Emilio Aguinaldo - 2024 ACF Winter

Question

Mark Twain wrote a satirical “defense” of this leader’s captor. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this guerrilla leader who wore a black bow after his capture to mourn his country’s loss of independence. This leader controversially ordered the assassination of fellow independence leader Antonio Luna.

ANSWER: Emilio Aguinaldo [or Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy]

[10e] Aguinaldo was captured by Frederick Funston during this country’s conflict with the US. Pro-independence hostilities began after the US annexed this Asian country during the Spanish-American War.

ANSWER: the Philippines [or Republic of the Philippines or Republika ng Pilipinas; accept the First Philippine Republic or República Filipina; accept Commonwealth of the Philippines or Komonwelt ng Pilipinas; prompt on Spanish East Indies]

[10m] While in exile in Hong Kong, Aguinaldo was encouraged by this commander of the American Asiatic squadron to return to the Philippines. This naval commander gave the order “You may fire when ready, Gridley.”

ANSWER: George Dewey

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Summary


2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley	2024-11-16	Y	3	13.33	100%	0%	33%
2024 ACF Winter at Brandeis	2024-11-16	Y	7	17.14	100%	43%	29%
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	6	16.67	100%	50%	17%
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	2	10.00	0%	0%	100%
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	1	20.00	0%	100%	100%
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	1	10.00	0%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh	2024-11-16	Y	7	18.57	100%	57%	29%
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern	2024-11-16	Y	9	17.78	100%	67%	11%
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State	2024-11-16	Y	6	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Online	2024-11-16	Y	8	13.75	100%	38%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at UBC	2024-11-16	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford	2024-11-16	Y	10	15.00	100%	20%	30%

Data


Berkeley B	Stanford L	0	10	0	10
Berkeley C	Stanford A	0	10	0	10
Berkeley A	Stanford M	10	10	0	20
Amherst A	Bowdoin A	0	10	10	20
A Brandeis Supreme	Bowdoin B	0	10	0	10
Northeastern A	Brown A	10	10	0	20
Yale B	Diamond Brandeis	0	10	0	10
MIT A	Tufts A	10	10	10	30
Tufts B	Yale C	0	10	0	10
Harvard A	Yale A	0	10	10	20
Georgia A	Georgia Tech C	0	0	10	10
Auburn A	Georgia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech E	Auburn B	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech F	Georgia A	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Georgia Tech C	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech B	Georgia A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech B	Georgia A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech B	Alabama A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech B	Alabama A	0	10	10	20
Alabama A	Georgia Tech E	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Tennesse B	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech B	Georgia A	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech B	Georgia A	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Alabama A	0	0	0	0
Georgia Tech B	Alabama A	0	0	10	10
Penn A	Princeton A	0	10	10	20
Columbia B	Rutgers C	0	10	0	10
Bard A	Lehigh A	10	10	0	20
Columbia A	Rowan A	10	10	10	30
Penn State A	Johns Hopkins B	0	10	10	20
Penn B	Rutgers A	0	10	0	10
Penn State B	Haverford A	0	10	10	20
Emory B	Tennesse B	0	10	10	20
UIUC D	Indiana B	0	10	0	10
Miami	Purdue D	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame	WashU C	0	10	0	10
UChicago A	Purdue B	0	10	10	20
Purdue C	WashU D	0	10	10	20
UIUC A	WashU B	0	10	10	20
Indiana A	UIUC B	10	10	10	30
UIUC C	SIUE A	0	10	10	20
Michigan State C	Kenyon A	0	10	0	10
Kenyon B	Michigan D	0	10	0	10
Michigan A	Michigan B	0	10	10	20
Michigan State B	Michigan C	0	10	0	10
Ohio State A	Michigan State A	0	10	10	20
Pitt A	Ohio State B	0	10	10	20
Texas B	Iowa	0	10	0	10
Central Oklahoma	McGill E	0	10	10	20
Oregon State	NYU B	0	10	0	10
Texas A	NYU A	0	10	10	20
Texas C	Colorado College	0	10	0	10
Missouri	Vassar A	0	10	10	20
Vassar B	Ole Miss	0	10	0	10
Mississippi State	WUSTL A	0	10	0	10
Purdue A	UChicago C	0	10	10	20
UBC A	Alberta	0	10	0	10
SFU	UW B	0	10	0	10
Southampton B	Birmingham	0	10	0	10
Manchester	Bristol A	0	10	10	20
Cambridge A	Oxford A	0	10	10	20
Cambridge B	Cambridge C	0	10	0	10
Warwick A	Durham A	0	10	0	10
Cambridge D	Imperial B	0	10	0	10
Imperial A	LSE A	10	10	0	20
Southampton A	Oxford B	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt	Bristol B	10	10	0	20
Edinburgh	Warwick B	10	10	0	20
UBC B	UW A	0	10	0	10