Question
Julius Popper, a commercial exploiter of this substance, led the Selk’nam genocide in Tierra del Fuego. In a ritual of the Muisca people, a new king would be covered in this substance before diving into Lake Guatavita. The name ‘Cibola’ was attached to a province reportedly containing seven cities named for this substance. Walter Raleigh made two expeditions to Guyana in search of a place alternatively named for this substance. This substance names the law that abolished slavery in Brazil. The myth of El Dorado sparked quests for cities rich in this substance. For 10 points, what precious metal sparked namesake “rushes” in places like California? ■END■
ANSWER: gold [prompt on El Dorado by asking “what substance is El Dorado named after?”]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 52.00 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 61.56 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 7 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 58.14 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 100% | 0% | 8% | 56.17 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 54.80 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 51.00 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 50.22 |
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elijah Scheinson (UG) | Columbia A (UG) | Maryland A (DII) | 30 | 10 |
| Jeffery Xu | Georgia Tech D | South Carolina A | 31 | 10 |
| Diego Almaraz | UNC A | Virginia Tech A | 31 | 10 |
| Zaid Asif (DII) | NYU A (UG) | Fordham A | 31 | 10 |
| Chase Barrick (DII) | Lehigh A (UG) | NYU B | 31 | 10 |
| Steven Song | Illinois C | SIUE | 31 | 10 |
| Luke Strole | UW Pride | UBC A | 33 | 10 |
| John Gamble | NC State | VCU | 33 | 10 |
| Ben Spirtas (DII) | Maryland B (DII) | Rutgers B | 33 | 10 |
| Adam Monusko (UG) | Michigan A (UG) | Jefferson County Scholars (DII) | 35 | 10 |
| Daniel Luebs (DII) | Michigan State B | West Virginia B (UG) | 35 | 10 |
| Tarun Koti | Emory A | South Carolina B | 35 | 10 |
| Sriram Koritala | Illinois A | Illinois B | 35 | 10 |
| Jack Li | UW Wrath | UW Greed | 36 | 10 |
| Bharath Ram | Georgia Tech A | Auburn A | 36 | 10 |
| Ben Kantsiper | James Madison B | Liberty C | 36 | 10 |
| Albert Zeng (DII) | Penn B (DII) | Columbia J (DII) | 36 | 10 |
| William Foster | Chicago A | Purdue C | 36 | 10 |
| Jonah Hubert | Notre Dame A | Iowa B | 38 | 10 |
| Kennedy Gallaher | Notre Dame B | Iowa A | 44 | 10 |
| Justin Hetrick | Belmont | Clemson A | 45 | 10 |
| Stephen Barstys (UG) | Michigan B (UG) | Michigan State A | 46 | 10 |
| Aaryan Tomar | Georgia Tech C | Georgia A | 47 | 10 |
| Caleb Hines | Liberty A | UNC C | 48 | 10 |
| Pranaav Senthilkumar | Cornell C | Cornell D | 52 | 10 |
| Jacob Goodson (DII) | Ohio State A (UG) | CWRU A (UG) | 52 | 10 |
| James O'Reilly | Arizona State B | Alberta | 52 | 10 |
| Henry Turner | Clemson B | Alabama A | 52 | 10 |
| Arhith Dharanendra | Georgia Tech E | Tennessee A | 52 | -5 |
| Aaron Taylor | Mississippi State A | Vanderbilt A | 52 | 10 |
| Gavin Bramer | Appalachian State B | UNC D | 52 | 10 |
| Cameron Wiliams | Appalachian State A | Tusculum | 52 | 10 |
| Jack Ogletree | Auburn B | Furman | 54 | 10 |
| Matthew Westley | Purdue A | Northwestern B | 54 | 10 |
| Carter Pisocky (DII) | Michigan D (UG) | Ohio State B (DII) | 57 | -5 |
| Owyn Noble | Purdue B | WashU B | 64 | 10 |
| Beck Faletti | UW Gluttony | UBC B | 65 | 10 |
| Mac Dixon | Emory Oxford | Georgia Tech B | 65 | 10 |
| Jonathan Bost | Liberty B | UNC B | 65 | 10 |
| Jacob Puthipiroj | Northwestern A | Notre Dame C | 66 | 10 |
| Stefan Stealey-Euchner | Arizona State A | UW Chastity | 68 | 10 |
| Varun Ambalavanan (DII) | CWRU C (UG) | West Virginia A (UG) | 69 | 10 |
| Florian Chiu | UW Sloth | UW Lust | 69 | 10 |
| Zachary Bornstein | Virginia Tech B | William & Mary | 69 | 10 |
| Elijah Quan (DII) | Michigan C | CWRU B (DII) | 71 | 10 |
| Peter Zeng (DII) | Ohio State B (DII) | Michigan D (UG) | 79 | 10 |
| Connor McClellan (UG) | Miami A (UG) | Miami B (UG) | 79 | 10 |
| Griffin Elder | Tennessee A | Georgia Tech E | 79 | 10 |
| Ethan Rehder | Duke B | Duke A | 79 | 10 |
| Ethan Furman (DII) | Penn A (DII) | Rutgers A (UG) | 79 | 10 |
| Simon Burstein | Virginia | James Madison A | 83 | 10 |
| Alan Fan | UW Envy | Boise State | 84 | 10 |
| Caedmon Holland (DII) | Lehigh B (DII) | Bard A (UG) | 84 | 10 |
| John Shelly (DII) | Rowan A (DII) | Princeton A (UG) | 84 | 10 |
| Emmett Cho | Chicago B | Indiana | 84 | 10 |
| Zach Miller | Auburn C | Southern | 86 | 10 |
| Brady Hagan (DII) | Ohio State C (DII) | Miami C (DII) | 88 | 10 |
| Colin Vess | Vanderbilt B | Tennessee B | 92 | 10 |