Question
The Fly River, which drains the Star Mountains on this island, has been extensively polluted following the Ok Tedi mine disaster. The highlands of this island include the site of sugar cane’s first domestication, and Puncak Jaya is its tallest mountain. After five youths were found dead near Dekai in 2023, Joko Widodo’s regime received allegations of genocide against some of this island’s Melanesian peoples, who are genetically related to Torres Strait Islanders. Tok Pisin is a creole language spoken on this island, whose over 800 languages make it the most linguistically diverse in the world. For 10 points, name this island divided between Indonesia and an eastern neighbor. ■END■
ANSWER: New Guinea [or Niugini or Niu Gini or Papua or Irian; reject “Papua New Guinea”]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 67% | 0% | 56% | 65.33 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 75% | 0% | 38% | 75.00 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 50% | 74.50 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 11 | 82% | 0% | 55% | 90.11 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 56% | 0% | 67% | 74.40 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 20% | 62.60 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 88% | 0% | 25% | 71.86 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 56% | 0% | 56% | 72.80 |
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Foster | Chicago A | Illinois C | 10 | 10 |
| Siddharth Chittapuram (DII) | UCLA C | UCSD | 13 | 10 |
| Owen Linder | Binghamton A | Cornell E | 14 | 10 |
| Carlos Gonzalez | Syracuse | RIT B | 33 | 10 |
| Jerry Xu (DII) | Claremont A | UCLA D | 35 | 10 |
| Dylan Bianchi | UW Greed | UBC B | 36 | -5 |
| Sawyer Smith | Mississippi State A | Georgia Tech A | 36 | 10 |
| Gregory Stone | ESF | Cornell F | 39 | 10 |
| Varun Ambalavanan (DII) | CWRU C (UG) | Michigan A (UG) | 39 | 10 |
| Joshua Garner (DII) | Ohio State A (UG) | West Virginia B (UG) | 40 | -5 |
| Gavin Morrow | UW Envy | Alberta | 40 | 10 |
| Tai Belke | UBC A | UW Gluttony | 40 | 10 |
| Akshath Srinivasan | UW Lust | UW Pride | 40 | -5 |
| Skand Parvatikar | Arizona State B | UW Wrath | 40 | -5 |
| Caleb Hines | Liberty A | VCU | 40 | 10 |
| Ilyas Choukri | Virginia Tech A | William & Mary | 40 | 10 |
| Arthur Zhang | Northwestern A | Purdue B | 40 | 10 |
| Britton Webster | Alabama A | Vanderbilt B | 46 | -5 |
| Andy Yu (DII) | Maryland A (DII) | Penn B (DII) | 48 | 10 |
| Anthony Nakhoul | Tennessee A | South Carolina B | 52 | -5 |
| Anthony Nakhoul | Tennessee A | South Carolina B | 52 | -5 |
| Brian Hoff | Cornell B | Cornell A | 53 | -5 |
| Rafeed Rahman Turjya | Georgia A | Georgia Tech B | 53 | -5 |
| Emma Victoria Byron (DII) | Rutgers A (UG) | Fordham A | 53 | -5 |
| Rohit Chintala (DII) | Maryland B (DII) | NYU B | 53 | 10 |
| Sam Alahi | Illinois A | Notre Dame A | 53 | -5 |
| Venkat Das (DII) | West Virginia A (UG) | Michigan C | 54 | -5 |
| Magnolia Schnirman Barria (UG) | NYU A (UG) | Penn A (DII) | 62 | -5 |
| Thomas Chen | Michigan C | West Virginia A (UG) | 72 | 10 |
| Gannon Rice | Clemson A | Furman | 72 | -5 |
| Jacob Cohen (UG) | UCLA B | USC | 72 | 10 |
| Jason Qin (DII) | Columbia J (DII) | Columbia B | 72 | 10 |
| Allen Xu | Georgia Tech E | Auburn C | 74 | 10 |
| John Nolan | NC State | James Madison B | 74 | 10 |
