Question
A political leader of this ethnicity developed the theory of Democratic Confederalism in captivity. This ethnicity, which is the majority in the Rojava region, is symbolized by a 21-rayed sun. During the Anfal campaign, members of this ethnicity were attacked with poison gas in the Halabja massacre. The Sinjar Massacre, perpetrated by the Islamic State, targeted a subgroup of this ethnicity practicing the Yazidi religion. A defense force named the Peshmerga operates in a region named for this ethnicity. For 10 points, armed groups like the YPG and PKK are formed by members of what ethnic group inhabiting namesake regions in Syria, Turkey and Iran? ■END■
ANSWER: Kurds [accept Kurdistan; accept Kurdish people; accept Kurdish Workers Party; prompt on PKK before mention]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 42.13 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 88% | 0% | 0% | 32.14 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 52.17 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 20% | 51.30 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 68.22 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 40.00 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 46.38 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 41.44 |
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Stall (DII) | CWRU B (DII) | Michigan A (UG) | 11 | 10 |
| Venkat Das (DII) | West Virginia A (UG) | Ohio State B (DII) | 11 | 10 |
| Lucas Shedlock (UG) | Princeton A (UG) | Bard A (UG) | 13 | 10 |
| Jack Piros | Illinois C | Notre Dame B | 13 | 10 |
| Daniel Luebs (DII) | Michigan State B | CWRU A (UG) | 15 | 10 |
| Corwin Davidson | UBC A | Alberta | 22 | 10 |
| Emma Victoria Byron (DII) | Rutgers A (UG) | Lehigh B (DII) | 22 | 10 |
| Pierce DeCain | Cornell F | RIT B | 23 | 10 |
| Kabir Zaman | South Carolina A | Emory A | 23 | 10 |
| Vincent Misterkiewicz | Cornell E | Syracuse | 25 | 10 |
| Sam Hofecker | Penn State | Binghamton C | 25 | 10 |
| Nicholas Fowler | Virginia | Virginia Tech A | 25 | 10 |
| Andrew Yang | Columbia B | Penn A (DII) | 25 | 10 |
| Anila Moparthi | Illinois B | Northwestern A | 25 | 10 |
| Aneesh Shrotriya | Purdue B | Notre Dame C | 25 | 10 |
| Michael Ge | Cornell D | ESF | 27 | 10 |
| Alan Kappler (DII) | Claremont C | Claremont A | 27 | 10 |
| Joshua Rafaeil | Cornell C | U of Rochester B | 28 | 10 |
| Thomas Chen | Michigan C | Michigan State A | 28 | 10 |
| Akshath Srinivasan | UW Lust | UBC B | 28 | -5 |
| Sonya Bates | UW Wrath | UW Gluttony | 28 | 10 |
| Jack Ogletree | Auburn B | Tennessee A | 29 | 10 |
| Will Hughes | Auburn A | Emory Oxford | 29 | 10 |
| Brady Pinter | Belmont | Tennessee B | 29 | 10 |
| Timothy Porter | VCU | Duke A | 29 | 10 |
| Diego Almaraz | UNC A | James Madison B | 29 | 10 |
| Leonard Castine (DII) | Penn B (DII) | Fordham A | 29 | 10 |
| Sriram Koritala | Illinois A | Indiana | 29 | 10 |
| Reed Sexton (UG) | Michigan D (UG) | Miami A (UG) | 33 | 10 |
| Clark Quenzler | Georgia Tech E | Georgia Tech A | 33 | 10 |
| Terrence Han (DII) | UCLA C | UCLA E | 33 | 10 |
| Jacob Cohen (UG) | UCLA B | Claremont B | 34 | 10 |
| Alice Ton Nu | UW Envy | Boise State | 39 | 10 |
| Sumukh Murthy (UG) | UCSD | UCLA A | 42 | 10 |
| Chase Barrick (DII) | Lehigh A (UG) | NYU B | 42 | 10 |
| Benny Feldman | Chicago A | Northwestern B | 46 | 10 |
| Stephen Barstys (UG) | Michigan B (UG) | CWRU C (UG) | 49 | 10 |
| Connor Middleton | UW Greed | UW Chastity | 49 | 10 |
| Nitin Murthy | Purdue A | WashU A | 49 | 10 |
| Stella Brown | UW Sloth | UW Pride | 50 | -5 |
| Rafeed Rahman Turjya | Georgia A | Clemson A | 53 | 10 |
| Owen Linder | Binghamton A | Cornell A | 54 | 10 |
| Robert Freeman | South Carolina B | Vanderbilt A | 54 | 10 |
| Owen McCoy | Illinois D | SIUE | 57 | 10 |
| Sam Hewitt | WashU B | Chicago B | 59 | 10 |
| Olin B | Columbia A | Maryland B | 60 | 10 |
| Hayes Brown | Furman | Auburn C | 61 | 10 |
| Tom Scheri | RIT A | Binghamton B | 64 | 10 |
| Akajiugo Amucheazi | Southern | Alabama A | 64 | -5 |
| Shawn Richardson | Clemson B | Georgia Tech C | 64 | -5 |
| Karthik Krishnamurthy (DII) | USC | UCLA D | 64 | 10 |
| Justin Qian | UBC B | UW Lust | 70 | 10 |
| Nathan Redford | Liberty A | Liberty C | 70 | 10 |
| Grace Early | Iowa A | Purdue C | 70 | 10 |
| Connor Carlisle | James Madison A | UNC C | 71 | 10 |
| Jaden Bandy (DII) | Rutgers B | Maryland A (DII) | 76 | 10 |
| Jacob Goodson (DII) | Ohio State A (UG) | Ohio State C (DII) | 78 | 10 |
| Kevin Cronk | Virginia Tech B | Liberty B | 88 | 10 |
| Brian Chen | Cornell G | RIT C | 91 | 10 |
| John Gamble | NC State | Duke B | 92 | 10 |
| Aaryan Tomar | Georgia Tech C | Clemson B | 97 | 10 |
| John Shelly (DII) | Rowan A (DII) | Columbia J (DII) | 104 | 10 |
| Jackson Gangle (DII) | Miami B (UG) | Miami C (DII) | 105 | 0 |
| Luke Strole | UW Pride | UW Sloth | 105 | 10 |
| Dylan Missal | Alabama A | Southern | 105 | 10 |
| Nick Smemoe | UNC B | Appalachian State B | 105 | 10 |
| Michael Eng | UNC D | Appalachian State A | 105 | 10 |