3])1851 (10[3]-5[1])painting (10[1])stares (10[2])towards (-5[1])a snowy (10[1])shoreline (10[6]-5[4])and raises his (10[1]-5[1])leg (10[4]-5[3])as (-5[1])he stands (10[1]-5[1])next (10[2]-5[1])to (-5[1])an (-5[1])inaccurate (10[1])Star (-5[1])and Stripes flag. (10[8]-5[3])For 10 points, (10[1])name this painting (10[2])by (10[1])Emmanuel (10[1])Leutze (10[3])(“LOYT-suh”) that (10[1])depicts (10[2])America’s first (10[1])president (10[1])on (10[1])a rowboat. (10[4]0[1])■END■ (10[22]0[7])

ANSWER: Washington Crossing the Delaware

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Kelvin Ni	NYU A	George Mason C	16	10
Jonathan Sung	Virginia A	NCSU A	20	10
Jason Lee	Rutgers A	Rutgers B	25	10
Derek Li	Cornell A	Cornell B	25	-5
Daniel Chen	Emory A	Tennessee Tech	31	-5
Joshua Garner	Ohio State A	Ohio State D	49	10
Gabriel Dodds	Liberty C	Virginia Tech C	49	10
Asher Lyons	Maryland B	NYU C	49	10
Eric Yang	Purdue A	WashU Grizzlers	49	-5
Huy Lai	UCSC	Berkeley Mighty Miner	50	10
Anton Akroush	Michigan State A	Michigan D	52	-5
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UCLA B	54	-5
Sarah Dong	Michigan A	Michigan C	54	10
David Black	Illinois Champaign	Illinois Canada	56	10
Ben Spirtas	Maryland C	George Mason A	68	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Georgia Tech B	69	-5
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Toronto B	70	-5
Mackenzie Tott	Columbia A	Columbia B	70	-5
Scarlet Rutter	Claremont A	UCSD A	73	10
Snehan Saroch	Louisville A	Ohio State C	73	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Purdue D	73	10
Merrick Hill	Iowa State	Michigan Tech	73	-5
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	British Columbia A	73	10
Darren Kellis	Vanderbilt A	Mississippi State A	73	-5
Nico Pascual	Michigan State B	Kentucky	74	10
TJ Pickering	Auburn B	Sewanne	74	10
Alex Wong	Rutgers D	Johns Hopkins	75	10
David Ropp	Duke A	UNC B	76	10
Vihaan Jim	Princeton	Rutgers C	78	10
Will Hughes	Auburn A	Georgia A	78	10
Eric Zhu	Cornell D	ESF	78	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	South Florida A	79	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	WVU A	79	10
Ian Saylor	Wisconsin A	Macalester	79	10
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	Vanderbilt B	79	-5
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	Vassar B	80	10
Adithya Parat	McMaster C	Toronto H	81	10
John Maupin	Chipola College	Montevallo	81	10
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	CWRU B	82	-5
Braydon Morefield	George Mason B	Maryland A	84	10
Ethan Ririe	UCSD B	UC Santa Barbara	85	10
Carter Yott	McMaster A	Toronto F	85	-5
Joseph Cole	UNC A	Virginia Tech B	85	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	Minnesota	85	-5
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State University A	Boston College B	85	10
Henry Rutherford-Braun	British Columbia B	Arizona State B	85	10
Asheton Wilbanks	Clemson B	Georgia Tech F	85	10
Britton Webster	Alabama A	Clemson C	85	-5
Richard D’Angelo	Tennessee B	Georgia Tech E	85	-5
Caleb Slusher	South Carolina A	Auburn C	85	10
Andrew Lin	Toronto G	Waterloo A	88	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	Washington Chinook	88	-5
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Skeleton King	89	10
Yechan Park	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Stanford B	89	10
Devito Stevanus	McGill B	Ottawa A	89	-5
Erin Williams	JMU A	Tusculum A	89	10
James O'Reilly	Arizona State A	Boise State	89	-5
Alan Zhang	British Columbia C	Alberta B	89	-5
Will Hoover	RIT A	Binghamton C	89	10
Tristan Scarlett	Ottawa D	McGill C	90	-5
Anthony Gagliano	McGill A	Ottawa B	92	-5
Saswat Sasha Tripathi	Chicago A	Purdue C	92	10
Mia Liu	Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	93	10
