Battle of Yorktown - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

During this battle, the crew of Hugh Robinson was forced to scuttle the Guadeloupe. During this battle, Robert Abercromby led (10[1])an unsuccessful attempt to sabotage enemy cannons. (-5[1])Cannon fire (-5[1])from the Comte de Rochambeau (10[5]-5[1])(“row-shawm-BOH”) preceded (10[3])an (10[1])assault (10[2])on redoubts (10[5])9 (10[3]-5[1])and (10[1])10 (10[11]-5[2])in (10[1])this battle. (10[9])Prior (10[1]-5[1])to this (10[1])battle, (10[1])one (10[1])side achieved naval (10[1])superiority (10[2])in the Battle (10[1])of the Chesapeake. (10[9])The (10[1])Articles of Capitulation (10[3])were signed (10[2])at (10[1]-5[1])Moore House (10[1])after this (10[1])event. In a popular legend, (10[1])soldiers on the losing side (10[1])of this battle played (10[1])The World (10[1])Turned (10[1])Upside (10[1])Down (10[6])following (10[2])their defeat. (10[4])For 10 points, Charles Cornwallis (10[1])surrendered (-5[1])to George Washington (10[3])at what final (10[1])battle of the American Revolution? ■END■ (10[5]0[2])

ANSWER: Battle of Yorktown [or Siege of Yorktown]

= Average correct buzz position

Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	50%	59.25
Southern California	Main	Y	7	100%	0%	14%	60.86
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	51.25
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	0%	75.33
Florida	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	52.75
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	100%	0%	9%	45.82
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	33%	80.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	0%	58.44
Midwest	Main	Y	9	100%	0%	0%	53.33
North	Main	Y	4	100%	0%	0%	51.25
Pacific	Main	Y	8	100%	0%	13%	63.50
South Central	Main	Y	6	100%	0%	0%	77.33
Southeast	Main	Y	12	92%	0%	8%	52.73
Upstate NY	Main	Y	1	100%	0%	0%	38.00

Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzz Position	Value
Enina Edosomwan	CWRU A	CWRU D	19	10
Antonio LaNave	Virginia Tech C	NCSU A	26	-5
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Little Prince	28	-5
Joshua Lam	Ohio State B	Louisville C	33	10
Beckett Pursey	Purdue B	William Woods University A	33	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	Queen's A	33	10
Jonathan Sung	Virginia A	UNC D	33	-5
Jackson Crickard	Claremont B	UC Santa Barbara	33	10
Joe Paterson	Michigan State A	Louisville D	33	10
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida Tech B	34	10
Skand Parvatikar	Arizona State B	Washington Atlantic	34	10
Mica Oestreich	Illinois Canada	Purdue D	34	10
March Delfin	UCSD A	UCLA E	35	10
Liam Buck	St. Thomas	Wisconsin C	36	10
John Rootham	Ottawa D	Ottawa A	36	10
Nathan Zhao	Maryland B	Vassar B	38	10
Aarav Vasanthan	Rutgers A	Lehigh B	38	10
Will Hoover	RIT A	Cornell D	38	10
Zac Stapler	Pittsburgh	CWRU B	38	10
Pranav Jothi	Georgia Tech A	Clemson A	38	10
Vijay Hans	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Mighty Miner	39	10
Yuv Magan	UCSD B	UCLA F	39	10
Terrence Han	UCLA B	UCLA C	39	-5
Ishan Chahande	Ohio State D	WVU B	39	10
Misty Chen	Purdue C	Chicago B	40	10
Aiden Hart	Kentucky	Ohio State C	41	-5
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	British Columbia B	41	10
David Ropp	Duke A	William & Mary C	41	10
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins	Maryland C	41	10
Austin Tran	Rose-Hulman A	Illinois Champaign	41	10
Reed Sexton	Michigan C	Michigan State C	41	10
Trey Lewis	South Carolina A	Alabama A	41	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Tennessee B	41	10
Arhith Dharaendra	Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech E	41	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Emory A	41	10
Logan Patil	Georgia Tech F	Mississippi State A	41	10
Daniel Slater	Tennessee Tech	Chipola College	41	10
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	Vanderbilt A	41	-5
Gerrit Severeid	McGill E	Carleton B	42	10
Annoshae Mirza	Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford A	44	10
Janghyun Lee	Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford B	44	10
Anne Fjeld	Alberta A	British Columbia A	44	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Lehigh A	44	10
Elizabeth Bowling	Indiana B	Purdue A	44	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan B	Michigan State D	44	10
Matthew Lam	Ohio State A	Michigan D	44	10
Caleb Hines	Liberty A	William & Mary A	44	10
Madeline Painter	Georgia Tech D	Clemson C	44	10
Ritwik Sharma	Arizona State A	Washington Chum	45	10
Charlie Weaver	Virginia Tech B	JMU A	45	-5
Margaret Withers	George Mason B	Stony Brook	47	10
Alex Matchinski	Michigan Tech	Macalester	48	10
Peyton Legg	UCF A	South Florida A	49	10
Auburn Carter	Murray State College B	Kansas State B	52	10
Chase Moss	WVU A	Louisville A	53	10
James Zhao	Vanderbilt C	Auburn C	53	10
Merrick Hill	Iowa State	Minnesota	56	10
Nathaniel Godfrey	Toronto D	Toronto H	59	10
Gavin Ge	Waterloo B	McMaster C	59	10
Kara Braun	Michigan State B	Louisville B	59	10
Nikola Wu	UCLA D	USC B	59	10
Chen Nagahawatte	Ottawa B	Carleton A	59	10
Sean Gao	Toronto E	Waterloo C	59	10
Ilyas Choukri	Virginia Tech A	UNC B	59	10
Jaden Bandy	Rutgers B	NYU C	59	10
Sage Snow	Central Oklahoma A	Tulsa B	59	10
Alexander DaGrossa	Rowan	Rutgers D	60	10
Yishak Kelkay	ERAU Daytona A	Florida State A	63	10
Samarth Majmudar	Illinois Urbana	Chicago A	63	10
Jacob Cohen	UCLA A	Claremont A	63	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	Florida Tech A	65	10
Ian Saylor	Wisconsin A	Wisconsin B	65	10
Sriram Koritala	Illinois Blue	WashU Grolars	66	10
James Haddix	Washington State	Boise State	66	-5
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Ottawa C	68	10
Ryan Zhang	British Columbia C	Washington Pink	70	10
Anurag Shah	Indiana A	Iowa B	75	10
Jonathan Ho	Alberta B	Washington Sockeye	80	10
Anila Moparthi	Illinois Orange	Iowa A	84	10
Lena Jurik	Oklahoma	Nebraska B	86	10
Serena Salfiti	USC A	Claremont C	87	10
Veronica Ritter	Kansas State A	Rose State	88	10
Noah Scattergood	Brock A	Toronto F	89	10
Blake Kim-Wansbrough	Toronto A	Guelph A	89	10
Taylor Smallacombe	VCU A	Tusculum A	89	10
Johnathan Ahdout	Princeton	NYU B	89	10
Wiz Loayza	Harding	Tulsa A	89	10
John Shelley	Clemson B	Sewanne	89	10
Kevin Liu	Texas	Washington Chinook	90	10
Jaxsen Melton	Murray State College A	Nebraska A	90	10
Nameer Qadir	Toronto C	McMaster A	92	10
Jeffery Austin	UNC D	Virginia A	92	10
Justine Hopkins	Liberty C	Liberty B	92	10
Abbott Sherwin	NCSU A	Virginia Tech C	92	10
Saju Ramraj	Toronto I	Toronto G	97	10
Thomas Wu	Berkeley Skeleton King	UCSC	98	-5
Sewanth Paudel	Ohio State C	Kentucky	101	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Waterloo A	101	10
William Cowperthwait	NCSU B	UNC A	101	10
Bryce Younger	Boise State	Washington State	104	10
Huy Lai	UCSC	Berkeley Skeleton King	110	10
Xavier Bornhorst	Maryland A	Rutgers C	110	0
Sophia Peng	Rutgers C	Maryland A	110	10
Aarav Kakad	UCLA C	UCLA B	110	10
Erin Williams	JMU A	Virginia Tech B	110	10
Jerry Lin	Vanderbilt B	Montevallo	110	0
Owen Feng	Vanderbilt A	Tennessee A	110	10

Northern California

Main

100%

50%

59.25

Southern California

Main

100%

14%

60.86

Eastern Canada (1)

Main

100%

51.25

Eastern Canada (2)