| Theodor Martin | WashU B | Illinois B | 74 | -5 |
| Reed Sexton (UG) | Michigan D (UG) | Michigan B (UG) | 79 | 10 |
| Diego Almaraz | UNC A | James Madison A | 79 | -5 |
| Will Hughes | Auburn A | Emory A | 81 | 10 |
| Joshua Rafaeil | Cornell C | Cornell D | 82 | -5 |
| Madelyn Stochaj | RIT C | U of Rochester B | 82 | -5 |
| Luke Houtz | Arizona State A | UW Chastity | 82 | 10 |
| Sonya Bates | UW Wrath | Arizona State B | 82 | 10 |
| Ayan Guha | Georgia Tech D | Southern | 82 | -5 |
| Audrey Read | Liberty C | Appalachian State B | 82 | -5 |
| Aidan Deshong (DII) | Claremont B | UCLA E | 82 | -5 |
| Ishan Joshi (DII) | Rutgers B | Bard A (UG) | 82 | 10 |
| Jack Stuhlman (DII) | Lehigh B (DII) | Rowan A (DII) | 82 | 10 |
| Joseph McCusker (DII) | Fordham A | Rutgers A (UG) | 82 | 10 |
| Mikolai Davis (DII) | Ohio State B (DII) | CWRU A (UG) | 83 | -5 |
| Jacob Moeller (DII) | Miami A (UG) | Ohio State C (DII) | 83 | 10 |
| Nick Machin (UG) | UCLA A | Claremont C | 84 | 10 |
| Lucas Shedlock (UG) | Princeton A (UG) | Lehigh A (UG) | 84 | 10 |
| Darshan Adhikari (DII) | Miami C (DII) | Michigan State A | 86 | 10 |
| Aidan Keenan | U of Rochester A | Penn State | 90 | 10 |
| Nitin Murthy | Purdue A | SIUE | 90 | -5 |
| Trey Stephens (DII) | Jefferson County Scholars (DII) | Miami B (UG) | 91 | 10 |
| Cameron Wiliams | Appalachian State A | Liberty B | 91 | -5 |
| Andrea Owusu | Duke A | Tusculum | 91 | -5 |
| Braeden Laroche | South Carolina A | Tennessee B | 92 | 10 |
| Braeden Laroche | South Carolina A | Tennessee B | 92 | 10 |
| Tom Scheri | RIT A | Cornell G | 95 | -5 |
| Alex Hestermann | UW Pride | UW Lust | 95 | 10 |
| David Nickel | Purdue C | Illinois D | 95 | -5 |
| Claire Chambers | Binghamton B | Binghamton C | 97 | -5 |
| Jonah Hubert | Notre Dame A | Illinois A | 101 | 10 |
| Noah McRedmond | Notre Dame B | Northwestern B | 104 | -5 |
| Grace Early | Iowa A | WashU A | 104 | 10 |
| Gianna Pettine | U of Rochester B | RIT C | 107 | 10 |
| Brian Zhang | UNC C | UNC D | 107 | -5 |
| Nicholas Fowler | Virginia | UNC B | 107 | -5 |
| Justin Qian | UBC B | UW Greed | 108 | 10 |
| Kritanu Saha | Cornell A | Cornell B | 109 | 0 |
| Alec Riso | Cornell D | Cornell C | 109 | 10 |
| Connor Channels (UG) | West Virginia B (UG) | Ohio State A (UG) | 109 | 0 |
| Alan Lee (UG) | CWRU A (UG) | Ohio State B (DII) | 109 | 0 |
| James Zhao | Vanderbilt B | Alabama A | 109 | 0 |
| Monish Jampala | Georgia Tech B | Georgia A | 109 | 10 |
| Robert Freeman | South Carolina B | Tennessee A | 109 | 10 |
| Robert Freeman | South Carolina B | Tennessee A | 109 | 10 |
| Akajiugo Amucheazi | Southern | Georgia Tech D | 109 | 0 |
| Thomas Hydorn | Furman | Clemson A | 109 | 10 |
| Joseph Cole | UNC B | Virginia | 109 | 0 |
| Malachi Ledford | Tusculum | Duke A | 109 | 0 |
| Michael Eng | UNC D | UNC C | 109 | 10 |
| Jonathan Bost | Liberty B | Appalachian State A | 109 | 10 |
| Bolun Thompson (DII) | UCLA E | Claremont B | 109 | 10 |
| Ethan Furman (DII) | Penn A (DII) | NYU A (UG) | 109 | 0 |
| Vikas Kothari | Northwestern B | Notre Dame B | 109 | 0 |
| Max Kolda | Notre Dame C | Iowa B | 109 | 0 |
| Abigail Zimmerman | Iowa B | Notre Dame C | 109 | 0 |
| Sophia Arnold | SIUE | Purdue A | 109 | 0 |
| Anila Moparthi | Illinois B | WashU B | 109 | 10 |
| Owen McCoy | Illinois D | Purdue C | 109 | 0 |