Jas Wang	UCLA F	UCLA D	93	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Toronto C	93	-5
Sammy Carstens	Rochester	RIT B	94	-5
Anna Bocook	Louisville D	CWRU A	95	-5
Tobias Cortes	Indiana A	Illinois Blue	96	10
Tishe Sonuga	Chicago B	Indiana B	97	-5
Katherine Mack	UC Irvine	UCLA C	100	10
Sophia Schlag	Ottawa C	Carleton B	100	-5
Miles Phillips	Florida Tech B	Florida State A	100	10
Matthew Stall	CWRU D	WVU B	100	-5
Brody Johnson	Louisville B	Michigan State D	100	10
Samuel Li	William & Mary A	Virginia Tech A	100	10
Eli Young	Vassar A	Penn	100	10
Sam Alahi	Illinois Orange	Illinois Urbana	100	-5
Nitish Sudhakar	Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech D	100	10
Towery McNeil	Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt A	100	10
Andrew Miller	Binghamton A	Cornell C	100	10
Arlene Lopez	Stony Brook	NYU B	103	10
Charles Miller	William & Mary C	JMU B	106	10
Roy Yang	WashU Grolars	Iowa B	106	10
Sophia Madrazo	Purdue B	Rose-Hulman A	107	10
Kevin Liu	Texas	Washington Coho	108	10
Noah Trochessett	Florida B	UCF A	109	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	UNC C	109	10
Colette Giezentanner	WashU Grizzlers	Purdue A	109	10
Connor King	St. Thomas	Wisconsin B	110	10
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	UCLA E	111	10
Max Kurzman	UNC D	William & Mary B	111	10
Samarth Prajapati	Georgia Tech E	Tennessee B	113	10
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	Claremont C	114	10
John Shelly	Rowan	Lehigh A	115	10
Malcolm Meyn	McGill C	Ottawa D	117	10
Chris Wang	Toronto B	McMaster B	117	10
Simon Choist	Queen's A	Toronto I	117	10
Zack Wiffen	Waterloo B	Toronto A	117	10
Ben Gardberg	Cornell B	Cornell A	117	0
Sage Saperstein	USC B	USC A	118	0
Chris Chang	USC A	USC B	118	10
Anjali Rao	Ottawa B	McGill A	118	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	McGill B	118	10
Nicolaus Derikx	Carleton A	McGill E	118	10
Valerie Brown	Carleton B	Ottawa C	118	0
Elena Thai	Waterloo C	Brock A	118	10
Zaire Gibbons	Toronto D	Guelph A	118	0
Dylan Steptoe	Guelph A	Toronto D	118	10
Ethen Sun	Toronto C	Toronto E	118	10
Leighton Karpinia	Florida Tech A	ERAU Daytona A	118	0
Meredith Wiper	CWRU B	Ohio State B	118	10
Venkat Das	WVU B	CWRU D	118	0
Anthony Yin	CWRU A	Louisville D	118	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	Michigan State A	118	10
Nate Brown	CWRU C	Michigan State C	118	10
Cooper Morris	Columbia B	Columbia A	118	0
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Illinois Orange	118	10
Alex Matchinski	Michigan Tech	Iowa State	118	10
Henry L'Heureux	Minnesota	Wisconsin C	118	10
Brandon Wiltse	Washington Chinook	Alberta A	118	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Arizona State A	118	0
Luke Simon	Alberta B	British Columbia C	118	10
Tri Lam	Washington Chum	Washington Pink	118	10
Simarya Ahuja	Washington Sockeye	Washington Masu	118	10
Jason Cottle	Clemson C	Alabama A	118	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Clemson A	118	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Emory A	118	10
Jake Scoville	RIT B	Rochester	118	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	80.25
Southern California	US	7	100%	14%	99.14
Eastern Canada (1)	US	5	80%	80%	117.75
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	89%	33%	109.25
Florida	US	4	75%	0%	96.00
Great Lakes	US	11	91%	36%	90.10
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	82.78
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	1	0%	100%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	0%	72.56
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	2	100%	0%	70.00
Midwest	US	9	89%	33%	94.63
North	US	4	100%	50%	106.25
Northeast	US	1	100%	0%	85.00
Pacific	US	8	88%	38%	105.43
Southeast	US	12	92%	50%	97.27
Upstate NY	US	5	80%	40%	96.25