Question
In a June 2024 Congressional hearing, this company’s then-CEO Dave Calhoun was asked “Why haven’t you resigned?” and was accused of leading this company on a “hollow shell” of promises. John Barnett claimed that this company intentionally allowed defective parts to go missing at its North Charleston plant. A test craft manufactured by this company experienced malfunctioning thrusters in June 2024, leaving two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station. In July 2024, this company pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. for its role in two fatal crashes. For 10 points, name this aerospace company that manufactures the 737 MAX series. ■END■
ANSWER: Boeing [or The Boeing Company]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 22% | 43.00 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 38.63 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 37.00 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 11 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 40.64 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 10 | 90% | 0% | 10% | 36.33 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 45.20 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 35.50 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 42.89 |
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deric Wagner | Binghamton B | U of Rochester A | 12 | 10 |
| Andrew Yang | Columbia B | NYU B | 12 | 10 |
| Dennis Yang (DII) | Michigan A (UG) | Miami A (UG) | 16 | 10 |
| Jacob Bieri | Boise State | UW Wrath | 16 | 10 |
| Jeffery Xu | Georgia Tech D | Vanderbilt B | 16 | 10 |
| Vedh Ramesh (DII) | Penn A (DII) | Rutgers B | 18 | 10 |
| Vincent Misterkiewicz | Cornell E | RIT A | 19 | 10 |
| Trey Stephens (DII) | Jefferson County Scholars (DII) | Ohio State B (DII) | 19 | 10 |
| Connor Kahn | NC State | James Madison A | 19 | 10 |
| Connor Kahn | NC State | James Madison A | 19 | 10 |
| Davis Johnson | Purdue C | Northwestern B | 20 | 10 |
| Corwin Davidson | UBC A | UW Envy | 22 | 10 |
| Paawan Patel | Emory Oxford | South Carolina A | 23 | 10 |
| Kritanu Saha | Cornell A | ESF | 26 | 10 |
| John Shields | Clemson B | Auburn A | 27 | 10 |
| Arthur Zhang (DII) | NYU A (UG) | Rutgers A (UG) | 29 | 10 |
| Greg Reiser | RIT B | Binghamton C | 30 | 10 |
| Asish Madarapu | UNC A | Virginia Tech B | 32 | 10 |
| Andrew Harms (DII) | Michigan State A | CWRU A (UG) | 35 | 10 |
| Scott Coonrod | Cornell D | RIT C | 36 | -5 |
| Will Hackbarth | Virginia | Liberty C | 37 | 10 |
| Sriram Koritala | Illinois A | Purdue B | 38 | 10 |
| Justin Han | UNC B | William & Mary | 39 | 10 |
| Sumukh Murthy (UG) | UCSD | UCLA E | 39 | 10 |
| Malachi Ledford | Tusculum | VCU | 41 | 10 |
| Sam Konkel | Chicago A | SIUE | 41 | 10 |
| David Zhang | Illinois B | Notre Dame C | 41 | 10 |
| Brian Hoff | Cornell B | Syracuse | 42 | 10 |
| Pranaav Senthilkumar | Cornell C | Penn State | 42 | 10 |
| Matthew Kelley (DII) | Michigan D (UG) | Ohio State C (DII) | 42 | 10 |
| Robert Freeman | South Carolina B | Alabama A | 42 | 10 |
| Rafeed Rahman Turjya | Georgia A | Georgia Tech A | 42 | 10 |
| Michael Li | Duke B | Appalachian State A | 42 | -5 |
| Karthik Krishnamurthy (DII) | USC | Claremont C | 42 | 10 |
| Mary Scheidel | Fordham A | Bard A (UG) | 42 | 10 |
| Albert Zeng (DII) | Penn B (DII) | Maryland B (DII) | 44 | 10 |
| Daniel Luebs (DII) | Michigan State B | Miami B (UG) | 45 | 10 |
| Matthew Wang | UBC B | UW Chastity | 45 | 10 |
| Rahul Jogadhenu (DII) | UCLA C | UCLA D | 45 | 10 |
| John Shelly (DII) | Rowan A (DII) | Lehigh B (DII) | 45 | 10 |
| Nitin Murthy | Purdue A | Illinois D | 45 | 10 |
| Elijah Quan (DII) | Michigan C | Miami C (DII) | 46 | 10 |
| Brooke Weiss (UG) | West Virginia B (UG) | CWRU C (UG) | 46 | 10 |
| Dylan Bianchi | UW Greed | Arizona State A | 46 | 10 |
| Carson Kessler | UW Lust | UW Sloth | 46 | 10 |
| Ishaan Kashyap | Georgia Tech C | Tennessee B | 46 | 10 |
| Andrew Meyers | Appalachian State B | Liberty A | 46 | 10 |
| Aidan Deshong (DII) | Claremont B | Claremont A | 46 | 10 |
| Erik Fukui | UW Gluttony | Arizona State B | 47 | 10 |
| TJ Pickering | Auburn B | Vanderbilt A | 47 | 10 |
| Thomas Hydorn | Furman | Georgia Tech E | 47 | 10 |
| Abby Helmueller | Clemson A | Auburn C | 47 | 10 |
| Miller Doerr | Liberty B | UNC D | 47 | 10 |
| Soren Heydari | UNC C | James Madison B | 47 | 10 |
| Lucas Shedlock (UG) | Princeton A (UG) | Columbia A (UG) | 47 | 10 |
| Xavier Bomhorst (DII) | Maryland A (DII) | Lehigh A (UG) | 47 | 10 |
| Stephen Heritage | Notre Dame A | Indiana | 47 | 10 |
| Sebastian Pujet | WashU A | Notre Dame B | 47 | 10 |
| Emmett Cho | Chicago B | Iowa B | 47 | 10 |
| Alex Wyrick | Tennessee A | Southern | 51 | 10 |
| Jude Mejia-Vazquez | RIT C | Cornell D | 53 | 10 |
| Ivan Karp (UG) | UCLA B | UCLA A | 54 | 10 |
| Iris Liang | Cornell G | Binghamton A | 59 | 10 |
| Brahm Gianiodis | Belmont | Emory A | 59 | 10 |
| Spencer Ahn | U of Rochester B | Cornell F | 60 | -5 |
| Matthew Stall (DII) | CWRU B (DII) | Ohio State A (UG) | 60 | 10 |
| Jacob Puthipiroj | Northwestern A | WashU B | 60 | 10 |
| Jonathan Zhang | Cornell F | U of Rochester B | 104 | 10 |
| Laura Jones | Appalachian State A | Duke B | 106 | 0 |