Question

This person used the punning jibe “good-for-nothing” to mock a man’s sexual prowess. This person received a wedding band with the inscription “to destiny” after being married. (-5[1])This person is not Louis Philippe, but this person’s daughter Hortense was wounded while they traveled (10[1])to see a performance of The Creation when a shotgun set off an explosive device (-5[1])dubbed “the infernal (-5[1])machine.” (-5[1])This person carried on a highly public (-5[1])affair with Hippolyte (10[1])Charles (-5[1])(“ee-poh-LEET SHARL”), a hussar lieutenant. (10[1])This person established extensive rose gardens at Malmaison (10[1]-5[1])(“mahl-may-ZOH”). A leader spoke this person’s name alongside “the army, the head of the army” (10[2])as his last words while dying of stomach cancer in exile. This person (10[1])was (10[1])the [emphasize] second to be crowned at a ceremony (10[1]-5[2])blessed by Pius (10[1])VII in 1804, directly after (-5[1])her husband. (-5[1])For 10 points, (10[2])name this Martinican woman (10[2])who became Empress of France as Napoleon’s (10[1])first wife. (10[2])■END■ (10[5]0[2])

ANSWER: Joséphine Bonaparte [or Empress Joséphine Bonaparte; or Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais; or Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie; prompt on Bonaparte; prompt on de Beauharnais] (Joséphine’s punning jibe was “bon-a-parte est bon-à-rien”)
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2492%0%46%120.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
James StevensonMichigan AImperial A26-5
Matt BollingerGeorgia Tech ACornell A4210
Andrew ZengStanford AFlorida A57-5
Mateo Javier AcostaFlorida BHouston A60-5
Lexi TermanRutgers BVanderbilt A61-5
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto AColumbia A68-5
JD KrothIowa State AIllinois A7110
Chris RayOhio State AWUSTL A72-5
Stevie MillerMaryland ADuke A7510
Steven LiuMIT AUC Berkeley A83-5
Claire JonesChicago AYale A8310
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AIndiana A9710
Cole TimmerwilkeHarvard ATexas A9710
Shardul RaoMinnesota AChicago C11010
Dean Ah NowClaremont ASouth Carolina A11110
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BVirginia A120-5
Halle FriedmanNYU AColumbia B12010
Cormac BeirneMcGill ARutgers A120-5
Seth EbnerJohns Hopkins AMinnesota B12310
Karsten RynearsonYale BWUSTL B128-5
Jim FanNorth Carolina ACornell B130-5
Jason HongBrown AChicago B13310
Elijah ScheinsonColumbia AToronto A13310
Alex PijanowskiPurdue AUC Berkeley B13710
Michael MaysImperial AMichigan A13710
Anirudh BharadwajPenn APenn State A14410
Tracy MirkinFlorida AStanford A14610
Charles HangWUSTL AOhio State A14610
Gio MazzeoVirginia AGeorgia Tech B14710
Ryan SunUC Berkeley AMIT A1470
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt ARutgers B14710
Sarod NoriCornell BNorth Carolina A14710
Aum MundheRutgers AMcGill A14710
Sean DoyleHouston AFlorida B1470
Neal JoshiWUSTL BYale B14710