Question
A raid on a printing press in this city revealed a rebel society with the initials KKK, the Katipunan. In the 16th century, a Chinatown was built in this city’s Binondo district, away from its walled center of Intramuros. Silver bound for China was transported between Acapulco and this Asian city, plied by this city’s namesake galleons. In 1898, a mock battle was staged to seize this city without allowing Emiliano Aguinaldo’s troops to occupy it. Shortly before that, George Dewey beat a Spanish fleet in a bay named for this city, now the second-biggest in Luzon. For 10 points, name this Southeast Asian city which the US captured in the Spanish-American War, the capital of the Philippines. ■END■
ANSWER: Manila
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 22% | 62.22 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 57.88 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 51.00 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 11 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 54.18 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 70.89 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 20% | 60.80 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 47.63 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 11% | 61.67 |
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce DeCain | Cornell F | ESF | 8 | -5 |
| Ben Koberlein | Notre Dame A | Illinois A | 16 | 10 |
| Anton Akroush (DII) | Michigan State A | Miami C (DII) | 18 | 10 |
| Rico-Ian Banting (UG) | NYU B | Maryland B (DII) | 18 | 10 |
| Lucas Shedlock (UG) | Princeton A (UG) | Lehigh A (UG) | 18 | 10 |
| Tai Belke | UBC A | UW Gluttony | 22 | 10 |
| Varun Venkatagiri | Georgia A | Georgia Tech B | 29 | 10 |
| Derek Aldridge | William & Mary | Virginia Tech A | 29 | 10 |
| Owen Linder | Binghamton A | Cornell E | 30 | 10 |
| Matthew Wang | UBC B | UW Greed | 30 | 10 |
| Ezra Santos | Chicago A | Illinois C | 30 | 10 |
| Leo Tao (UG) | Michigan B (UG) | Michigan D (UG) | 31 | 10 |
| Andy Yu (DII) | Maryland A (DII) | Penn B (DII) | 31 | 10 |
| Sumukh Murthy (UG) | UCSD | UCLA C | 35 | 10 |
| Ivan Karp (UG) | UCLA B | USC | 38 | -5 |
| Sam Hofecker | Penn State | U of Rochester A | 39 | 10 |
| Michael Ge | Cornell D | Cornell C | 39 | 10 |
| Zachary Kant | Emory A | Auburn A | 39 | 10 |
| Benny Shtutman | South Carolina A | Tennessee B | 42 | 10 |
| Benny Shtutman | South Carolina A | Tennessee B | 42 | 10 |
| Andrew Yang | Columbia B | Columbia J (DII) | 43 | 10 |
| Anila Moparthi | Illinois B | WashU B | 44 | 10 |
| Brian Hoff | Cornell B | Cornell A | 45 | 10 |
| Alan Fan | UW Envy | Alberta | 46 | 10 |
| Jeffery Xu | Georgia Tech D | Southern | 46 | 10 |
| Timothy Porter | VCU | Liberty A | 46 | 10 |
| Owyn Noble | Purdue B | Northwestern A | 46 | 10 |
| John Gamble | NC State | James Madison B | 48 | 10 |
| Anthony Fangqing Yu (UG) | UCLA A | Claremont C | 48 | 10 |
| Alan Lee (UG) | CWRU A (UG) | Ohio State B (DII) | 49 | 10 |
| Alex Hestermann | UW Pride | UW Lust | 50 | 10 |
| Robert Freeman | South Carolina B | Tennessee A | 50 | 10 |
| Robert Freeman | South Carolina B | Tennessee A | 50 | 10 |
| Jerry Xu (DII) | Claremont A | UCLA D | 50 | 10 |
| Joseph McCusker (DII) | Fordham A | Rutgers A (UG) | 50 | 10 |
| Noah McRedmond | Notre Dame B | Northwestern B | 50 | 10 |
| Alec West | Syracuse | RIT B | 56 | 10 |
| Magnolia Schnirman Barria (UG) | NYU A (UG) | Penn A (DII) | 56 | 10 |
| Sebastian Pujet | WashU A | Iowa A | 56 | -5 |
| Owen McCoy | Illinois D | Purdue C | 56 | 10 |
| Oliver Thompson (DII) | CWRU C (UG) | Michigan A (UG) | 57 | 10 |
| Arhith Dharanendra | Georgia Tech E | Auburn C | 58 | 10 |
| Sonya Bates | UW Wrath | Arizona State B | 67 | 10 |
| Matthew Lam (DII) | Ohio State A (UG) | West Virginia B (UG) | 71 | 10 |
| Nitish Sudhakar | Georgia Tech A | Mississippi State A | 71 | 10 |
| Gregory Stone | ESF | Cornell F | 72 | 10 |
| Diego Almaraz | UNC A | James Madison A | 72 | 10 |
| Jaden Bandy (DII) | Rutgers B | Bard A (UG) | 72 | 10 |
| Justin Han | UNC B | Virginia | 74 | 10 |
| Venkat Das (DII) | West Virginia A (UG) | Michigan C | 75 | 10 |
| Beckett Gilmore (DII) | Jefferson County Scholars (DII) | Miami B (UG) | 75 | 10 |
| Hayes Brown | Furman | Clemson A | 75 | 10 |
| Aarav Kakad (DII) | UCLA E | Claremont B | 75 | 10 |
| Cameron Wiliams | Appalachian State A | Liberty B | 82 | 10 |
| Spencer Ahn | U of Rochester B | RIT C | 83 | -5 |
| Nitin Murthy | Purdue A | SIUE | 83 | 10 |
| Aidan Roullet | RIT A | Cornell G | 84 | 10 |
| Jacob Moeller (DII) | Miami A (UG) | Ohio State C (DII) | 87 | 10 |
| Jonathan Schneidau | Liberty C | Appalachian State B | 90 | 10 |
| Joseph Tabasko | Binghamton C | Binghamton B | 91 | 10 |
| Euan McCubbin | UW Chastity | Arizona State A | 91 | 10 |
| Sam Millenbach (DII) | Rowan A (DII) | Lehigh B (DII) | 93 | 10 |
| Britton Webster | Alabama A | Vanderbilt B | 94 | 10 |
| Koji Bilbao | Duke A | Tusculum | 96 | 10 |
| Karthik Krishnamurthy (DII) | USC | UCLA B | 96 | 10 |
| Brian Zhang | UNC C | UNC D | 101 | 10 |
| Jude Mejia-Vazquez | RIT C | U of Rochester B | 104 | 10 |
| Christopher Joseph | Notre Dame C | Iowa B | 112 | 10 |
| Brielle Rach | Iowa A | WashU A | 118 | 10 |