Question
A poem in this language describes sunlight “shining on the green moss, above,” and 19 translations of it, including one by Octavio Paz, were collected by Eliot Weinberger. In a poem written in this language, “horses whinny and neigh” as the title objects “rumble and roll.” This language of “Song of the Wagons” was used to describe a “frost on the ground” where the speaker describes “bowing my head” and “thinking of home” upon seeing the moon. This language was used to write the poems “Drinking Alone by Moonlight” and “Quiet Night Thought.” For 10 points, what language was used by poets Dù Fǔ and Lǐ Bái during the Tang dynasty? ■END■
ANSWER: Classical Chinese [or Literary Chinese or Zhōngwén; accept Wényánwén or Gǔwén; reject “Mandarin”] (The first line references “Deer Park” by Wáng Wéi.)
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= Average correct buzz position
Summary
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 8 | 88% | 0% | 38% | 68.57 |
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 13% | 61.88 |
2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 67.33 |
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 10 | 90% | 0% | 20% | 83.78 |
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 79.22 |
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 62.40 |
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 88% | 0% | 13% | 58.00 |
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 68.33 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Kevin Zheng (UG) | Michigan A (UG) | CWRU B (DII) | 11 | 10 |
Brian Chen | Cornell G | RIT C | 12 | 10 |
Erin Chen | UBC B | UW Lust | 16 | 10 |
David Zhang | Illinois B | Northwestern A | 17 | 10 |
Ivy Penree | ESF | Cornell D | 20 | 10 |
Xavier Bomhorst (DII) | Maryland A (DII) | Rutgers B | 21 | -5 |
Henry Bylinowski | Auburn A | Emory Oxford | 23 | 10 |
Gary Wang | U of Rochester B | Cornell C | 24 | 10 |
Dylan Bianchi | UW Greed | UW Chastity | 24 | -5 |
Stella Brown | UW Sloth | UW Pride | 24 | -5 |
Daniel K | Maryland B | Columbia A | 27 | 10 |
Matthew Lam (DII) | Ohio State A (UG) | Ohio State C (DII) | 33 | 10 |
Rahul Jogadhenu (DII) | UCLA C | UCLA E | 39 | 10 |
Tai Belke | UBC A | Alberta | 42 | 10 |
Jason Qin (DII) | Columbia J (DII) | Rowan A (DII) | 42 | 10 |
Josh Schmidt | Liberty A | Liberty C | 49 | 10 |
Karthik Krishnamurthy (DII) | USC | UCLA D | 49 | 10 |
Hannah Nieuwveld (DII) | Penn B (DII) | Fordham A | 49 | 10 |
Alex Wong (DII) | Rutgers A (UG) | Lehigh B (DII) | 49 | 10 |
Conner Yamnitz | WashU A | Purdue A | 54 | 10 |
Pranav Johti | Georgia Tech A | Georgia Tech E | 55 | 10 |
Alec West | Syracuse | Cornell E | 58 | -5 |
Braeden Laroche | South Carolina A | Emory A | 58 | -5 |
Alex Chen (DII) | Claremont C | Claremont A | 58 | 10 |
Erik Fukui | UW Gluttony | UW Wrath | 61 | 10 |
Leo Tao (UG) | Michigan B (UG) | CWRU C (UG) | 62 | 10 |
Andrew Yang | Columbia B | Penn A (DII) | 62 | 10 |
Grace Wang (UG) | UCSD | UCLA A | 63 | 10 |
Yuxuan Lu | Vanderbilt A | South Carolina B | 65 | 10 |
Daniel Huang (DII) | Michigan C | Michigan State A | 66 | 10 |
Orion Keller | Virginia Tech A | Virginia | 66 | 10 |
Sam Konkel | Chicago A | Northwestern B | 68 | 10 |
Peter Zeng (DII) | Ohio State B (DII) | West Virginia A (UG) | 69 | 10 |
Alan Fan | UW Envy | Boise State | 69 | 10 |
Alice Zhong | UNC A | James Madison B | 69 | 10 |
Noah McRedmond | Notre Dame B | Illinois C | 69 | 10 |
Carter Pisocky (DII) | Michigan D (UG) | Miami A (UG) | 73 | 10 |
Yuki Brown (DII) | Miami B (UG) | Miami C (DII) | 73 | 10 |
Hayes Brown | Furman | Auburn C | 73 | -5 |
Michael Eng | UNC D | Appalachian State A | 73 | 10 |
Sam Alahi | Illinois A | Indiana | 73 | 10 |
Quinn Whitlow | Illinois D | SIUE | 73 | 10 |
Brian Zhang | UNC C | James Madison A | 75 | 10 |
Koji Bilbao | Duke A | VCU | 75 | 10 |
Brielle Rach | Iowa A | Purdue C | 75 | 10 |
Danny Cutbill | RIT A | Binghamton B | 85 | -5 |
Aaryan Tomar | Georgia Tech C | Clemson B | 85 | 10 |
Vinayak Singh Bhadoriya | NYU B | Lehigh A (UG) | 85 | 10 |
Theodor Martin | WashU B | Chicago B | 86 | 10 |
Henry Nonnemaker (DII) | CWRU A (UG) | Michigan State B | 89 | -5 |
Greta Hong (DII) | Bard A (UG) | Princeton A (UG) | 92 | 10 |
Griffin Elder | Tennessee A | Auburn B | 100 | 10 |
John Gamble | NC State | Duke B | 100 | 10 |
Aneesh Shrotriya | Purdue B | Notre Dame C | 100 | 10 |
Gavin Bramer | Appalachian State B | UNC B | 102 | 10 |
Giuseppe Piccirilli | Binghamton A | Cornell A | 103 | -5 |
Ivan Karp (UG) | UCLA B | Claremont B | 103 | 10 |
Annabelle Ford | Cornell A | Binghamton A | 104 | 0 |
Elizabeth Larkin | Cornell F | RIT B | 104 | 10 |
Zachary Bornstein | Virginia Tech B | Liberty B | 104 | 10 |
Sam Hofecker | Penn State | Binghamton C | 105 | 10 |
Britton Webster | Alabama A | Southern | 106 | 10 |
Varun Venkatagiri | Georgia A | Clemson A | 106 | 10 |
Bianca Van Zile | Binghamton B | RIT A | 107 | 10 |
Ethan Altshul | Emory A | South Carolina A | 107 | 10 |
Brady Pinter | Belmont | Tennessee B | 107 | 10 |
Anna Kuang | Cornell E | Syracuse | 108 | 10 |
Nidhi Kundargi (DII) | Michigan State B | CWRU A (UG) | 108 | 10 |
Andrea Yu | UW Chastity | UW Greed | 108 | 10 |
Simarya Ahuja | UW Pride | UW Sloth | 108 | 10 |
Brandon Hunt | Auburn C | Furman | 108 | 0 |
Jaden Bandy (DII) | Rutgers B | Maryland A (DII) | 108 | 0 |