Question
These things were proposed to contain outward-flowing layers called simulacra by a Roman thinker who described their downward motion being interrupted by random deflection. Lucretius’ De rerum natura claims free will is caused by the “swerve” of these things. The so-called “laughing philosopher” is best known for his theory of these things, which Leucippus contrasted with the void existing between them. Democritus theorized that the universe is made of these things, which are named for the word for “uncuttable.” For 10 points, Greek philosophy conceptualized what smallest units of matter that today name structures containing protons and neutrons? ■END■
ANSWER: atoms [accept atomos or atomon; accept eidolon; accept atomism]
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= Average correct buzz position
Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 69.11 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 58.25 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 54.17 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 58.50 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 58.33 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 20% | 65.60 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 88% | 0% | 13% | 79.14 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 55.88 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 55.00 |
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Zheng (UG) | Michigan A (UG) | Ohio State A (UG) | 20 | 10 |
| Orion Keller | Virginia Tech A | Appalachian State B | 23 | 10 |
| Saif Virani (UG) | Fordham A | Columbia J (DII) | 23 | 10 |
| Sam Alahi | Illinois A | WashU B | 23 | 10 |
| Liam Markland | Alberta | UW Wrath | 24 | 10 |
| Arhith Dharanendra | Georgia Tech E | Georgia A | 25 | 10 |
| Nick Smemoe | UNC B | Tusculum | 26 | 10 |
| Ezra Santos | Chicago A | Notre Dame B | 27 | -5 |
| Maya Kvaratskhelia | Notre Dame A | Purdue B | 27 | 10 |
| Zaid Asif (DII) | NYU A (UG) | Maryland A (DII) | 31 | 10 |
| Vincent Zhang (DII) | Penn A (DII) | Columbia A (UG) | 35 | 10 |
| David Mathew | Purdue A | Purdue C | 35 | 10 |
| Nidhi Kundargi (DII) | Michigan State B | Jefferson County Scholars (DII) | 38 | 10 |
| Matthew Wang | UBC B | Arizona State A | 38 | 10 |
| Jeffery Xu | Georgia Tech D | Auburn B | 38 | 10 |
| Cameron Wiliams | Appalachian State A | UNC A | 38 | 10 |
| Kevin Liu (DII) | Maryland B (DII) | Princeton A (UG) | 38 | 10 |
| Koji Bilbao | Duke A | Liberty C | 41 | -5 |
| Rahul Jogadhenu (DII) | UCLA C | UCLA A | 50 | 10 |
| Leo Tao (UG) | Michigan B (UG) | Miami A (UG) | 51 | 10 |
| Vivian Fan (DII) | Claremont A | UCLA E | 51 | 10 |
| John Shelly (DII) | Rowan A (DII) | Lehigh A (UG) | 51 | 10 |
| Luke Strole | UW Pride | UW Greed | 52 | 10 |
| Pranaav Senthilkumar | Cornell C | Cornell E | 53 | 10 |
| Henry Bylinowski | Auburn A | Georgia Tech C | 58 | 10 |
| Scott Coonrod | Cornell D | Syracuse | 60 | -5 |
| Bianca Van Zile | Binghamton B | Cornell G | 60 | 10 |
| Karthik Krishnamurthy (DII) | USC | UCSD | 60 | 10 |
| Beck Faletti | UW Gluttony | UW Envy | 61 | 10 |
| Alex Myrick | Tennessee A | Vanderbilt A | 61 | 10 |
| Anna Figge (DII) | Claremont B | Claremont C | 61 | -5 |
| Danielle Webb | SIUE | Iowa A | 61 | 10 |
| Azura Gollamudi | Northwestern B | Illinois D | 61 | 10 |
| Yuki Brown (DII) | Miami B (UG) | CWRU A (UG) | 62 | 10 |
| Daniel Chen | Emory Oxford | Clemson B | 62 | 10 |
| Olin Bose (DII) | Columbia A (UG) | Columbia B | 62 | 10 |
| Kennedy Gallaher | Notre Dame B | Chicago A | 62 | 10 |
| Timothy Porter | VCU | William & Mary | 63 | 10 |
| Joseph Tabasko | Binghamton C | U of Rochester B | 65 | 10 |
| Cade Smith (UG) | Michigan State A | West Virginia A (UG) | 65 | 10 |
| Asheton Wilbanks | Clemson A | Mississippi State A | 65 | 10 |
| Josh Schmidt | Liberty A | Virginia | 65 | 10 |
| Sean Jackson | South Carolina A | Belmont | 66 | 10 |
| Quinn Vaughen | RIT B | Binghamton A | 67 | 10 |
| Aidan Craner | U of Rochester A | ESF | 68 | 10 |
| Nayel Tekle | Cornell B | Penn State | 69 | 10 |
| Daniel Tritasavit (DII) | UCLA D | UCLA B | 69 | 10 |
| Meredith Wiper (DII) | CWRU B (DII) | West Virginia B (UG) | 70 | 10 |
| Alina Moore | Tennessee B | Emory A | 70 | 10 |
| Sambodh Sinha | Vanderbilt B | Southern | 70 | 10 |
| Nitish Sudhakar | Georgia Tech A | Auburn C | 70 | 10 |
| Ethan Rehder | Duke B | James Madison B | 70 | 10 |
| Neilesh Shroti (UG) | Columbia B | Rutgers A (UG) | 70 | 10 |
| Arthur Zhang (DII) | NYU A (UG) | Penn B (DII) | 70 | 10 |
| Emmett Cho | Chicago B | Illinois B | 70 | 10 |
| Steven McPhillimey (UG) | Lehigh A (UG) | Bard A (UG) | 71 | -5 |
| Jacob Bieri | Boise State | Arizona State B | 72 | 10 |
| Soren Heydari | UNC C | Liberty B | 72 | 10 |
| Danny Cutbill | RIT A | RIT C | 78 | 10 |
| Pranet Sirkonda (DII) | Ohio State C (DII) | CWRU C (UG) | 78 | 10 |
| Euan McCubbin | UW Chastity | UW Sloth | 78 | 10 |
| Trenton Burgess | Indiana | Iowa B | 78 | 10 |
| Jack Piros | Illinois C | WashU A | 78 | 10 |
| Ishan Joshi (DII) | Rutgers B | Lehigh B (DII) | 79 | 10 |
| Saif Virani (UG) | Fordham A | Penn A (DII) | 80 | 10 |
| Jonathan Zhang | Cornell F | Cornell A | 81 | 10 |
| Alec West | Syracuse | Cornell D | 81 | 10 |
| Connor Carlisle | James Madison A | Virginia Tech B | 81 | 10 |
| Rico-Ian Banting (UG) | NYU B | Bard A (UG) | 81 | 10 |
| Peter Zeng (DII) | Ohio State B (DII) | Miami C (DII) | 82 | 10 |
| Alex Wong (DII) | Rutgers A (UG) | Penn B (DII) | 82 | 10 |
| Alexandra Knight | Liberty C | Duke A | 87 | 10 |
| Ben Spirtas (DII) | Maryland B (DII) | Lehigh B (DII) | 87 | 10 |
| Alan Kappler (DII) | Claremont C | Claremont B | 98 | 10 |
| John Shelly (DII) | Rowan A (DII) | Rutgers B | 102 | 10 |
| Rico-Ian Banting (UG) | NYU B | Princeton A (UG) | 110 | 10 |
| Ezra Greenhill (DII) | Bard A (UG) | Lehigh A (UG) | 111 | 0 |