Main

100%

75.33

Florida

Main

100%

52.75

Great Lakes

Main

100%

45.82

Lower Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

33%

80.00

Upper Mid-Atlantic

Main

100%

58.44

Midwest

Main

100%

53.33

North

Main

100%

51.25

Pacific

Main

100%

13%

63.50

South Central

Main

100%

77.33

Southeast

Main

92%

52.73

Upstate NY

Main

100%

38.00

Player

Team

Opponent

Buzz Position

Value

Enina Edosomwan

CWRU A

CWRU D

Antonio LaNave

Virginia Tech C

NCSU A

-5

Danny Han

Stanford B

Berkeley Little Prince

-5

Joshua Lam

Ohio State B

Louisville C

Beckett Pursey

Purdue B

William Woods University A

Stephen Ottewell

Toronto B

Queen's A

Jonathan Sung

Virginia A

UNC D

-5

Jackson Crickard

Claremont B

UC Santa Barbara

Joe Paterson

Michigan State A

Louisville D

Jacob Ergueta

Florida A

Florida Tech B

Skand Parvatikar

Arizona State B

Washington Atlantic

Mica Oestreich

Illinois Canada

Purdue D

March Delfin

UCSD A

UCLA E

Liam Buck

St. Thomas

Wisconsin C

John Rootham

Ottawa D

Ottawa A

Nathan Zhao

Maryland B

Vassar B

Aarav Vasanthan

Rutgers A

Lehigh B

Will Hoover

RIT A

Cornell D

Zac Stapler

Pittsburgh

CWRU B

Pranav Jothi

Georgia Tech A

Clemson A

Vijay Hans

Berkeley Boss Bandit

Berkeley Mighty Miner

Yuv Magan

UCSD B

UCLA F

Terrence Han

UCLA B

UCLA C

-5

Ishan Chahande

Ohio State D

WVU B

Misty Chen

Purdue C

Chicago B

Aiden Hart

Kentucky

Ohio State C

-5

Alan Fan

Washington Steelhead

British Columbia B

David Ropp

Duke A

William & Mary C

Eric Morshed

Johns Hopkins

Maryland C

Austin Tran

Rose-Hulman A

Illinois Champaign

Reed Sexton

Michigan C

Michigan State C

Trey Lewis

South Carolina A

Alabama A

Martin Brandenburg

Georgia A

Tennessee B

Arhith Dharaendra

Georgia Tech B

Georgia Tech E

Emerson Patmore

Georgia Tech C

Emory A

Logan Patil

Georgia Tech F

Mississippi State A

Daniel Slater

Tennessee Tech

Chipola College

Jackson Slaughter

Tennessee A

Vanderbilt A

-5

Gerrit Severeid

McGill E

Carleton B

Annoshae Mirza

Berkeley Archer Queen

Stanford A

Janghyun Lee

Berkeley Little Prince

Stanford B

Anne Fjeld

Alberta A

British Columbia A

Nicholas Decker

George Mason A

Lehigh A

Elizabeth Bowling

Indiana B

Purdue A

Thomas Jenkins

Michigan B

Michigan State D

Matthew Lam

Ohio State A

Michigan D

Caleb Hines

Liberty A

William & Mary A

Madeline Painter

Georgia Tech D

Clemson C

Ritwik Sharma

Arizona State A

Washington Chum

Charlie Weaver

Virginia Tech B

JMU A

-5

Margaret Withers

George Mason B

Stony Brook

Alex Matchinski

Michigan Tech

Macalester

Peyton Legg

UCF A

South Florida A

Auburn Carter

Murray State College B

Kansas State B

Chase Moss

WVU A

Louisville A

James Zhao

Vanderbilt C

Auburn C

Merrick Hill

Iowa State

Minnesota

Nathaniel Godfrey

Toronto D

Toronto H

Gavin Ge

Waterloo B

McMaster C

Kara Braun

Michigan State B

Louisville B

Nikola Wu

UCLA D

USC B

Chen Nagahawatte

Ottawa B

Carleton A

Sean Gao

Toronto E

Waterloo C

Ilyas Choukri

Virginia Tech A

UNC B

Jaden Bandy

Rutgers B

NYU C

Sage Snow

Central Oklahoma A

Tulsa B

Alexander DaGrossa

Rowan

Rutgers D

Yishak Kelkay

ERAU Daytona A

Florida State A

Samarth Majmudar

Illinois Urbana

Chicago A

Jacob Cohen

UCLA A

Claremont A

Matthew Andersen

Florida B

Florida Tech A

Ian Saylor

Wisconsin A

Wisconsin B

Sriram Koritala

Illinois Blue

WashU Grolars

James Haddix

Washington State

Boise State

-5

Galen Mueller

McGill B

Ottawa C

Ryan Zhang

British Columbia C

Washington Pink

Anurag Shah

Indiana A

Iowa B

Jonathan Ho

Alberta B

Washington Sockeye

Anila Moparthi

Illinois Orange

Iowa A

Lena Jurik

Oklahoma

Nebraska B

Serena Salfiti

USC A

Claremont C

Veronica Ritter

Kansas State A

Rose State

Noah Scattergood

Brock A

Toronto F

Blake Kim-Wansbrough

Toronto A

Guelph A

Taylor Smallacombe

VCU A

Tusculum A

Johnathan Ahdout

Princeton

NYU B

Wiz Loayza

Harding

Tulsa A

John Shelley

Clemson B

Sewanne

Kevin Liu

Texas

Washington Chinook

Jaxsen Melton

Murray State College A

Nebraska A

Nameer Qadir

Toronto C

McMaster A

Jeffery Austin

UNC D

Virginia A

Justine Hopkins

Liberty C

Liberty B

Abbott Sherwin

NCSU A

Virginia Tech C

Saju Ramraj

Toronto I

Toronto G

Thomas Wu

Berkeley Skeleton King

UCSC

-5

Sewanth Paudel

Ohio State C

Kentucky

101

Michael Xu

McMaster B

Waterloo A

101

William Cowperthwait

NCSU B

UNC A

101

Bryce Younger

Boise State

Washington State

104

Huy Lai

UCSC

Berkeley Skeleton King

110

Xavier Bornhorst

Maryland A

Rutgers C

110

Sophia Peng

Rutgers C

Maryland A

110

Aarav Kakad

UCLA C

UCLA B

110

Erin Williams

JMU A

Virginia Tech B

110

Jerry Lin

Vanderbilt B

Montevallo

110

Owen Feng

Vanderbilt A

Tennessee A

110