Question
This scientist analyzed “national character” differences between Norway and France in an experiment featuring acoustic tones. In one experiment, this scientist found that strangers mailed “lost” letters addressed to Mr. Walter Carnap more frequently than letters for Friends of the Nazi Party. This scientist sent information packages to people in Omaha and Wichita in his small-world experiment. While at Yale, this psychologist was inspired by the Eichmann trial to conduct an experiment in which most subjects continued “for the good of science” to maximum voltage. For 10 points, name this psychologist whose namesake experiment investigated subjects’ obedience to authority. ■END■
ANSWER: Stanley Milgram
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 67% | 0% | 22% | 57.67 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 49.75 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 52.67 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 92% | 0% | 8% | 65.18 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 78% | 0% | 33% | 74.43 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 20% | 54.60 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 9 | 78% | 0% | 44% | 70.29 |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 38.33 |
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Lam (DII) | Ohio State A (UG) | CWRU C (UG) | 25 | 10 |
| Rahul Jogadhenu (DII) | UCLA C | Claremont B | 25 | -5 |
| Benny Feldman | Chicago A | Iowa A | 25 | 10 |
| Sam Alahi | Illinois A | Northwestern A | 25 | 10 |
| Alec West | Syracuse | Binghamton A | 26 | 10 |
| Pranaav Senthilkumar | Cornell C | RIT B | 26 | 10 |
| Yuki Brown (DII) | Miami B (UG) | Ohio State B (DII) | 26 | 10 |
| Alex Wyrick | Tennessee A | Auburn A | 26 | 10 |
| Orion Keller | Virginia Tech A | Tusculum | 26 | 10 |
| Jason Qin (DII) | Columbia J (DII) | Columbia A (UG) | 26 | 10 |
| Timothy Porter | VCU | UNC B | 27 | -5 |
| Theodor Martin | WashU B | Iowa B | 27 | 10 |
| Vedh Ramesh (DII) | Penn A (DII) | Penn B (DII) | 28 | 10 |
| Liam Markland | Alberta | UW Gluttony | 29 | 10 |
| Ishaan Singh | Purdue B | Chicago B | 29 | 10 |
| Alan Fan | UW Envy | Arizona State B | 30 | 10 |
| Anna Kuang | Cornell E | Cornell D | 31 | 10 |
| Rachel Fanous (DII) | Michigan A (UG) | Michigan B (UG) | 31 | 10 |
| Jeffery Xu | Georgia Tech D | Georgia Tech E | 31 | -5 |
| Andrew Nucci (DII) | UCLA E | UCLA B | 31 | 10 |
| David Mathew | Purdue A | Notre Dame B | 31 | 10 |
| Owen McCoy | Illinois D | Illinois C | 35 | 10 |
| Karthik Krishnamurthy (DII) | USC | UCLA A | 36 | 10 |
| Carson Kessler | UW Lust | Arizona State A | 41 | 10 |
| Hayes Brown | Furman | Alabama A | 41 | 10 |
| Aaryan Tomar | Georgia Tech C | Auburn B | 41 | 10 |
| Braeden Laroche | South Carolina A | Georgia Tech A | 41 | 10 |
| Ethan Talbert (UG) | UCSD | Claremont A | 41 | 10 |
| Jessica Pham | Duke A | Liberty A | 45 | -5 |
| Beckett Gilmore (DII) | Jefferson County Scholars (DII) | Michigan C | 50 | 10 |
| Trenton Burgess | Indiana | Illinois B | 50 | 10 |
| Jonah Hubert | Notre Dame A | Notre Dame C | 52 | 10 |
| Matthew Kelley (DII) | Michigan D (UG) | West Virginia B (UG) | 55 | 10 |
| Zaid Asif (DII) | NYU A (UG) | Columbia B | 55 | -5 |
| Anton Akroush (DII) | Michigan State A | Michigan State B | 56 | 10 |
| Justin Qian | UBC B | UW Sloth | 56 | 10 |
| Arhith Dharanendra | Georgia Tech E | Georgia Tech D | 56 | 10 |
| Cameron Wiliams | Appalachian State A | James Madison B | 56 | 10 |
| Wade Rogers (DII) | Fordham A | Maryland A (DII) | 56 | 10 |
| Elizabeth Larkin | Cornell F | Penn State | 65 | 10 |
| John Mcqueen | South Carolina B | Mississippi State A | 66 | 10 |
| Ishan Pachauri (DII) | UCLA D | Claremont C | 67 | 10 |
| Brian Hoff | Cornell B | U of Rochester A | 71 | -5 |
| Kate Merritt (UG) | West Virginia A (UG) | CWRU A (UG) | 71 | 10 |
| Carly Hemani | James Madison A | Liberty B | 71 | 10 |
| Nolan Keating (DII) | Lehigh B (DII) | Lehigh A (UG) | 71 | -5 |
| David Nickel | Purdue C | WashU A | 71 | 10 |
| Chase Barrick (DII) | Lehigh A (UG) | Rutgers B | 76 | 10 |
| Corwin Davidson | UBC A | Boise State | 77 | 10 |
| Simarya Ahuja | UW Pride | UW Chastity | 83 | 10 |
| Vinayak Singh Bhadoriya | NYU B | Rowan A (DII) | 83 | -5 |
| Evan Davies (UG) | Miami A (UG) | CWRU B (DII) | 84 | 10 |
| Rafeed Rahman Turjya | Georgia A | Clemson B | 84 | 10 |
| Blake Enwiller | Vanderbilt A | Emory Oxford | 84 | 10 |
| Gannon Rice | Clemson A | Tennessee B | 84 | 10 |
| Samuel Li | William & Mary | Liberty C | 84 | 10 |
| Max Khurzman | UNC A | UNC C | 84 | -5 |
| Kevin Liu (DII) | Maryland B (DII) | Bard A (UG) | 84 | -5 |
| Gary Wang | U of Rochester B | Cornell G | 92 | -5 |
| Josh Schmidt | Liberty A | Duke A | 92 | 10 |
| Connor Kahn | NC State | UNC D | 94 | 10 |
| Zachary Kant | Emory A | Georgia Tech B | 95 | 10 |
| Nick Smemoe | UNC B | VCU | 98 | 10 |
| Adam Hermann (DII) | Claremont B | UCLA C | 98 | 10 |
| Ethan Maddox | U of Rochester A | Cornell B | 99 | 0 |
| Camden Wolfield | Binghamton C | RIT C | 99 | 0 |
| Annabelle Ford | Cornell A | ESF | 99 | 10 |
| Shalin Zerbe | Binghamton B | RIT A | 99 | 10 |
| Jude Mejia-Vazquez | RIT C | Binghamton C | 99 | 0 |
| Brian Chen | Cornell G | U of Rochester B | 99 | 0 |
| Tommy Nguyen | Belmont | Southern | 99 | 10 |
| Sambodh Sinha | Vanderbilt B | Auburn C | 99 | 0 |
| Coy Mier | Auburn C | Vanderbilt B | 99 | 0 |
| Zachary Bornstein | Virginia Tech B | Duke B | 99 | 0 |
| Michael Li | Duke B | Virginia Tech B | 99 | 0 |
| Alexandra Duan (DII) | Columbia B | NYU A (UG) | 99 | 10 |
| Sam Millenbach (DII) | Rowan A (DII) | NYU B | 99 | 0 |
| Lucas Shedlock (UG) | Princeton A (UG) | Lehigh B (DII) | 99 | 10 |
| Chase Barrick (DII) | Lehigh A (UG) | Lehigh B (DII) | 108 | 10 |