maple - 2024 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

These plants produce small fruits called samara in pairs that are affectionately known as whirlybirds. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this genus of tree that has silver, sycamore and Norway species. These trees can be tapped in the spring to produce sugary syrup and a leaf from these trees is found on the Canadian flag.

ANSWER: maple [accept Acer; accept specific maples like sugar maple]

[10m] Maples and other trees in North America are under threat from this order of insects. Invasive examples of these insects include the emerald ash borer and an Asian long-horned species.

ANSWER: beetles [or Coleoptera; accept jewel beetles or Asian long-horned beetles]

[10h] Maple trees undergo partheno-carpy, which means some maples do not produce these things. Failure to produce these things can also arise from steno-spermo-carpy.

ANSWER: seeds [accept seedless fruit; prompt on embryo]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	25.56	100%	100%	56%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	30.00	100%	100%	100%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	28.33	100%	100%	83%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	10	25.00	100%	80%	70%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	10	19.00	100%	80%	10%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	24.00	100%	80%	60%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	23.75	100%	88%	50%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	24.44	100%	67%	78%

Data


Cornell G	Binghamton A	10	10	0	20
U of Rochester A	Binghamton B	10	10	10	30
Michigan C	Miami C (DII)	10	10	10	30
Michigan A (UG)	Miami A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Claremont A	Claremont B	10	10	0	20
USC	Claremont C	10	0	10	20
UCLA A	UCLA B	10	10	10	30
UCLA C	UCLA D	10	10	10	30
UCSD	UCLA E	10	10	0	20
Purdue A	Illinois D	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame A	Indiana	10	10	10	30
Arizona State B	UW Gluttony	10	10	10	30
UW Greed	Arizona State A	10	10	10	30
UW Lust	UW Sloth	10	10	10	30
Liberty A	Appalachian State B	10	10	0	20
Appalachian State A	Duke B	10	10	0	20
James Madison A	NC State	10	10	0	20
James Madison A	NC State	10	10	0	20
James Madison A	NC State	10	10	0	20
James Madison A	NC State	10	10	0	20
James Madison A	NC State	10	10	0	20
James Madison A	NC State	10	10	0	20
James Madison A	NC State	10	10	0	20
James Madison A	NC State	10	10	0	20
Liberty B	UNC D	10	10	10	30
Virginia	Liberty C	10	10	0	20
Tusculum	VCU	10	0	0	10
UNC B	William & Mary	10	10	0	20
UNC C	James Madison B	10	0	0	10
UNC A	Virginia Tech B	10	10	0	20
SIUE	Chicago A	10	10	10	30
Iowa B	Chicago B	10	10	10	30
Purdue B	Illinois A	10	0	10	20
Illinois B	Notre Dame C	10	10	10	30
Purdue C	Northwestern B	10	0	10	20
WashU A	Notre Dame B	10	10	0	20
Northwestern A	WashU B	10	0	0	10
RIT B	Binghamton C	10	10	10	30
Cornell C	Penn State	10	10	0	20
RIT C	Cornell D	10	10	10	30
Cornell E	RIT A	10	10	0	20
Cornell A	ESF	10	10	0	20
Syracuse	Cornell B	10	10	10	30
U of Rochester B	Cornell F	10	10	10	30
West Virginia B (UG)	CWRU C (UG)	10	10	10	30
Michigan State A	CWRU A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Miami B (UG)	Michigan State B	10	10	10	30
Ohio State A (UG)	CWRU B (DII)	10	10	10	30
Ohio State B (DII)	Jefferson County Scholars (DII)	10	10	10	30
Michigan D (UG)	Ohio State C (DII)	10	10	10	30
UBC B	UW Chastity	10	10	0	20
UBC A	UW Envy	10	10	10	30
UW Wrath	Boise State	10	10	10	30
Auburn A	Clemson B	10	10	10	30
Emory A	Belmont	10	10	0	20
Clemson A	Auburn C	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech E	Furman	10	10	10	30
Georgia A	Georgia Tech A	10	0	0	10
South Carolina A	Emory Oxford	10	10	10	30
Alabama A	South Carolina B	10	0	10	20
Tennessee A	Southern	10	10	10	30
Tennessee B	Georgia Tech C	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech D	Vanderbilt B	10	10	0	20
Fordham A	Bard A (UG)	10	0	10	20
Rowan A (DII)	Lehigh B (DII)	10	10	0	20
Maryland A (DII)	Lehigh A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Columbia B	NYU B	10	10	0	20
Penn B (DII)	Maryland B (DII)	10	10	10	30
Columbia A (UG)	Princeton A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Rutgers A (UG)	NYU A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Penn A (DII)	Rutgers B	10	10	0	20